For both practitioners and students of chinese medicine this book answers a growing need for the integration of traditional diagnosis and therapy with western clinical experience. Designed as a practical handbook for ready reference in the clinic it takes the traditional chinese medicine patterns of disease and presents these in a concise and easily accessible form. Theory and treatment guidelines, while remaining strictly true to their historical and traditional origins are presented alongside modern day aetiological factors, westen medical disease names and other relevant lifestyle details which can influence successful therapeutic outcome. The authors, drawing on many years of clinical practice, have produced a comprehensive reference work where the relevant pathology can be quickly pinpointed; acupuncture guidelines are clearly presented; and the prescriptions, with their many modifications, provide practitioners with invaluable assistance in the complex task of diagnosis and the formulation of the appropriate therapy.