This text is the fruit of extensive research into the Chinese medical literature on pediatrics and the response to years of practitioner requests for a good, comprehensive TCM pediatric textbook. It covers over 45 common pediatric complains, giving differential diagnosis, disease mechanisms, herbal treatment, acumoxa therapy where appropriate, and Bob’s comments about each one. These diseases are presented in the chronological order that they usually appear & includ… More >>
#1 by Ludmila on June 27, 2010 - 8:30 pm
Bob Flaws did a good job here, but a problem is that he does not help with dosage/grams used in the formulas he writes about in his book. But otherwise it is a good reference book and has a lot of important and interesting information on pediatrics in TCM, both for lay people and professionals. I would supplment this book with Julian Scott’s and Teresa Barlow’s Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children (3rd Edition) which is really great and much more detailed than the Handbook. However, as the title says, there is not much info on herbal formulas and other treatment, so these two books together should perhaps be on a bookshelf of every TCM therapist specialising in pediatrics.
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by qpuncture on June 27, 2010 - 10:39 pm
there aren’t many pediatric tcm books to compare it to, but the book is ok. could have more info that isn’t totally related to herbs. the majority of this book is based on herbal formulas. could use more practical treatment options/techniques.
Rating: 3 / 5