Chinese Medicine & Healthy Weight Management

This clever little volume is designed for practitioners of acupuncture and Oriental medicine, but it is written in a style the layperson can understand and utilize. This book combines the best of Western biochemical knowledge about weight and weight control along with everything Chinese medicine has to say about this subject. The book provides detailed information on healthy diet, weight loss, weight management, how to eat for more energy, better digestion, and all the other parameters of good health. Juliette gives many case histories about how the Chinese use herbal medicine and acupuncture to assist in healthy weight management and a breakdown of the most common patterns of disharmony a practitioner will see in clinical practice. Over 50% of all Americans are overweight. The useful information in this book can help these patients who want and need to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight without crazy fads or yo-yo diets. This book teaches effective techniques for counseling patients about eating a healthy, nutritional and energetic diet. It explains how a practitioner can integrate Chinese medical nutritional therapy and Western nutritional science and how to blend NIH and TCM standards for the treatment of overweight and obesity.