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Chinese Medicine and the Management of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Guide for Practitioners
Hypermobility syndromes are more common, complex and varied than most practitioners realise. Every hypermobile patient is unique, and therefore challenging to treat using a pre-set paradigm or protocol. The hEDS population can be underserved by Western medicine and there is much that Chinese medicine can do for this community.
This book is one of the first of its kind - a Chinese Medicine text focusing specifically on hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Presenting existing bio-medical narratives before providing an in-depth exploration of the Chinese Medicine paradigms, this guide gives an overview of comprehensive treatment scenarios and addresses issues faced by EDS patients including pain management, psycho-emotional challenges, disruption of gut health, and chronic inflammation, including post-Lyme syndrome.
This book is one of the first of its kind - a Chinese Medicine text focusing specifically on hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Presenting existing bio-medical narratives before providing an in-depth exploration of the Chinese Medicine paradigms, this guide gives an overview of comprehensive treatment scenarios and addresses issues faced by EDS patients including pain management, psycho-emotional challenges, disruption of gut health, and chronic inflammation, including post-Lyme syndrome.
288 pages, Paperback
Published September 21, 2023
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February 26, 2026
If you don't know anything about heds this is a great book for you, otherwise you might not find new or interesting information. I hoped there would be more about actual management and treatment. Like going through different formulas and how they might help with certain symptoms. The most helpful part for me was the chapter about acupuncture.
For people who do suffer with heds or any type of chronic pain and want to learn more about formulas, there are a few you might want to look at.
Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang - mainly for serious nerve issues
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang - chronic pain, mainly back and limbs, great for people who feel cold often
Kang Gu Zhen Sheng Tang - great for joint pain and relaxing muscles around the joints, must be used long term, but you might find you can lower the dosage after the worst flare is eased
WANG QIU ZHOU DING - great for tendon issues and overworked tissue
Tian Ma Gou Teng Tang - tingling sensations caused by nerve issues like compressed nerves
there is more and you should always discuss it with your doctor or tcm practitioner or at least do you research before trying, I am only sharing this because I know how desperate patients can be
For people who do suffer with heds or any type of chronic pain and want to learn more about formulas, there are a few you might want to look at.
Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang - mainly for serious nerve issues
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang - chronic pain, mainly back and limbs, great for people who feel cold often
Kang Gu Zhen Sheng Tang - great for joint pain and relaxing muscles around the joints, must be used long term, but you might find you can lower the dosage after the worst flare is eased
WANG QIU ZHOU DING - great for tendon issues and overworked tissue
Tian Ma Gou Teng Tang - tingling sensations caused by nerve issues like compressed nerves
there is more and you should always discuss it with your doctor or tcm practitioner or at least do you research before trying, I am only sharing this because I know how desperate patients can be
June 3, 2024
Amazing book!
This book has been critical for me in 1) learning more about hEDS and 2) treating my hEDS symptoms. The author is extremely knowledgeable, and I’ve had success using many of the techniques she describes in the book. I am now convinced that the TCM approach is the best way to treat hypermobility syndromes!
This book has been critical for me in 1) learning more about hEDS and 2) treating my hEDS symptoms. The author is extremely knowledgeable, and I’ve had success using many of the techniques she describes in the book. I am now convinced that the TCM approach is the best way to treat hypermobility syndromes!
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