Jake Fratkin
Biography
Jake Paul Fratkin, OMD, L.Ac. is considered an exciting and well-prepared teacher of Chinese herbal medicine and Japanese acupuncture. Known for emphasizing clinical relevance in his talks, he is sought-after as a teacher at national and state conventions and acupuncture colleges.
Dr. Fratkin trained in Korean and Japanese acupuncture since 1975, and Chinese herbal medicine since 1982. He spent a year in Beijing hospitals specializing in internal disorders and pediatrics. He is the author of Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines: A Clinical Desk Reference, a compendium of 1250 Chinese herbal products, Essential Chinese Formulas, and he is the editor-organizer of Practical Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is the recipient of Acupuncturist of the Year (1999) from the AAAOM and Teacher of the Year (2006) from the American Association of Teachers of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AATAOM).
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Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines: The Clinical Desk Reference
Hardback book, 1198 pages. This volume covers 1360 products, including 550 GMP level products and all of California FDB analysis on 505 products. Includes information on endagered animals, heavy metals, and pharmaceuticals. The text is organized into 12 groups, with a total of 109 chapters and includes material by Andrew Ellis, Subhuti Dharmananda, and Richard Ko. Over 80 pages of full-color photos (with English and Chinese cross-reference). Fully indexed.
“Jake Fratkin’s Essential Chinese Formulas is indeed an essential desktop companion. The comments by the author reflect his long clinical experience. Highly recommended.” — Giovanni Maciocia
What’s Inside:
Concise 2-page summations of 133 classical formulas, 83 modern formulas, and 9 single herbs.
Formulas describe ingredient percentages, historical origins, TCM indications, commentary with clinical applications, and contraindications and cautions.
The formulas are organized into 18 clinical groups with 54 chapters, and include practical descriptions at the beginning of each chapter.
Hardback book, 650 pages.
This book accomplishes two tasks.
The first is to summarize, concisely, existing information on formulas from the Chinese and English language sources, with appropriate references.
The second is to summarize Jake Fratkin’s 35 years of clinical experience of using and applying Chinese herbal medicine. These are discussed in the introductions to each chapter, and in the Commentary sections of each formula.
Why Essential Chinese Formulas? In the TCM colleges, students are exposed to over 800 formulas.
This book focuses on the 225 most important formulas in clinical practice, and references the various manufacturers for each formula.
It offers a revision, updating and simplification of its predecessor, Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines, The Clinical Desk Reference (2001).
Its usefulness in the clinic will make this book a must-have for all practitioners and students of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Essential Chinese Formulas
What’s Inside:
Concise 2-page summations of 133 classical formulas, 83 modern formulas, and 9 single herbs.
Formulas describe ingredient percentages, historical origins, TCM indications, commentary with clinical applications, and contraindications and cautions.
The formulas are organized into 18 clinical groups with 54 chapters, and include practical descriptions at the beginning of each chapter.
Hardback book, 650 pages.
This book accomplishes two tasks.
The first is to summarize, concisely, existing information on formulas from the Chinese and English language sources, with appropriate references.
The second is to summarize Jake Fratkin’s 35 years of clinical experience of using and applying Chinese herbal medicine. These are discussed in the introductions to each chapter, and in the Commentary sections of each formula.
Why Essential Chinese Formulas? In the TCM colleges, students are exposed to over 800 formulas.
This book focuses on the 225 most important formulas in clinical practice, and references the various manufacturers for each formula.
It offers a revision, updating and simplification of its predecessor, Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines, The Clinical Desk Reference (2001).
Its usefulness in the clinic will make this book a must-have for all practitioners and students of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Essential Chinese Patent Medicines
What’s Inside:
Concise 2-page summations of 133 classical formulas, 83 modern formulas, and 9 single herbs.
Formulas describe ingredient percentages, historical origins, TCM indications, commentary with clinical applications, and contraindications and cautions.
The formulas are organized into 18 clinical groups with 54 chapters, and include practical descriptions at the beginning of each chapter.
Hardback book, 650 pages.
This book accomplishes two tasks.
The first is to summarize, concisely, existing information on formulas from the Chinese and English language sources, with appropriate references.
The second is to summarize Jake Fratkin’s 35 years of clinical experience of using and applying Chinese herbal medicine. These are discussed in the introductions to each chapter, and in the Commentary sections of each formula.
Why Essential Chinese Formulas? In the TCM colleges, students are exposed to over 800 formulas.
This book focuses on the 225 most important formulas in clinical practice, and references the various manufacturers for each formula.
It offers a revision, updating and simplification of its predecessor, Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines, The Clinical Desk Reference (2001).
Its usefulness in the clinic will make this book a must-have for all practitioners and students of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine.
TCM Case Studies: Autoimmune Disease
TCM therapies do more than relieve symptoms; they slow or reverse disease development, and mitigate damage by Western medications. The Chinese approach is to boost vital qi by addressing deficiencies of qi, blood, yin or yang; addressing exogenous pathogenic factors such as heat toxins; and clearing accumulations of phlegm, damp or blood stasis.
Professor Zeng Sheng-ping is a renowned specialist in autoimmune disease at the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Jake Paul Fratkin, OMD, L.Ac. has been in practice since 1978, and is the author of Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines, The Clinical Desk Reference. In this volume, the authors discuss the etiology and physiology of nine different autoimmune diseases, citing 2 to 4 cases in each study, with detailed analysis of herbal prescriptions used for each case.