Guest guest Posted August 15, 2001 Report Share Posted August 15, 2001 Greetings, I recently saw a 43 y.o. male patient (in very good overall health) who had developed a thrombosis in his leg, after a long flight. To prevent future occurences of this, his physician in England prescribed Heparin injection to be taken 30 minutes prior to any flight longer than 2 hours. He wanted to take something less invasive for this and I suggested taking Vitamin E, 400 mg., on a regular basis to keep his platelets "slippery". Later, I thought about Yunnan Biao and that this might be able to be used as a prevention prior to each flight. DOes anyone have any experience treating people with this? WHat would you suggest as a preventive measure other than not flying? I would appreciate any thoughts/suggestions for prevention. Thank you. Susan Froehlich, LAc Hood River, OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2001 Report Share Posted August 16, 2001 a speculation - an acquaintance of mine was recently diagnosed as high risk for thrombosis development and was recommended to take aspirin before and after every flight. This would theoretically make the blood less sesceptible to clotting. How about using herbs which contain the natural form of salicylic acid such as willow bark? Eti Domb >SusFro > > > airline thrombosis prevention >Thu, 16 Aug 2001 02:55:15 EDT > >Greetings, > >I recently saw a 43 y.o. male patient (in very good overall health) who had >developed a thrombosis in his leg, after a long flight. To prevent future >occurences of this, his physician in England prescribed Heparin injection to >be taken 30 minutes prior to any flight longer than 2 hours. He wanted to >take something less invasive for this and I suggested taking Vitamin E, 400 >mg., on a regular basis to keep his platelets "slippery". >Later, I thought about Yunnan Biao and that this might be able to be used as >a prevention prior to each flight. DOes anyone have any experience treating >people with this? WHat would you suggest as a preventive measure other than >not flying? I would appreciate any thoughts/suggestions for prevention. Thank >you. > >Susan Froehlich, LAc >Hood River, OR > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2001 Report Share Posted August 17, 2001 Just read news report that a substance in lemons may prevent dvt. Suggestion that passengers be served Lemon juice. Info needs to be checked though!--- eti domb <etidomb wrote: <HR> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>a speculation - </P> <P>an acquaintance & nbsp;of mine was recently diagnosed as high risk for thrombosis development and was recommended to take aspirin before and after every flight. & nbsp; This would & nbsp;theoretically & nbsp;make the blood less sesceptible to clotting. & nbsp; How about using herbs which contain the natural form of salicylic acid such as willow bark? </P> <P>Eti Domb<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> & gt;SusFro <DIV></DIV> & gt; <DIV></DIV> & gt; <DIV></DIV> & gt; airline thrombosis prevention <DIV></DIV> & gt;Thu, 16 Aug 2001 02:55:15 EDT <DIV></DIV> & gt; <DIV></DIV> & gt;Greetings, <DIV></DIV> & gt; <DIV></DIV> & gt;I recently saw a 43 y.o. male patient (in very good overall health) who had <DIV></DIV> & gt;developed a thrombosis in his leg, after a long flight. To prevent future <DIV></DIV> & gt;occurences of this, his physician in England prescribed Heparin injection to <DIV></DIV> & gt;be taken 30 minutes prior to any flight longer than 2 hours. He wanted to <DIV></DIV> & gt;take something less invasive for this and I suggested taking Vitamin E, 400 <DIV></DIV> & gt;mg., on a regular basis to keep his platelets " slippery " . <DIV></DIV> & gt;Later, I thought about Yunnan Biao and that this might be able to be used as <DIV></DIV> & gt;a prevention prior to each flight. DOes anyone have any experience treating <DIV></DIV> & gt;people with this? WHat would you suggest as a preventive measure other than <DIV></DIV> & gt;not flying? I would appreciate any thoughts/suggestions for prevention. Thank <DIV></DIV> & gt;you. <DIV></DIV> & gt; <DIV></DIV> & gt;Susan Froehlich, LAc <DIV></DIV> & gt;Hood River, OR <DIV></DIV> & gt; <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br> <br> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> <td align=center><font size= " -1 " color=#003399><b> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2001 Report Share Posted August 17, 2001 Dear Susan, Before considering a very strong, cold prescription like Yunnan Baiyao, you need to consider a few things: 1) His pattern differentiation. . . i.e. if he has more of a tendency to heat or cold. If he is more cold, Yunnan Baiyao is contraindicated. 2) While I understand his wanting something preventative before air travel, we need to understand, as best as possible, why he developed this thrombosis, based again on his pattern differentiation, history, and contributing factors. These need to be treated as the ultimate preventative measure. All the best, On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 11:55 PM, SusFro (AT) AOL (DOT) com wrote: > Greetings, > > I recently saw a 43 y.o. male patient (in very good overall health) who had > developed a thrombosis in his leg, after a long flight. To prevent future > occurences of this, his physician in England prescribed Heparin injection to > be taken 30 minutes prior to any flight longer than 2 hours. He wanted to > take something less invasive for this and I suggested taking Vitamin E, 400 > mg., on a regular basis to keep his platelets "slippery". > Later, I thought about Yunnan Biao and that this might be able to be used as > a prevention prior to each flight. DOes anyone have any experience treating > people with this? WHat would you suggest as a preventive measure other than > not flying? I would appreciate any thoughts/suggestions for prevention. Thank > you. > > Susan Froehlich, LAc > Hood River, OR > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 Dear Susan, Before considering a very strong, cold prescription like Yunnan Baiyao, you need to consider a few things: 1) His pattern differentiation. . . i.e. if he has more of a tendency to heat or cold. If he is more cold, Yunnan Baiyao is contraindicated. Why is yunnan baiyao considered cold or CI for Cold…? Do you have a complete list of ingredients, because I only know of tian qi as the primary ingredient, which is warm… ?? -Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 , " " <@o...> wrote: > > > Why is yunnan baiyao considered cold or CI for Cold.? Do you have a > complete list of ingredients, because I only know of tian qi as the primary > ingredient, which is warm. ?? > I nver thought of yunnan bai yao as extremely cold, either. but it is indicated to clear heat and toxin and is used for red, swollen skin lesions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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