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Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > Traditional medicine & remedies
This progressive handbook for Chinese medicine students and
practitioners looks at gender, physiology, relationships and sexual
attraction from the Chinese medicine perspective. Many standard
diagnostic and treatment techniques are gender-based and do not
work with clients who identify as LGBT or gender/sex/relationship
fluid and so these communities are currently often underserved.
Catherine Lumenello accesses the Daoist, Buddhist and Confucianist
roots of the medicine and explores the energetic pathways, the
Three Treasures and other theories in order to understand the
emotional etiology and treatment concerns prevalent within these
client groups. The topics covered in the book include transgender
issues, asexuality, sex addiction, sexual realignment surgery and
polyamory. Incorporating client examples, illustrations, and an
assortment of treatment approaches, this book is a radical
re-examination of the potential of Chinese medicine.
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