Fulfilling the Essence - A Handbook of Traditional - Contemporary Chinese Treatments for Female Inf.

Fulfilling the Essence is the latest in Bob Flaws' series of books on TCM gynecology. In this book, Dr. Flaws surveys both the Chinese textbook literature on female infertility as well as the modern Chinese journal literature on this condition. In the chapter on the treatment according to pattern diagnosis, Dr. Flaws has compiled the largest selection of herbal formulas for the treatment of infertility of any book on this subject in English. In the subsequent chapters, he discusses the TCM treatment of the various Western diseases associated with infertility, such as: Female Immunologic Infertility, Fallopian Tube Blockage, Endocrine Imbalances, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Anovulation, Uterine Myoma, Luteal Phase Defect and Endometriosis.

Dr. Flaws also discusses modern Chinese protocols based on kidney supplementation, the multiphasic approach to formula writing, the use of the basal body temperature in TCM diagnosis and treatment planning, and the use of external and adjunctive therapies, such as plasters and enemas. Further, he introduces the role of candidiasis in the treatment of the above Western diseases and female infertility and concludes by discussing some of the special difficulties of treating this condition with TCM in the West. Thus this book is an indispensible addition to the clinical library of any practitioner treating women for infertility and any of the above Western gynecological diseases.