Expert Clinic (Traditional Chinese Medicine Volume)

Expert Clinic (Traditional Chinese Medicine Volume), edited by Lu Xiangzhi and published by Shanxi Science and Technology Press in 1994, is a practical clinical reader on syndrome differentiation and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. In the format of an expert clinic, the book addresses common clinical outpatient syndromes topic by topic. Each piece focuses on one disease or a group of related syndromes, starting from syndrome differentiation types and etiology and pathogenesis, discussing treatment methods, formulas, and clinical modifications, and reflecting experts' diagnostic and treatment approaches in outpatient settings. Judging from the verifiable table of contents, the book covers mainly common adult diseases and some difficult diseases: respiratory system conditions such as emphysema and cor pulmonale, bronchial asthma, and chronic bronchitis; cardiovascular and circulatory conditions such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, hypotension, and stroke; digestive system conditions such as chronic gastritis, chronic ulcerative colitis, diarrhea and dysentery, acute and chronic pancreatitis, and gallstones and hepatobiliary stones; urinary and andrological conditions such as chronic prostatitis and male infertility; gynecological conditions such as menopausal syndrome, acute and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, breast hyperplasia, and metrorrhagia; and also tumors, aplastic anemia, hypothyroidism, epilepsy, and rheumatoid arthritis. The book is not long, about 130-plus pages, organized in entries for easy lookup by disease and formula and reference by syndrome, suitable as a desk reference for TCM clinicians and learners.