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article off HealingPeople.com (formerly Acupuncture.com). Do you know anything

about the reliability of the "biophoton"?JimJames

RamholzOriental Medicine

Journal112 E. LaurelFort

Collins, CO 80524-3029970-482-5900

Voice

 

Chinese Herbal Medicine, HAART, and HIV:

A Post-Protease Update

 

By M.M. Van Benschoten

19231 Victory Blvd Suite 151

Reseda CA 91335

mmvbs

Abstract: HIV positive patients on HAART

multi-drug regimens (HAART = highly active anti-retroviral therapy) that

include protease inhibitors show evidence of persistent retroviral activity

and mutation despite undetectable PCR test results according to diagnostic

tests of acupoints. Chinese herbal medicines that neutralize these retroviral

signals may help to inhibit uncontrolled viral replication and control

side effects of pharmaceuticals.

In 1995, the first clinical studies

of protease inhibitors began, heralding the introduction of a new approach

to viral control beyond nucleoside analogs. By 1997, as protease inhibitors

became widely used, the death rate from AIDS in New York City was reduced

by 48%. Opportunistic infections and referrals to specialists were also

greatly reduced9. Our clinical tests of acupoint biophoton emissions in

patients on HAART indicated continued and persistent viral activity at

many of the same acupoints identified in our previous papers10-14. (For

more information on acupoint emissions, please see: Acupoint

Diagnostics). Shortly after the introduction of protease inhibitors,

we began seeing evidence of viral mutation in response to the new therapy,

in addition to side effects involving the liver and gastrointestinal tract.

The protease inhibitors Saquinavir,

Crixivan, and Norvir were found to generate viral mutations in the thymus

(Ren 20) and lymph nodes (LI 4). Coptis, lonicera, houttuynia, and magnolia

bark were found to neutralize acupoint biophoton emissions indicating viral

mutation in response to these new drugs. Gastrointestinal side effects

also required therapy, as diarrhea and nausea were common side effects.

Corydalis, mume, poria, pueraria, licorice, and bupleurum help to alleviate

abdominal pain, diarrhea, and protect the liver.

By 1997, protease inhibitors and multi-drug

regimens became the standard of care. In all patients with undetectable

PCR test results, we find retroviral biophoton emissions at specific acupoints

indicating viral activity in the following compartments: macrophages (Spleen

10), bone marrow (Gallbladder 31), central nervous system (Yin Tang, Gallbladder

14), intestines (Small Intestine 3), lymph nodes (Large Intestine 4, Triple

Heater 5), lungs (Stomach 12, Lung 5) and thymus (Ren 20). This indicates

to us that Chinese herbs still have a role to play in limiting uncontrolled

retroviral activity.

The scientific basis for using Chinese

herbs against HIV infection originates from several sources of laboratory

investigations 1-8. Chang and Yeung’s 1988 paper described 11 species with

anti HIV effects in the H9 cell line. These antiretroviral species include

arctium, epimedium, lonicera, viola, andrographis, coptis, prunella, and

lithospermum. Our early work with HIV patients found most of these species

active in neutralizing retroviral biophoton signals12, 13. In 1990 Li and

Mohri at UCLA identified 10 species with anti HIV effects in H9 cell line,

which confirmed many of the findings of Chang and Yeung. Independent confidential

laboratory research on single and multiple herb extracts in cell culture

showed further confirmation of the species described in the work of Chang

and Li, while revealing synergistic effects for multi-herb combinations

that increased in vitro antiviral activity by 10 fold33.

In 1996 we reviewed the results of

our clinical research using acupoint diagnostics and Chinese materia medica

in the management of HIV and AIDS related opportunistic infections and

malignancies14. Since the inclusion of protease inhibitors, we have tracked

those herbs neutralizing retroviral signals in patients currently on multi-drug

regimens. A summary of these findings appears in the table below.

 

 

Table 1. Acupoints and Chinese

Materia Medica for Persistent Retroviral Activity due to HAART Resistance

 

 

 

Spleen 10 (macrophages)

 

 

houttuynia

Norvir/D4T/3TC

 

 

licorice

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

lithospermum

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Hydroxyurea/Viramune/Crixivan

 

 

 

Delavirdine/Viracept/3TC

 

 

 

Viracept/Rescriptor/DDC

 

 

lonicera

Norvir/D4T/3TC

 

 

luffa

DDI/D4T/Viracept/Hydroxyurea

 

 

 

Delavirdine/Viracept/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

milletia

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

ocimum

Crixivan/3TC/Viramune

 

 

 

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

perilla leaf

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Fortovase/Combivir/Norvir

 

 

polygonum cuspidatum

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/AZT/3TC

 

 

prunella

Norvir/D4T/3TC

 

 

salvia

Norvir/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Crixivan/D4T or AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Saquinavir/AZT/3TC

 

 

scute

Norvir/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/3TC/D4T

 

