Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-9559096-5-8

This landmark book is the most complete presentation of the integrated Chinese and biomedical treatment of infertility and reproductive gynaecology in the English language. Although primarily devoted to Chinese herbal medicine, the comprehensive discussions of every aspect of infertility, and the acupuncture protocols given for every pattern, will benefit every practitioner working in the field.

The lead author, Professor Yuning Wu, is principal doctor and Professor of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine at the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is a leading fertility specialist in China. Infertility is a field in which integration of the two medicines is especially effective, and Dr. Wu demonstrates throughout this deeply clinical book the strengths of this dual approach.

Contents
Foreword by Peter Deadman
Preface by Professor Yuning Wu
Preface by Celine Leonard

Chapter One: How to use this book
Chapter Two: Basic theories of Chinese medicine gynaecology and infertility
Chapter Three: Core strategies for treating female infertility

Part One: Disorders of menstruation
Chapter Four: Regulating the period using Tiao Jing Fang (Regulate the Menses Formula) Chapter Five: Disorders of timing - short cycles
Chapter Six: Disorders of timing - long cycles
Chapter Seven: Disorders of timing - irregular cycles
Chapter Eight: Disorders of bleeding - menorrhagia
Chapter Nine: Disorders of bleeding - scanty menstruation
Chapter Ten: Disorders of bleeding - prolonged menstruation
Chapter Eleven: Disorders of bleeding - midcycle bleeding
Chapter Twelve: Disorders of bleeding - abnormal uterine bleeding (beng lou)
Chapter Thirteen: Miscellaneous disorders - dysmenorrhoea
Chapter Fourteen: Miscellaneous disorders - premenstrual syndrome

Part Two: Gynaecology and infertility
Chapter Fifteen: Amenorrhoea and anorexia nervosa
Chapter Sixteen: Polycystic ovary syndrome
Chapter Seventeen: Myoma (fibroids)
Chapter Eighteen: Ovarian cysts
Chapter Nineteen: Endometriosis and adenomyosis
Chapter Twenty: Luteal phase defect
Chapter Twenty-One: Luteinised unruptured follicle syndrome
Chapter Twenty-Two: Hyperprolactinaemia
Chapter Twenty-Three: Tubal infertility
Chapter Twenty-Four: Diminished ovarian reserve and premature ovarian failure
Chapter Twenty-Five: Recurrent miscarriage
Chapter Twenty-Six: Immune infertility and immune recurrent miscarriage
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Using Chinese medicine to support assisted reproductive technology treatment
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Pregnancy care Appendices

Appendix 1: Animal and endangered products and herb cautions
Appendix 2: Dispensing Chinese herbal medicines
Appendix 3: Basic fertility and pregnancy blood test values (with US/European conversions) and explanation of abbreviations
Appendix 4: Classical acupuncture prescriptions for gynaecology and infertility

Glossary

About the Author

Prof. Yuning Wu graduated from Beijing Medical University in 1970.  In 1985 she passed a nationwide exam administered by the Ministry of Public Health and received a WHO Fellowship Award to work and study at the University of Ottawa, School of Medicine, followed by studies as a Visiting Scholar at Yale University and the University of California in 1988. On her return to China she was appointed head of the Gynaecology and Teaching Departments of Beijing Hospital of TCM. In 1990 she won the first prize of TCM Inheritance from the Beijing Administration of TCM and was awarded the status of Distinguished Veteran Doctor of TCM in 2015 and Famous TCM Master in Beijing in 2017.