Within western countries, Chinese Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine have been traditionally used for the treatment of mild to moderate functional conditions, such as depression, insomnia, intermittent headaches, and other disorders that present with no obviously discernable pathology.

This is an unfortunate state of affairs, since Chinese Medicine, with it's tradition of 5000+ years, is well equipped to address even the most difficult pathological conditions, for which most westerners seek the advice of an allopathic (drugs and surgery practice only) physician, with little to no success.

It appears that individuals who suffer from such "incurable" or "hard to manage" diseases may benefit from the wisdom and experience of Chinese Medicine.

An eye-opening book on this subject titled "The Treatment of Knotty Diseases" and published by Shandong Science and Technology Press, has been compiled by Shao Nian-fang and translated from Chinese by TCM Professor Xiao Gong, MD and Zuo Lian-jun. It's 400 pages elaborate on specific Chinese Medicine treatments for the following "knotty" diseases:

Knotty Fever Lupus erythematosis (systemic lupus) Alopecia areata (severe hairloss) Myasthenia gravis Recurrent aphtha Cerebal vascular accident (stroke) Coma Brain atrophy Dementia senilis (Aldshimer's) Rhythmic palatopharyngo-laryngeal muscular clonus Meneire's syndrome Trigeminal neuralgia Facial neuritis Acute infectious polyneuritis Epilepsy Schizophrenia Nervous tinnitus and deafness Hydrocepahlus after intracranial operation Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease Variant angina pectoris Acute myocardial infarction ("heart attack") Shock Congestive myocarditis Gall bladder-heart syndrome Viral myocarditis Sick sinus syndrome Cardiac arrhythmia Migraine Hyperlipidemia

Respiratory and cardiac failure from encephalopathy Heart failure of chronic pulmonary heart disease Lung abscess Tuberculous pleuritis with effusion Carcinoma (cancer) of lung Esophageal carcinoma Gastric carcinoma Atrophic gastritis Chornic nonspecific ulcerative colitis Cirrhosis of liver ascites Cholelithiasis (gall stones) Nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) Hypertrophy of prostate gland (enlarged prostate) Nephrosis syndrome (kidney disease) Primary thrombocytopenic purpura Leukopenia of unknown origin (low white blood cell count) Aplastic anemia Epidemic hemorrhagic fever Cervical spondylopathy Brachial plexus neuritis Chornic recurrent urticaria (severe itching) Functional metrorrhagia (excess mensural bleeding) Habitual abortion Myoma of uterus (fibroid tumors) Dysmenorrhea (painful period) Impotence Climacteric syndrome Senile hyperthyrodism Postconcussional syndrome of the brain

Judging from this impressive list of complicated, degenerative and acute disorders, it would be appropriate for individuals suffering from any of these or other (less complicated) conditions to seek the advice of a qualified practitioner of Chinese Medicine. The diseases listed above demonstrate the incredible versatility of Chinese Medicine, as it is capably employed in the treatment of cardiovascular, neurological, endocrinological, inflammatory, musculoskeletal, traumatic or degenerative illnesses. We are proud to provide acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine of excellent quality by experienced practitioners.