 

trichosanthes root

Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

viola

3TC/D4T/Viracept

 

 

 

Crixivan/Saquinavir/AZT/3TC

 

 

vitex

Crixivan/D4T or AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Gallbladder 31 (bone marrow)

 

 

 

chrysanthemum

Crixivan/3TC/Viramune

 

 

houttuynia

Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

isatis leaf

Viracept/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

licorice

Crixivan/AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Viracept/Rescriptor/DDC

 

 

lithospermum

Crixivan/D4T or AZT/3TC

 

 

lonicera

3TC/D4T

 

 

loranthus

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC

 

 

luffa

Crixivan/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

3TC/D4T/Viracept

 

 

 

Fortovase/Combivir/Norvir

 

 

milletia

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

3TC/D4T/Saquinavir

 

 

 

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Crixivan/Saquinavir/AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/AZT/3TC

 

 

ocimum

DDI/D4T/Viracept/Hydroxyurea

 

 

perilla leaf

Delavirdine/Viracept/3TC

 

 

scute

Delavirdine/Viracept/3TC

 

 

trichosanthes root

Hydroxurea/Viramune/Crixivan

 

 

 

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

viola

Saquinavir/AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

vitex

Norvir/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Yintang (central nervous system)

 

 

 

baphicacanthes

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Saquinavir/AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/3TC/D4T

 

 

bupleurum

Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Crixivan/AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Delavirdine/Viracept/3TC

 

 

 

Viracept/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Fortovase/Combivir/Norvir

 

 

lithospermum

3TC/D4T/Viracept

 

 

luffa

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

perilla leaf

Hydroxyurea/Viramune/Crix

 

 

 

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

polygonum cuspidatum

Crixivan/AZT/3TC

 

 

salvia

3TC/D4T/Saquinavir

 

 

 

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/Saquinavir/AZT/3TC

 

 

trichosanthes root

DDI/D4T/Viracept/Hydroxyurea

 

 

viola

Crixivan/3TC/D4T

 

 

vitex

Norvir/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Small Intestine 1, 3

 

 

 

arctium

Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

chrysanthemum

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

lithospermum

3TC/D4T/Saquinavir

 

 

 

Crixivan/Saquinavir/AZT/3TC

 

 

luffa

Crixivan/AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Delavirdine/Viracept/3TC

 

 

 

Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

magnolia bark

Crixivan/3TC/D4T

 

 

perilla leaf

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

prunella

Fortovase/Combivir/Norvir

 

 

salvia

3TC/D4T/Viracept

 

 

vitex

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

RNA-SX/Gallbladder 31 (viral

mutation/bone marrow)

 

 

 

bupleurum

Viracept/Rescriptor/DDC

 

 

chrysanthemum

DDI/D4T/Viracept/Hydroxyurea

 

 

epimedium

3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Crixivan/AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Norvir/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

licorice

Crixivan/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Delavirdine/Viracept/3TC

 

 

 

Fortovase/Comvir/Norvir

 

 

lithospermum

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Saquinavir/AZT/3TC

 

 

lonicera

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC

 

 

loranthus

3TC/D4T/Viracept

 

 

luffa

3TC/D4T/Saquinavir

 

 

 

Saquinavir/Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

Hydroxyurea/Viramune Crixivan

Crixivan/3TC/D4T

 

 

 

Crixivan/Saquinavir/AZT/3TC

 

 

milletia

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Crixivan/D4T/3TC

 

 

morus bark

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

ocimum

Crixivan/D4T or AZT/3TC

 

 

 

Norvir/3TC/D4T

 

 

perilla leaf

Viracept/D4T/3TC

 

 

 

Delavirdine/Viracept/3TC

 

 

polygonum cuspidatum

Crixivan/3TC/Viramune

 

 

 

 

 

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Although I would hope someone who actually uses this system

could clarify, Van Benschoten is well known in the Southern California

area for being brilliant and a " highly individual thinker " . He

has a very large practice with month long waiting lists for

" impossible cases " . Practitioners can spend a year or so

learning his system. It is as I understand it: The diagnostic technique

consists of measuring " biophoton " or colors that come off of

certain points (I don't know how these are measured). It uses ideas from

muscle testing and takes them much, much further. It is not especially a

Chinese approach but more in the esoteric Western tradition.

 

 

At 08:32 AM 7/31/00 -0700, you wrote:

OMJournal wrote:

An article off

HealingPeople.com (formerly Acupuncture.com). Do you know anything about

the reliability of the " biophoton " ?JimJames RamholzOriental

Medicine Journal112 E. LaurelFort Collins, CO 80524-3029970-482-5900

Voice

Chinese Herbal Medicine, HAART, and HIV: A

Post-Protease Update

 

 

L.Ac.

safe, compassionate care

acupuncture, herbs, Chinese Internal Medicine

Santa Monica, California

 

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