Common Laboratory Tests Used by TCM Practitioners: When to Refer Patients for Lab Tests and How to Read and Interpret the Results

Common Laboratory Tests Used by TCM Practitioners: When to Refer Patients for Lab Tests and How to Read and Interpret the Results

Christina Captain, Partha Banerjee
$21.95
Publication Date: March 21st, 2014
Publisher:
Singing Dragon
ISBN:
9781848192058
Pages:
128

Description

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners need to have an understanding of Western medical testing to recognize when laboratory tests are required and to interpret test results that are brought to them by patients. This book is an essential reference for the TCM classroom and clinic that teaches how to use and understand conventional lab testing in the treatment and referral of patients.

Focusing on symptoms that commonly present in TCM practices, the book groups the lab tests by diseases or systems. Within each chapter are TCM case studies and perspectives, as well as multiple choice quizzes that test the reader's knowledge. Co-written by a doctor of Western medicine and an acupuncture physician, the book aims to familiarize TCM practitioners with the terminology and methodology of lab tests, bridging the gap between Eastern and Western schools of medicine and promoting an integrative approach to improve the overall care of the patient.

About the Author

Partha Banerjee, MD, completed his medical training in Calcutta, India. He then moved to the US where he specialized in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Geriatrics. Formerly a professor at Wright State Medical School, he practiced medicine in Ohio for 30 years. He has received numerous awards including the "Laureate Award" by the American College of Physicians and was listed in the "Best Doctors of America" 1995 and 1998. Now in semi-retirement, he continues to instruct graduate level Western medicine at the East West College of Natural Medicine in Sarasota, Florida. Christina Captain is a nationally board-certified (NCCAOM) and state-licensed acupuncture physician in Sarasota, Florida. She is the Founder and Medical Director of The Family Healing Center, an integrative, alternative healthcare practice that incorporates traditional Western ideology with Eastern and other holistic strategies. For 11 years she was a senior faculty member at the East West College of Natural Medicine where she was also its chief administrative officer, advisory board chairperson, and author of the Doctoral program in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.