Soothing the Troubled Mind : Treatment and Prevention of Schizophrenia with Acupuncture and Moxibustion

This informative text provides an introduction to schizophrenia and a review of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatments being used in treating both schizophrenia and other mental diseases.

Rather than focusing on how to carry out acupuncture and TCM, it examines the best way to apply treatments.

Covering both the Western biomedical diagnosis and the essentials of Chinese differential diagnosis, treatment protocols are provided for each condition.

A controversial text whose basic message is that TCM has much to offer for the future of psychiatric medicine.