This book is an advanced textbook and clinical manual of Chinese andrology, a speciality within Chinese medicine. While there is a reasonable-sized body of professional andrology literature in Chinese, this text represents the first comprehensive English language Chinese andrology resource to date. Book One introduces the foundations of Chinese andrology and includes the following: * The history of andrology in Chinese medicine * Anatomy of the male genitourinary system * The channels and network vessels in andrology * The viscera and bowels in andrology * Andrological disease causes and pathomechanisms * Chinese andrological diseases * General treatment principles in andrology Book Two covers specific andrological diseases including: * Scrotal and penile diseases * Prostatitis * Priapism * Benign prostatic hyperplasia * Male infertility * Andropause * Erectile dysfunction * Peyronie's disease Principles of Chinese medical Andrology is well organized, easy to use, and provides its readers with comprehensive discussions of the men's disorders most commonly seen in clinical practice. This is easily the best English language reference of its kind to date. If one were limited to owning a single textbook on the topic, it should be this one. --Charles Chace, co-translator of The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion As the first comprehensive English text exploring the use of Chinese medicine for male diseases, Bob Damone's Principles of Chinese Medical Andrology makes a significant contribution to the development of Chinese medicine in the West. Broad in scope and carefully compiled, it will certainly remain a foundational source text for students and practitioners for many years to come. --Nigel Wiseman, co-author of a Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine ...researching both the classical and modern clinical literature, Bob Damone has insightfully compiled a practical diagnostic and therapeutic resource. Reliably translated and clearly expressed without glossing over the critical details, any practitioner will find Principles of Chinese Medical Andrology easy-to-understand and apply in practice. --Robert L. Felt, Paradigm Publications Bob Damone, M.S., L.Ac. has over 18 years experience as a practitioner and teacher of Chinese internal medicine. He reads medical Chinese and has studied Chinese medicine in Taiwan and in mainland China. He has been teaching at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine for over 12 years, where he is currently the chair of the department of Oriental medicine, and he is one of the most respected practitioners and teachers of Chinese medicine in the San Diego area. Bob is the co-translator of Ten Lectures on the Use of Formulas from the Personal Experience of Jiao Shu-De, and co-editor of A Heart Approach to Gynecology; Essentials in Verse.