Typical TCM Therapy for Viral Hepatitis

provides each type of hepatitis based on the characteristics of TCM treatment for viral hepatitis, including internal therapy, external therapy, acupuncture, massage, physical training and psychotherapy.

Title: An English-Chinese Guide to Clinical Treatment of Common Diseases: Typical TCM Therapy for Viral Hepatitis
Compiled by Xue Boyu, Gu Xuelan, Xu Xiaoyan
Translated by Le Yimin
Published by Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Press
Language: English-Chinese
Paperback, 850mm x 1168mm, 241 pages, 2004
ISBN 7810107860

Preface

Viral hepatitis is one of the infectious diseases caused by various hepatitis viruses, which can be mainly divided into Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D, Type E and Type G. The seventh type of hepatitis viruses (TT Virus) has also been discovered now. Viral hepatitis is characterized by high infectivity, multiple routes of infection, widely epidemic range, high morbidity and prolonged course. Clinically, the major symptoms are poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, hepatosplenomegaly as well as hepatic damage. Among the various types of hepatitis, Type B, Type C and Type D are easier to develop into chronic hepatitis, even into carcinomatosis in severe cases. A few patients may experience a severe episode of the syndrome during the course of the disease.

Viral Hepatitis affects people's daily life seriously. How to prevent the disease has become one of the hot issues in the medical field. There have not been any reports in the history of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which directly mentioned the name of the virus hepatitis. However, there are descriptions in TCM about pathogeny, manifestations, regulations of diagnosis and treatments, prescriptions and herbs for each related symptom of Viral Hepatitis, and TCM has provided valuable clinical experience for subsequent generations of medical experts. The book gives a brief description of every type of hepatitis based on the characteristics of TCM treatment for viral hepatitis, including internal therapy, external therapy, acupuncture, massage, physical training and psychotherapy. The book also analyses the common manifestations and complications of the disease based on differential diagnosis in TCM.

Contents

Part One General Introduction

Chapter One Outline

Chapter Two Diagnostic Essentials

Section One Hepatitis A
Section Two hepatitis B
Section Three Hepatitis C
Section Four Hepatitis D
Section Five Hepatitis E

Chapter Three TCM understanding of Viral Hepatitis

Section One Records about Jaundice
Section Two Records about Hypochondriac Pain
Section Three Records about Abdominal Mass (Zheng Ji)
Section Four Records about Tympanites (Distention of Abdomen) (Gu Zhang)
Section Five Records about liver pestilence (Gan Wen)

Part Two Distinctive Therapy

Chapter one Treatment of Hepatitis A

Section One Internal Therapy
Section Two External Therapy
Section Three Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy
Section Four Message Therapy
Section Five Physical Exercise Therapy
Section Six Emotional Therapy

Chapter Two Treatment of Hepatitis B

Section One Internal Therapy
Section Two External Therapy
Section Three Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy
Section Four Physical Exercise Therapy

Chapter Three Treatment of Hepatitis C

Section One Internal Therapy
Section Two Three Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy

Chapter Four Treatment of the Main Symptoms of the Viral Hepatitis

Section One Lassitude
Section Two Nausea and Vomiting
Section Three Abdominal Distension
Section Four Fever
Section Five Hypochondriac Pain

Chapter Five Treatment for the Complications of Viral Hepatitis

Section One Hepatocirrhosis after Hepatitis
Section Two Severe Hepatitis

Chapter Six Regimen for Viral Hepatitis

Part Three Experience of Celebrated Senior TCM Doctors

Chapter One Professor Zhou Zhongying

Section One Zhou's Opinion of Hepatitis B
Section Two Experience in the Treatment of Hepatitis B
Section Three Cases

Chapter Two Professor Guan Youbo

Section One Guan's Opinion of Jaundice
Section Two Experience in the Treatment of Jaundice
Section Three Cases

Chapter Three Professor Zou Liangcai

Section One Zou's Opinion of Viral Hepatitis
Section Two Experience in the Treatment of Viral Hepatitis
Section Three Cases

Chapter Four Shi Zhengsheng

Section One Shi's Opinion of Severe Hepatitis
Section Two Treatment Experience of Severe Hepatitis
Section Three Tree Cases

Index

An English-Chinese Guide to Clinical Treatment of Common Diseases

We compiled the series of "an English-Chinese Guide to Clinical Treatment of Common Diseases" in order to assist foreign students to have a better study of clinical knowledge of TCM. The series also meet the need of Chinese doctors when they spread TCM for foreign practitioners. The series are scientifically-organized reference books which could generally reflect the updated development of clinic in TCM.

The series were written and compiled by medical professionals and English experts from 7 TCM universities or colleges including Nanjing University of TCM, Shanghai University of TCM, Guangzhou University of TCM, etc. The faculty from Nanjing University of TCM compiled the Chinese part. Shanghai University of TCM with other colleges and universities were responsible for the translation. The proposal was drafted in 1998. After 5-year continuous adaptation, the whole series were finally completed in 2003.

The first series include ten books. They cover ten commonly-encountered diseases of viral hepatitis, primary glomerulonephritis, chronic gastritis, lung cancer, bronchial asthma, diabetes, primary hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, cervical spondylosis, and cholelithiasis and their special treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. Each book consists of three parts. Part one discusses the major points in diagnosis and pathogenesis and pathology of the disease. Part two focuses on the typical therapy in TCM. It covers internal therapy, external therapy, acupuncture and moxibustion, Tuina (Chinese massage), physiotherapy, dietetic therapy, mental therapy, and regimen. Part three illustrates the academic experience of 3-4 celebrated doctors and the effective cases that they treated.