Companion v. to: The practice of Chinese medicine / Giovanni Maciocia. 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 929-931) and index.
Physiology and pathology -- History of gynecology in Chinese medicine -- Women's physiology -- Women's pathology -- Aetiology and diagnosis -- Aetiology -- Diagnosis -- Methods of treatment -- Principles and methods of treatment -- Treatment of the extraordinary vessels -- Menstrual irregularities -- Early periods -- Late periods -- Irregular periods -- Heavy periods -- Scanty periods -- Long periods -- Painful periods -- Bleeding between periods -- No periods -- Flooding and trickling -- Pre-menstrual syndrome -- Problems at period time -- Pre-menstrual breast distension -- Headaches -- Oedema at period time -- Diarrhoea -- Body aches -- Fever at period time -- Epistaxis or haemoptysis -- Mouth ulcers -- Skin eruptions -- Dizziness at period time -- Diseases of pregnancy -- Morning sickness -- Abdominal pain during pregnancy -- Threatened miscarriage -- Fetus not growing -- Oedema in pregnancy -- Anxiety -- Dizziness in pregnancy -- Convulsions in pregnancy -- Feeling of suffocation -- Aphonia -- Cough -- Painful-urination syndrome -- Retention of urine -- Constipation during pregnancy -- Habitual miscarriage -- Acupuncture and herbal treatment in midwifery -- Diseases after childbirth -- Post-natal depression -- Abdominal pain after childbirth -- Persistent lochial discharge (retention of lochia) -- Urinary difficulty -- Sweating -- Constipation and haemorrhoids after childbirth -- Fever after childbirth -- Joint pain -- Breast milk not flowing (including acute mastitis) -- Spontaneous flow of milk -- Collapse -- Convulsions after childbirth -- Miscellaneous diseases -- Infertility -- Menopausal syndrome -- Breast lumps -- Abdominal masses: ovarian cysts, polycystic ovary disease, cervical dysplasia -- Excessive vaginal discharge -- Vaginal itching: trichomonas and candida infections, genital eczema -- Prolapse of the uterus -- Vulvar sores.