01.16.09
Posted in Chinese Herbal Medicine, Herbal Recipes, Traditional Chinese Medicine at 9:53 pm by Dr. Pharm Tao
Recipes with herbs of cool or cold nature that can clear heat, remove toxins, cool blood and treat interior heat syndromes are called clearing heat herbal recipes.
There are several types of clearing heat herbal recipes:
1. Recipes for clearing heat in the Qi sector:
They can clear heat and fire, and are used for heat syndromes in the Qi sector.
2. Recipes for clearing heat and cooling blood in the Ying (nutrient) and Xue (blood) sectors:
They can clear heat, cool blood and remove toxins.
3. Heat-clearing and detoxifying recipes:
They can clear heat, reduce fire and remove toxins, and can be used to treat syndromes of excessive fire and toxic heat.
4. Recipes for clearing heat in the bowels and viscera:
They can clear heat and remove toxins, and can be used to treat syndromes caused by heat in the bowels and viscera.
5. Recipes for clearing heat and summer-heat:
They can clear heat and summer-heat, and can be used to treat syndromes of the invasion of pathogenic summer-heat.
6. Recipes for clearing heat caused by Yin deficiency:
They can replenish Yin, clear away heat, and can be used to treat Yin deficiency with internal heat syndromes.
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01.13.09
Posted in Traditional Chinese Medicine at 9:58 pm by Dr. Pharm Tao
Clinicians in Brazil used acupuncture and moxibustion for the treatment of skin infection (Diogenes et al. 2008). A 13-month-old Brazilian child had staphylococcal-infected skin wounds with a genetic syndrome and congenital heart disease. The child was in a life-threatening clinical condition. The child previously had poor response to antibiotics, antifungal medicines, and local dressing for 50 days.
Body acupuncture was used on the child at these acupuncture points: Bl-58, St-40, St-36, K-7, Sp-6, Lu-9, LI-4, Ren-17, Lu-11, LI-1, St-45, Sp-1, H-9, SI-1, Bl-67, P-9, TB-1, GB-44, Li-1, and K-1. Moxibustion was also applied at the acupuncture point DU-14.
The application of acupuncture and moxibustion led to immediate improvement in the clinical condition. Other medical treatments including antibiotics and the antifungal agents were stopped within 11 days. The child achieved full recovery after 40-day treatment using acupuncture and moxibustion.
Although this is a report of just one successful case, it demonstrates that acupuncture and moxibustion not only have good effects on commonly applied health conditions such as pain, but also are good for skin infections. While antibiotics may cause drug-resistance and are not effective in many circumstances, acupuncture may help adjust the body’s own immune function and provide an effective solution for healing microbial caused diseases.
Reference:
Diogenes, M. S., Carvalho, A. C., et al. (2008) Acupuncture and moxibustion as fundamental therapeutic complements for full recovery of staphylococcal skin infection after a poor 50-day treatment response to antibiotics. J Altern Complement Med 14, 757-761.
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12.17.08
Posted in Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Book Reviews, History, Classics, Physicians, Traditional Chinese Medicine at 10:59 pm by Dr. Pharm Tao
Journal of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture
Volume 1, Number 14, 2008
Understanding the Miracle and Essence of Acupuncture: A Classical Acupuncture Verse (Tong Xuan Zhi Yao Fu)
In ancient China, an important and commonly used way to learn and practice traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is through learning and memorizing Chinese medicine verses. These verses were written by well experienced or famous physicians and revised in many generations. They are brief but written in a smooth and beautiful language, and relatively easy to remember. More importantly, these verses extracted the most valuable experience and the most important knowledge in practicing Chinese medicine. Even today, many experienced Chinese clinicians still use these verses as important references to help them solve many difficult medical problems.
Understanding the Miracle and Essence of Acupuncture (Tong Xuan Zhi Yao Fu) was written by a well-known acupuncturist Hanqing Dou (1196-1280) in the Yuan Dynasty. This verse summarizes the experience of how to choose the most effective acupuncture points (acupoints) for more than 50 diseases. These diseases include different pain syndromes and ailments of the eyes, ears, teeth, and nose. Totally 43 acupoints are used for these diseases, especially the Five-Shu points below the elbows and the knees. Manipulation techniques and the application of basic theories are emphasized. This translation not only translates the language, but also provides explanations and some background knowledge of the history and legends in Chinese medicine.
This verse is one of the most popular acupuncture verses in Chinese medicine history. It was first recorded in Wu Gao’s book A Collection of Outstanding Treatises in Acupuncture and Moxibustion (“Zhen Jiu Ju Ying†in Chinese) in the Ming Dynasty (1529). It was then included in another well-known Chinese medicine classic, The Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (“Zhen Jiu Da Cheng†in Chinese) by Jizhou Yang in the Ming Dynasty (1601). It has been reprinted for hundreds of years, and learned by generations and generations of acupuncturists. It has become one of the “must-learn†verses in Chinese medicine education in China. It is one of the most valuable classics in traditional Chinese medicine. It is included in the acupuncture textbook used by all of the TCM colleges in China.
Resource:
Understanding the Miracle and Essence of Acupuncture: A Classical Acupuncture Verse (Tong Xuan Zhi Yao Fu)
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