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Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea with Chinese Herbs and Oriental Diet Therapy
ITM Home Page | Article Index TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DIARRHEA WITH CHINESE HERBS AND ORIENTAL DIET THERAPY by Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon BACKGROUND Diarrhea refers to a
... responds favorably to local pressure or warmth. When the spleen is weak, the appetite declines, foo ... overwhelming debility of yin, blood, and yang may eventually arise. Chinese Herbal Treatments The f ... tang-kuei, saussurea, and licorice. For patients with extreme cold condition, aconite and dry ginge ...
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Treatment of Throat and Voice Disorders with Chinese Medicine
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... in the throat (sense of pressure, swelling, or, in most cases, something stuck in the throat), rela ... with the addition of citrus and licorice, and sometimes including mume, the plum). Throat polyps, f ... of the voice, are classified as blood stasis masses, and are thus treated not by Pinellia and Magno ...
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Persica and Carthamus: Herbs Paired for Treatment of Blood Stasis
Persica (taoren) and carthamus (honghua) appear in numerous modern formulas as a linked pair of herbs used to break up static blood and invigorate circulation. Persica is none other than the inner kernel of the common peach (Prunus
... and severe pain aggravated by pressure; and traumatic injuries with pain and swelling. Wang Qingren ... Zhuyu Tang, was one of his blood-vitalizing prescriptions that did not contain persica and carthamu ... Platycodon, Raw Rehmannia, Licorice Lindera, Cyperus, Chih-ko, Licorice, Moutan, Corydalis Chin-chi ...
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Simple Traditional Formulas for Pain
ITM's article on simple traditional formulas for pain. Treatment of pain is a primary function of all medical systems. Throughout history, analgesic substances have been intensively sought out; among the earliest materials found to be
... It is intensified by applying pressure over the abdomen. crataegus, malt, raphanus, gallus Phlegm-f ... with qi deficiency (fatigue), blood deficiency (palpitations), yin deficiency (restless heat of the ... or ginseng, atractylodes, licorice Blood: millettia, achyranthes, peony Yang: epimedium, morinda, e ...
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Treatment of Ovarian Cysts with Chinese Herbs
There are at least three different types of ovarian cysts: the most common is the fluid-filled cyst that occurs at the site of the egg-producing follicle; alternatively, a cyst may appear in the corpus luteum, as a yellow mass of tissue;
... but this will be due to pressure from the fluid build-up, not sharp pain from blood stasis or from ... ma-huang (mahuang) 2 grams licorice (gancao) 3 grams In this formula, ma-huang is selected because ...
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Chinese Herbs for Lymphedema
ITM's article on lymphedema and its treatment. Lymphedema (also spelled lymphoedema), is a swelling of the subcutaneous tissues by accumulation of lymph fluid. The disorder has become a common medical concern as the result of modern
... pinellia, hoelen, ginger, licorice). To this base formula are added: red and white atractylodes and ... modern view is that a traumatic pressure to the bursa causes the inflammatory condition with fluid ... be confused with the powerful blood thinner coumadin, which is a derivative of coumarin; coumarin d ...
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Questionable Cancer Therapies I:PC-SPES
ITM has received numerous inquiries over the last two years about PC-SPES (PC for prostate cancer; SPES is said to be Latin for
... used for menopause, and even licorice is rarely selected as a first choice by herbalists either in ... ingredients-in the HPLC (high-pressure liquid chromatography) analysis conducted for the NEJM publi ... birth defects in children and blood clots and other side effects. This was one component that had b ...
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Pinellia, Arisaema, Acorus and Typhonium
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... can reduce intra-ocular pressure (due to fluid accumulation in the eyes). Overall, the actions of t ... silkworm, chaenomeles, licorice, and fu-shen. It is used for treatment of facial paralysis due to s ... and joint pain that is due to a blood disorder." In Origin of Materia Medica, it is stated that typ ...
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Chinese Herbal Therapy for Sciatica And Lumbago
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... pain may worsen whenever a pressure is applied to the affected area, such as results from coughing, ... to Nourish Kidney Yin and Liver Blood Herbs to Tonify the Spleen so as to Promote Circulation of Mo ... Asarum Cinnamon bark Tang-kuei Licorice Tu-huo Peony Astragalus Chin-chiu Cnidium This formulation ...
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Safety Issues Affecting Herbs: Herbs That May Increase Blood Pressure
Patients with hypertension are cautioned by their doctors to be very careful about keeping their blood pressure within acceptable limits, and this is often accomplished with drug treatments as well as through efforts to control diet and
... blocks the action of licorice on raising blood pressure. To minimize the chance of hypertension res ...
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