Bob Flaws is the most prolific writer on Chinese medicine in the English language. He is author, translator, or editor of over 80 books on Chinese medicine and scores of articles published in both professional journals and the popular press. Among his other credits, Bob is a past president and lifetime fellow of the Acupuncture Association of Colorado, a fellow and director of the National Academy of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine as well as a past editor of that association's quarterly journal, a founder of the Council of Oriental Medical Publishers, and the founder of Blue Poppy Enterprises. Bob is also the co-author and co-director of an NIH-funded research project working with AIDS-related peripheral neuropathy.

Contents

Preface
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) Its Chinese cause, diagnosis, and treatment
Premenstrual breast distention
PMS revisited
Gofu Kola Heavenly water
Herbal formula for the treatment of PMS in American women
Chinese dietary therapy, Western physiology & PMS
Candidiasis & PMS
TCM orthomolecular therapy for PMS
Homeopathy, TCM & PMS
Acupuncture & PMS
Finding a prodfessional practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Conclusion