Guest guest Posted November 16, 2000 Report Share Posted November 16, 2000 Andrew.. Yes, I do consider latent heat to be part of autoimmune disorders. The Japanese did some research back in the 80's using Tu Fu Ling. I have had tremendous results using it to treat Lupus and Lymes disease and as many know, it is an antispirochetsial agent (syphilis). Tu Fu Ling was used extensively by turn-of-the-century western docs as an 'alteritive' (read clear blood heat here). I think where you are headed with this leaky gut stuff is Li's Yin Fire model. Certainly when polypetides get across the gut barrier, the blood accumulates antigen-antibody materials. This results in a pulse pattern Dr. Shen called 'blood unclear'. To identify this quality, one must use the 'lifting method'; lift the fingers slowly from the organ depth to the Qi depth, if the puse gets wider in this process and then narrower, then 'Blood unclear' is a likely scenario. The vessel is a tube and it involutes under pressure, than it returns to normal. The widening of the pulse upon lifting reveals accumulation in the blood, this accumulation may take place within a range from toxic load to heat. Finally, if the Blood gets very thick, then the vessel is wide throughout the whole process of lifting. Will <<do you think there is any connection between latent heat and autoimmune disorders, giving as a prime example gluten intolerance. I imagine low grade inflammatory responses may be characterised as 'useless heat' although it is a case more of auto-intoxication rather than trapped exogenous toxins. Andrew>> Attachment: vcard [not shown] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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