This book is a layperson's guide to Chinese medicine & arthritis. In it, the authors discuss the basic concepts of Chinese medicine, the Chinese medical description of pain in general & the Chinese medical diagnosis & treatment of joint pain in particular. They then go on to introduce such Chinese medical concepts as qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm nodulation & qi & blood vacuity. This is followed by a discussion of the main patterns covering arthritis in Chinese medicine & how these are treated by professional practitioners of Chinese medicine. Next come a number of Western case histories of patients who were treated by Doug Frank. The authors then go on to discuss what they call the \"three free therapies\" for arthritis: diet, exercise & deep relaxation. In addition to this trio of fundamental self-care therapies, the authors also discuss such low or no-cost Chinese self-help techniques as qi gong, self-massage, magnet therapy, moxibustion, hydrotherapy, Chinese herbal patent medicines & Chinese herbal wines & elixirs. They round out their presentation with some sound psychological advice about learning to live with chronic pain, advice on how to find a local professional practitioners & a section on learning more about Chinese medicine. A glossary at the back makes unfamiliar Chinese medical terms easy to understand. In addition, there is a bibliography & an index.