Food allergies
Subtitle: traditional Chinese medicine, Western science, and the search for a cure
By: Henry Ehrlich
Publisher: Third Avenue Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780984383221
Subjects: Chinese Traditional Medicine; Food Hypersensitivity; Therapy; Food allergy; Chinese Medicine
Description: Food Allergies: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Western Science, and the Search for a Cure is the first book-length account of the work of Dr. Xiu-Min Li on her work to adapt ancient herbal medicines to cure "modern" diseases, and to prove their efficacy using the best that science has to offer. Born in China, Dr. Li was simultaneously trained in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine in Henan and Beijing, followed by fellowships at Stanford and Johns Hopkins. Author Henry Ehrlich calls her a Rosetta stone because she can think simultaneously in both systems and recognize the potential of thousands of TCM remedies for treating diseases of the immune system that defy conventional remedies, not just food allergies but also eczema and asthma, and, potentially, autoimmune disorders. Now a full professor at Mt. Sinai in New York, her research has produced a bonanza of insight into the functioning of the immune system.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-139).
Table of contents: title: An epidemic of progress; title: The parasite-food allergy connection; title: Establishing a suitable animal substitute for people in research; title: A first test of efficacy-FAHF-1; title: Process of elimination; title: Proof; title: Whole greater than the sum of its parts; title: How long does it last?; title: Human trials; title: Too many pills; title: Documenting the quest for a cure; title: Multiple food allergies for the price of one; title: From one generation to the next; title: Beyond food allergies; title: Treating severe allergic diseases: three cases from private clinical practice; title: The slow road to clinical practice; title: What it is like to participate in an FAHF-2 clinical trial: one mother's account.