Notes 1
1 First-aid for Imminent Symptoms and Signs 1
1.1 High Fever 1
1.2 Shock 20
1.3 Coma 25
2 Cardiovascular Diseases 35
2.1 Angina Pectoris 35
2.2 Acute Myocardial Infarction 41
2.3 Acute Pulmonary Heart Disease 48
2.4 Acute Infectious Endocarditis 52
2.5 Viral Myocarditis 56
2.6 Arrythmia 61
2.7 Heart Failure 68
3 Respiratory Diseases 72
3.1 Acute Bronchitis 72
3.2 Lobar Pneumonia 76
3.3 Acute Aspiration Pulmonary Abscess 82
4 Neurogenic and Psychogenic Diseases 85
4.1 Trigeminal Neuralgia 85
4.2 Migraine 88
4.3 Acute Polyneuritis 93
4.4 Acute Infective Polyneuroradiculitis 96
4.5 Hypertensive Cerebral Hemorrhage 100
4.6 Arteriosclerotic Cerebral Infarction 106
5 Digestive Diseases 118
5.1 Acute Gastroenteritis 118
5.2 Gastroduodenal Ulcerative Bleeding 121
5.3 Acute Gastric Dilatation 126
5.4 Hepatic Coma 129
5.5 Biliary Ascariasis 133
5.6 Acute Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis 136
5.7 Acute Pancreatitis 140
5.8 Acute Appendicitis 143
5.9 Gastroduodenal Ulcer and Perforation 147
5.10 Acute Peritonitis 151
5.11 Pseudomembranous Enteritis 154
6 Diseases of the Urinary System 157
6.1 Acute Renal Failure 157
6.2 Uremia 162
6.3 Acute Urinary Tract Infection 166
6.4 Acute Urine Retention 169
7 Diseases of the Endocrine and Metabolic System 175
7.1 Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis 175
7.2 Acute Hypoadrenocorticism 177
7.3 Spontaneous Hypoglycemia 180
8 Diseases of Hematopoietic System 183
8.1 Aplastic Anemia 183
8.2 Acute Hemorrhagic Anemia 187
8.3 Allergic Purpura 190
9 Diseases of the Connective Tissues and Allergic Reactions 195
9.1 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 195
9.2 Allergic Subacute Septicemia 198
10 Infectious Diseases 202
10.1 Influenza 202
10.2 Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis 205
10.3 Epidemic Encephalitis B 208
10.4 Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever 213
10.5 Acute Fatal Hepatitis 221
11 Poisoning and Physicochemical Traumatic Diseases 226
11.1 Alcoholism 226
11.2 Aconite Poisoning 229
11.3 Dog Button Poisoning 230
11.4 Heliosis 231
12 Common Emergent Cases of Gynecology 234
12.1 Dysmenorrhea 234
12.2 Acute Pelvic Inflammation 238
12.3 Functional Uterine Bleeding 241
13 Common Emergent Cases of Paediatrics 250
13.1 Neonatal Pneumonia 250
13.2 Neonatal Septicemia 255
13.3 Toxic Dysentery 257
14 Acute Diseases of Ear,Nose and Throat 260
14.1 Acute Nasosinusitis 260
14.2 Acute Tonsillitis 264
14.3 Acute Purulent Otitis Media 267
14.4 Meniere s Disease 271
15.1 Herpes Zoster 277
15 Common Emergent Cases of Dermatology 277
15.2 Acute Erysipeias 281
16 The Main Approaches of Emergency Treatment in TCM 284
16.1 Emetic and Purgative-Method 284
16 2 Acupuncture-Massage Therapy 286
16.3 Venous Transfusion 290
16.4 Aerosol Inhalation 292
16.5 Administration Per Anus 293
Index of Recipes 294
The English-Chinese Encyclopedia of Practical TCM (Booklist) 509