Guest guest Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Hi, I was recently thumbing through the book " Rx. for Nutritional Healing " by James and Phyllis Balch.It states in the book that you can tell if there is hypofunction of the adrenal gland by first taking a persons blood pressure after they have been lying down for five minutes.After you get this reading you have the person stand and take the BP again with no wait.If the Bp goes down after standing there is hypofunctioning of the adrenal proportionate to the drop in Bp. Does anyone on the group use this method or have any opinions on it.If this method works it seems as if it could be helpful for spotting kidney Def. syndromes. THANKS, CULLEN SENKO Lac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Used it for years. It's called Ragland's test; I usually employ it as a confirmatory test following a positive paradoxical pupillary response. Avery L. Jenkins, DC, DACBN, FIAMA Chiropractic Physician Diplomate, American Clinical Board of Nutrition Fellow, International Academy of Medical Acupuncture Kent, CT www.docaltmed.com " Life expands and contracts in proportion to one's courage. " -- Anais Nin - " cullen78704 " <cullen78704 <Chinese Medicine > Monday, January 03, 2005 10:46 AM Diagnosis Question > > > > Hi, I was recently thumbing through the book " Rx. for Nutritional > Healing " by James and Phyllis Balch.It states in the book that you can > tell if there is hypofunction of the adrenal gland by first taking a > persons blood pressure after they have been lying down for five > minutes.After you get this reading you have the person stand and take > the BP again with no wait.If the Bp goes down after standing there is > hypofunctioning of the adrenal proportionate to the drop in Bp. Does > anyone on the group use this method or have any opinions on it.If this > method works it seems as if it could be helpful for spotting kidney > Def. syndromes. THANKS, CULLEN SENKO Lac. > > > http://babel.altavista.com/ > > > and adjust > accordingly. > > Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the group > requires prior permission from the author. > > If you are a TCM academic and wish to discuss TCM with other academics, > > > Please support the running of this group. Make a donation by clicking > here, http://tinyurl.com/4xm7g > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 --- " Dr. Avery L. Jenkins " <ajenkins wrote: > > Used it for years. It's called Ragland's test; I > usually employ it as a > confirmatory test following a positive paradoxical > pupillary response. Thanks for the response. Could you explain the positive paradoxical pupillary response? Cullen Senko LAc. Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Sure. Darken the room for a minute. Take a light (I use an otoscope with no speculum on it, but any penlight with a narrow beam will do), and shine it directly into the patient's eye. A normal response would be contraction of the pupil, with mild fluctuation (known as hippus) as the eye continuously adjusts to the light. An abnormal response is either the inability of the pupil to constrict, or constriction for a few seconds followed by mydriasis. History and additional exam will rule out tabes dorsalis as the cause (from a WM point of view), and Ragland's will confirm hypoadrenalism. Again, it's important not to confuse the normal fluctuation in pupil size with an abnormal re-opening. Avery L. Jenkins, DC, DACBN, FIAMA Chiropractic Physician Diplomate, American Clinical Board of Nutrition Fellow, International Academy of Medical Acupuncture Kent, CT www.docaltmed.com " Life expands and contracts in proportion to one's courage. " -- Anais Nin - " Jason Senko " <cullen78704 <Chinese Medicine > Monday, January 03, 2005 6:09 PM Re: Diagnosis Question > > > > --- " Dr. Avery L. Jenkins " <ajenkins > wrote: > >> >> Used it for years. It's called Ragland's test; I >> usually employ it as a >> confirmatory test following a positive paradoxical >> pupillary response. > > > Thanks for the response. > > Could you explain the positive paradoxical pupillary > response? > > Cullen Senko LAc. > > > > > > Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. > http://celebrity.mail. > > > > > > > http://babel.altavista.com/ > > > and adjust > accordingly. > > Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the group > requires prior permission from the author. > > If you are a TCM academic and wish to discuss TCM with other academics, > > > Please support the running of this group. Make a donation by clicking > here, http://tinyurl.com/4xm7g > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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