inflammation is a central factor in cardiovascular/ bianzheng

[Guest guest]

, " scott_s_blunk " <jinyinhua@a...>

wrote:

> How does Chinese herbal medicine define inflammation in terms of

> cardiovascular disease? Is this heat in the blood or qi stagnation

or

> heart heat or what? What herbs would be useful for such

inflammation?

>

> Scott

 

Hi Scott!

 

Speaking of endocarditis, it could be categorized into:

1)external evil molests heart

2)toxic heat oppresses heart

3)chronic infectious consumptive disease 'worms' emaciate the heart

(sorry for that funny language but tuberculosis wont describe the

whole thing)

4)damphead oops dampheat scorches the heart

5)damp turbidness grabs the heart

6)phlegm heat attacks the heart

7)blocked blood accumulates in the heart

 

toxic/bacterial/viral mycarditis could be differenciated:

1)heat toxin molests heart

2)damp toxin dito

3)yin deficiency with inner heat

4)qi and yin deficiency

5) yin and yang deficiency

6)extreme Yang deficiency (Yang-deficiency " ptosis " )

 

>What herbs would be useful for such inflammation?

I'm too lazy for that...would take *some* time.

 

Tay

 

source:

Cardio-Vascular-ology diseases for Specialists

CM-clinic-diagnosis-treatment

renminweishengchubanshe2001, p248-302

[Guest guest]

, " tayfx " <aajohansen@u...> wrote:

 

 

>

> Speaking of endocarditis, it could be categorized into:

 

I think the point is that one must differentiate the signs and symptoms of every

patient. TCM theory explains the pathomechanisms of symptom/sign

complexes. While we could theorize about the TCM explanation of modern

pathophysiological processes, it would be quite speculative. Is testosterone a

yang hormone, etc.? It is unlikely that there are one to one correlations

between TCM and modern biomedical pathophysiology. But as Bob Flaws

has suggested, it is quite likely that there are correlations between TCM

patterns and multiple biochemical markers, just as we require a

preponderance of signs and symptoms to make our TCM diagnosis.

 

I saw a speaker this past weekend who ranked hormones by degree of yin or

yang, but it didn't seem to have much bearing on her practice.

 

[Guest guest]

, " " <@i...> wrote:

 

> I saw a speaker this past weekend who ranked hormones by degree of

yin or yang, but it didn't seem to have much bearing on her practice.

 

 

 

Hi

 

If you have the list, can you please show the way in which she ranked

the hormones?

 

Thank You,

Dan .L

[Guest guest]

Hello Scott,

There are a few herbs that could be helpful:

 

Huang Qin - bensky cites a study that says it can lower blood pressure

and has antimicrobial effect.

 

Huang Qi - AHP's monograph cites a study that huang qi is superior to

verapamil and dexamethasone in the treatment of acute viral myocarditis

presumably because huang qi inhibits replication of the virus. They also

say that it could be used as a prophylaxis of acute coxsackie B-2 virus

induced myocarditis.

 

San Qi - bensky cites research that shows that san qi reduces

cholesterol (damp), increases blood flow and lowers blood pressure.

 

Jiaogulan - has been shown to lower cholesterol and lower blood

pressure.

 

I'm sure that there are several other herbs that can be useful but this

is a start.

 

Colleen

 

 

, " scott_s_blunk " <jinyinhua@a...>

wrote:

> How does Chinese herbal medicine define inflammation in terms of

> cardiovascular disease? Is this heat in the blood or qi stagnation

or

> heart heat or what? What herbs would be useful for such

inflammation?

>

> Scott

 

Hi Scott!

 

Speaking of endocarditis, it could be categorized into:

1)external evil molests heart

2)toxic heat oppresses heart

3)chronic infectious consumptive disease 'worms' emaciate the heart

(sorry for that funny language but tuberculosis wont describe the

whole thing)

4)damphead oops dampheat scorches the heart

5)damp turbidness grabs the heart

6)phlegm heat attacks the heart

7)blocked blood accumulates in the heart

 

toxic/bacterial/viral mycarditis could be differenciated:

1)heat toxin molests heart

2)damp toxin dito

3)yin deficiency with inner heat

4)qi and yin deficiency

5) yin and yang deficiency

6)extreme Yang deficiency (Yang-deficiency " ptosis " )

 

>What herbs would be useful for such inflammation?

I'm too lazy for that...would take *some* time.

 

Tay

 

source:

Cardio-Vascular-ology diseases for Specialists

CM-clinic-diagnosis-treatment

renminweishengchubanshe2001, p248-302

 

 

 

 

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