Table of Contents

Front matter

Copyright

Foreword to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgements

Note on the Translation of Chinese Medical Terms

SECTION 1: Physiology and Pathology

Chapter 1: History of Gynecology in Chinese Medicine

Chapter 2: Women’s Physiology

Chapter 3: Women’s Pathology

SECTION 2: Aetiology and Diagnosis

Chapter 4: Aetiology

Chapter 5: Diagnosis

SECTION 3: Methods of Treatment

Chapter 6: Principles and Methods of Treatment

Chapter 7: Treatment of the Extraordinary Vessels

SECTION 4: Menstrual Irregularities

Introduction

Chapter 8: Early Periods

Chapter 9: Late Periods

Chapter 10: Irregular Periods

Chapter 11: Heavy Periods

Chapter 12: Scanty Periods

Chapter 13: Long Periods

Chapter 14: Painful Periods

Chapter 15: Bleeding between Periods

Chapter 16: No Periods

Chapter 17: Flooding and Trickling

Chapter 18: Pre-Menstrual Syndrome

SECTION 5: Problems at Period Time

Introduction

Chapter 19: Pre-Menstrual Breast Distension

Chapter 20: Headaches During Periods

Chapter 21: Oedema During Periods

Chapter 22: Diarrhoea at Period Time

Chapter 23: Body Aches at Period Time

Chapter 24: Fever at Period Time

Chapter 25: Epistaxis or Haemoptysis at Period Time

Chapter 26: Mouth Ulcers at Period Time

Chapter 27: Skin Eruptions at Period Time

Chapter 28: Dizziness at Period Time

SECTION 6: Diseases of Pregnancy

Introduction

Chapter 29: Morning Sickness

Chapter 30: Abdominal Pain During Pregnancy

Chapter 31: Threatened Miscarriage

Chapter 32: Fetus not Growing

Chapter 33: Oedema During Pregnancy

Chapter 34: Anxiety During Pregnancy

Chapter 35: Dizziness During Pregnancy

Chapter 36: Convulsions During Pregnancy

Chapter 37: Feeling of Suffocation During Pregnancy

Chapter 38: Aphonia During Pregnancy

Chapter 39: Cough During Pregnancy

Chapter 40: Urinary Syndrome During Pregnancy

Chapter 41: Retention of Urine During Pregnancy

Chapter 42: Constipation During Pregnancy

Chapter 43: Habitual Miscarriage

Chapter 44: Acupuncture and Herbal Treatment in Midwifery

SECTION 7: Diseases after Childbirth

Introduction

Chapter 45: Post-Natal Depression

Chapter 46: Abdominal Pain after Childbirth

Chapter 47: Persistent Lochial Discharge (and Retention of Lochia)

Chapter 48: Urinary Difficulty after Childbirth

Chapter 49: Sweating after Childbirth

Chapter 50: Constipation and Haemorrhoids after Childbirth

Chapter 51: Fever after Childbirth

Chapter 52: Joint Pain after Childbirth

Chapter 53: Breast Milk not Flowing (and Acute Mastitis)

Chapter 54: Spontaneous Flow of Milk

Chapter 55: Collapse after Childbirth

Chapter 56: Convulsions after Childbirth

SECTION 8: Miscellaneous Diseases

Introduction

Chapter 57: Infertility

Chapter 58: Menopausal Syndrome

Chapter 59: Breast Lumps

Chapter 60: Abdominal Masses

Chapter 61: Excessive Vaginal Discharge

Chapter 62: Vaginal Itching (and Trichomonas and Candida Infections and Genital Eczema)

Chapter 63: Prolapse of the Uterus

Chapter 64: Vulvar Sores

Chapter 65: Endometriosis

Chapter 66: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Chapter 67: Myoma

APPENDIX 1: Herbal Prescriptions

APPENDIX 2: Suggested Substitutions of Chinese Herbs

Pinyin-English Glossary Of Chinese Terms

English-Pinyin Glossary of Chinese Terms

Cross-Reference of Chinese Disease-Symptoms with Western Diseases

Cross-Reference of Western Diseases with Chinese Disease-Symptoms

Chronology of Chinese Dynasties

Bibliography

Index

Colour Plates