TCM Fertility Resources

The Infertility Cure: The Ancient Chinese Wellness Program For Getting Pregnant And Having Healthy Babies, by: Randine Lewis, Little, Brown and Company, 2004, ISBN: 0316172294.

The Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine, by: Jane Lyttleton, Steven (FRW) Clavey, Elsevier Health Sciences, 2004, ISBN: 044306640X.

Acupuncture & IVF, by: Lifang Liang, Blue Poppy Press, Boulder CO, 2003. ISBN: 1891845241.

Acupuncture in Pregnancy and Childbirth, by: Zita West, Elsevier Health Sciences, 2001, ISBN: 0443061386.

Obstetrics & Gynecology in Chinese Medicine, by: Giovanni Maciocia, Elsevier Health Sciences, 1998, ISBN: 0443054584.

Fullfilling the Essence: A Handbook of Traditional & Contemporary Chinese Treatments for Female Infertility, by: Bob Flaws, Blue Poppy Press, Boulder CO, 1993.

Handbook of Obstetrics & Gynecology in Chinese Medicine: An Integrated Approach, by: Jin Yu, M.D., Eastland Press, Vista, CA, 1998.

Female Reproductive Aging, Studies in Profertility Series, Vol. 9, by: Te Velde, E.R., P.L. Pearson, and F.J. Broekmans, EDS, CRC Press-Parthenon Publishers, London, 2000.

Resources

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