A Woman's Guide to Healing from Breast Cancer
Table of contents
Foreword ..............................................................................................................
xi
Introduction ...........................................................................................................
xi
SECTION ONE
Understanding the Ancient wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine
CHAPTER 1: Who Can Benefit Today from the Ancient Wisdom of TCM? ............... 3
CHAPTER 2: History of TCM and Its Understanding of Cancer ................................. 9
CHAPTER 3: East and West: A Story About the Root Cause
.................... and Progression of
Breast Cancer ......................................................
16
CHAPTER 4: Nine-Point Guide to Self-Healing:
.................... How To Use TCM Knowledge
to Treat the Root Cause
.................... of Breast Cancer or
Help Prevent It ...................................................
26
CHAPTER 5: The Ancient Principles of TCM ........................................................ 33
CHAPTER 6: Understanding the Basic Theories of TCM ......................................... 69
CHAPTER 7: How Your Body’s Five Organ Systems
Function Individually
.................... and as a Whole System;
What Happens When Relationships and
.................... Communication are
Disrupted in Breast Cancer ..................................
99
CHAPTER 8: TCM’s Early Warning Signs of Breast Cancer .................................. 143
CHAPTER 9: TCM: Treating the Source Not the Symptoms .................................. 151
SECTION TWO
How You Can Complement Breast Cancer Treatments
with Traditional Chinese Medicine's Self-Healing Techniques
CHAPTER 10: How You Can Trace the Root Cause of Your Breast Disease .......... 180
ChAPTER 11: Beginning the Journey: How to Handle Test
Results;
..................... How to Find the Right
Doctors for You; Ancient Self-Healing
......................Techniques That Can
Help You Successfully Prepare for and
..................... Complete Breast Cancer
Treatments ...............................................
186
CHAPTER 12: Surgery: How to Prepare Yourself with
TCM Techniques;
...................... How to Use TCM to
Undergo Surgery; How to Help
.......................Yourself Complete
Breast Cancer Treatments;
...................... How to Help Yourself
Recover ......................................................
194
CHAPTER 13: How to Manage Your Health During Chemotherapy or Radiation ..... 199
CHAPTER 14: Beginning the Real Healing Work:
...................... Why and How to Create
a Lifestyle Plan with TCM
....................... to Address the
Root Cause of Your Breast Cancer .........................
206
SECTION THREE
Prevention Is the Real Cure: How You Can Help Yourself Heal,
or Prevent Breast Cancer or Its Recurrence with Traditional Chinese
Medicine
CHAPTER 15: Self-Healing TCM Checklists ........................................................ 215
CHAPTER 16: Wu Ming Meridian
Therapy: Ancient Energy Movements
...................... You
Can Perform Daily for Self-Healing ........................................
243
CHAPTER 17: Foods and Herbs You Can Use to Strengthen Your Healing Energy .. 254
CHAPTER 18: How You Can Access Seven Secret Healing
Gates
...................... to Achieve Maximum
Health Benefits ............................................
313
Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 320
Traditional Chinese Medicine Evaluation Form for Charting Your Healing Progress .. 322
Resource List ...................................................................................................... 327
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................... 330
About Nan Lu, O.M.D. L.Ac. .............................................................................. 332
About Ellen Schaplowskg ..................................................................................... 334
About the Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation ..................................... 336
About the American Taoist Healing Center, Inc. .................................................... 338
Index .................................................................................................................. 341