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Foreword 1
As we are walking into the 21st century, "health for all " is still
an important task for the World Health Organization (WHO) to accomplish in the
new
century. The realization of "health for all " requires
mutual cooperation and concerted efforts of various medical sciences, including
traditional medicine. WHO has increasingly emphasized the development of
traditional medicine and has made fruitful efforts to promote its development.
Currently the spectrum of diseases is changing and an increasing number of
diseases are difficult to cure. The side effects of chemical drugs have become
more and more evident. Furthermore, both the governments and peoples in all
countries are faced with the problem of high cost of medical treatment.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the complete system of traditional medicine
in the world with unique theory and excellent clinical curative effects,
basically meets the need to solve such problems. Therefore, bringing TCM into
full play in medical treatment and healthcare will certainly become one of the
hot points in the world medical business in the 21st century.
Various aspects of work need to be done to promote the course of the
internationalization of TCM, especially the compilation of works and textbooks
suitable for international readers. The impending new century has witnessed the
compilation of such a series of books known as A Newly Compiled Practical
English-Chinese Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine published by the
Publishing House of Shanghai University of TCM, compiled by Nanjing University
of TCM and translated by Shanghai University of TCM. Professor Zuo Yanfu, the
general compiler-in-chief of this Library, is a person who sets his mind
on the international dissemination of TCM. He has compiled General Survey on TCM
Abroad, a monograph on the development and state of TCM abroad. This Library is
another important works written by the experts organized by him with the
support of Nanjing University of TCM and Shanghai University of TCM. The
compilation of this Library is done with consummate ingenuity and according to
the development of TCM abroad. The compilers, based on the premise of preserving
the genuineness and gist of TCM, have tried to make the contents concise,
practical and easy to understand, making great efforts to introduce the absturse
ideas of TCM in a scientific and simple way as well as expounding the prevention
and treatment of diseases which are commonly encountered abroad and can be
effectively treated by TCM.
This Library encompasses a systematic summarization of the teaching experience
accumulated in Nanjing University of TCM and Shanghai University of TCM that run
the collaborating centers of traditional medicine and the international training
centers on acupuncture and moxibustion set by WHO. I am sure that the
publication of this Library will further promote the development of traditional
Chinese medicine abroad and enable the whole world to have a better
understanding of traditional Chinese medicine.
Professor Zhu Qingsheng
Vice-Minister of Health Ministry of the People's Republic of China
Director of the State Administrative Bureau of TCM
December 14, 2000 Beijing
Foreword 2
Before the existence of the modern medicine, human beings depended solely on
herbal medicines and other therapeutic methods to treat diseases and preserve
health. Such a practice gave rise to the establishment of various kinds of
traditional medicine with unique theory and practice, such as traditional
Chinese medicine, Indian medicine and Arabian medicine, etc. Among these
traditional systems of medicine, traditional Chinese medicine is a most
extraordinary one based on which traditional Korean medicine and Japanese
medicine have evolved.
Even in the 21st century, traditional medicine is still of great vitality. In
spite of the fast development of modern medicine, traditional medicine is still
disseminated far and wide. In many developing countries, most of the people in
the rural areas still depend on traditional medicine and traditional medical
practitioners to meet the need for primary healthcare. Even in the countries
with advanced modern medicine, more and more people have begun to accept
traditional medicine and other therapeutic methods, such as homeopathy,
osteopathy and naturopathy, etc.
With the change of the economy, culture and living style in various regions
as well as the aging in the world population, the disease spectrum has changed.
And such a change has paved the way for the new application of traditional
medicine. Besides, the new requirements initiated by the new diseases and the
achievements and limitations of modern medicine have also created challenges for
traditional medicine.
WHO sensed the importance of traditional medicine to human health early in
the 1970s and have made great efforts to develop traditional medicine. At the
29th world health congress held in 1976, the item of traditional medicine was
adopted in the working plan of WHO. In the following world health congresses ,a
series of resolutions were passed to demand the member countries to develop,
utilize and study traditional medicine according to their specific conditions so
as to reduce medical expenses for the realization of "health for all
".
WHO has laid great stress on the scientific content, safe and effective
application of traditional medicine. It has published and distributed a series
of booklets on the scientific, safe and effective use of herbs and acupuncture
and moxibustion. It has also made great contributions to the international
standardization of traditional medical terms. The safe and effective application
of traditional medicine has much to do with the skills of traditional medical
practitioners. That is why WHO has made great efforts to train them. WHO has run
27 collaborating centers in the world which have made great contributions to the
training of acupuncturists and traditional medical practitioners. Nanjing
University of TCM and Shanghai University of TCM run the collaborating centers
with WHO. In recent years it has, with the cooperation of WHO and other
countries, trained about ten thousand international students from over 90
countries
In order to further promote the dissemination of traditional Chinese
medicine in the world, A Newly Compiled Practical English-Chinese Library of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, compiled by Nanjing University of TCM with
Professor Zuo Yanfu as the general compiler-in-chief and published by the
Publishing House of Shanghai University of TCM, aims at systematic, accurate and
concise expounding clinical therapeutic methods of traditional medicine
according to modern medical nomenclature of diseases. Undoubtedly, this series
of books will certain English level and the international enthusiasts with
certain level of Chinese to study traditional Chinese medicine. Besides, this
series of books can also serve as reference books for WHO to internationally
standardize the nomenclature of acupuncture and moxibustion.
The scientific, safe and effective use of traditional medicine will certainly
further promote the development of traditional medicine and traditional medicine
will undoubtedly make more and more contributions to human health in the 21st
century.
Zhang Xiaorui
WHO Coordination Officer
December,2000
Contents
1 General Introduction
1.1 Physiological and pathological characteristics of women
1.1.1 Physiological characteristics
1.1.2 Pathological characteristics
1.2 Diagnostic methods and key points for syndrome differentiation of
gynecological diseases
1.2.1 Diagnostic methods
1.2.2 Key points for syndrome differentiation
1.3 Therapeutic principles for gynecological disease
2 Specific Discussions
2.1 Menstruation diseases
2.1.1 Irregular menstruation
2.1.2 Intermenstrual bleeding
2.1.3 Metrorrhagia and metrostaxis
2.1.4 Dysmenorrhea
2.1.5 Amenorrhea
2.1.6 Polycystic ovary syndrome
2.1.7 Premenstrual syndrome
2.1.8 Perimenopausal syndrome
2.2 Endometriosis and adenomyosis
2.2.1 Endometrosis
2.2.2 Adenomyosis
2.3 Sterility
2.3.1 Primary sterility
2.3.2 Secondary sterility
2.4 Edeitis
2.4.1 Bartholinitis and Bartholin's cyst
2.4.2 Cervicitis
2.4.3 Pelvic inflammation
2.5 Leukorrhea diseases
2.5.1 Leukorrhagia
2.5.2 Scanty leukorrhea
2.6 Pregnancy diseases
2.6.1 Abortion
2.6.2 Heterotopic pregnancy
2.6.3 Morning sickness
2.6.4 Pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome
2.6.5 Intrahepatic cholestasis in pregnancy
2.6.6 Diabetes in pregnancy
2.7 Puerperalism
2.7.1 Postpartum hemorrhage
2.7.2 Puerperal infection
2.7.3 Lochiorrhea
2.7.4 Sunstroke in puerperium
2.7.5 Postpartum hypogalactia
2.8 Female genital organ tumor and other diseases
2.8.1 Hysteromyoma
2.8.2 Oophoritic cyst
2.8.3 Prolapse of uterus and vaginal wall
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