A glance at the back cover of this book reveals that few authors could be better qualified to write a definitive work on insomnia. Conventionally trained in France as a surgeon and gynecologist, Hamid Montakab, MD, has also studied acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, osteopathy, and the traditional medicines of the Philippines and India; and, in 1994, he conducted a formal scientific research study on acupuncture and insomnia. He has been refining, practicing, and teaching his knowledge ever since. I opened the book with some eagerness, and my interest was immediately piqued to see that the Foreword was written by Jeffery Yuen. "A good sign," I thought. Chapter 1 opens with a thorough review of Western approaches to insomnia, complete with standard sleep laboratory studies and a discussion of about rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM states, while Chapter 2 follows-up with a detailed analysis of insomnia from a Chinese Medicine (CM) point of view.
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