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Guest guest Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Long term use of selenium food supplements may be linked to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes said researchers in a new US study. The study is published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. The discovery was a surprise to the scientists who were doing a follow up to studies of selenium in animals that showed it helped the body to handle glucose. Instead they found that long term use of selenium supplements increased the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a disorder often linked to obesity which occurs when the body cannot produce enough insulin to control blood sugar. Selenium is a trace mineral that is found in the soil and becomes absorbed in the food chain. The body needs small amounts of it for healthy metabolism. It is an anti-oxidant and stops cells being damaged by oxygen. Selenium is included in many multivitamin products and is also available as a food supplement on its own. Many people take it for their health, and some studies have suggested it can improve the way the body deals with sugar and prevent some of the problems of diabetes. Other studies suggest taking selenium supplements have no effect on diabetes or health. This study involved 1,202 human patients who were already taking part in a clinical trial (Nutritional Prevention of Cancer trial, NPC) to assess the effect of selenium supplementation on skin cancer. None of them had diabetes when the study started. They were attending dermatology clinics in various parts of the eastern United States. The scientists measured the patients' blood selenium and randomly assigned them to take a daily dose of 200 micrograms of selenium supplement or a placebo. The participants were monitored for 7.7 years on average. The incidence of diabetes in the two groups were then compared. The results showed that 58 of the 600 people in the selenium group developed diabetes compared with 39 of the 602 in the placebo group. The researchers calculated that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes over the 7.7 year period was about 50 per cent higher in the selenium group. The authors said that: " Selenium supplementation did not seem to confer benefit in terms of risk for type 2 diabetes in this sample of persons from low-selenium areas in the eastern United States. Instead, the cumulative incidence of type 2 diabetes was statistically significantly higher in the selenium group than in the placebo group. " The results were independent of baseline age, sex, smoking status and body mass index (BMI) except for those in the highest 33 per cent of BMI. More significantly, the risk for type 2 diabetes linked to selenium supplementation increased with greater blood levels of selenium at the start of the study. The researchers concluded that these findings showed no overall benefit of selenium supplementation in preventing type 2 diabetes, conversely they suggested that: " Long-term supplementation with 200 micrograms of selenium daily may adversely affect glucose metabolism. " They said this is an important result for public health because selenium supplements in 30 to 200 microgram doses are used by people throughout the US and the western world. However the authors said that despite these findings, there is evidence that selenium supplementation may help to prevent cancer. Larger randomized clinical trials are currently looking into this further. The study also had limitations the researchers conceded. First, the main trial was not designed to look at diabetes but cancer. Secondly, the diabetes incidence was self-reported and there is a possibility that some patients may have been underdiagnosed for diabetes. Thirdly, although some other factors were taken into account such as age and BMI, there was no in depth analysis of family history, body fat distribution and physical activity, although these effects should have been minimized by the randomization. And fourthly, the participant sample was not representative of the population at large, consisting of elderly people (mean age was 63.2 years) from low-selenium parts of the eastern US with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer. Thus these findings cannot really be generalized to other groups. Writing in an accompanying editorial, Dr Eliseo Guallar, of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health said that people should be getting enough selenium in their diet and there is no reason to take supplements. The results of this study don't prove that selenium causes diabetes but they are worrying, said Guallar. - PVA-L ; traditional_Chinese_Medicine Cc: ; vBMA Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:10 PM Herbal formulas used in a dog with cervical intervertebral disk disease Hi All, See full-text of this fine case report at http://www.vetsci.org/2007/pdf/95.pdf Ayne Murata Hayashi¹,*, Júlia Maria Matera¹, Tatiana Soares da Silva², Ana Carolina Brandão de Campos Fonseca Pinto¹, Sílvia Renata Gaido Cortopassi1 Electro-acupuncture and Chinese herbs for treatment of cervical intervertebral disk disease in a dog. J Vet Sci(2007), 8(1), 95-98. ¹Dept of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil ²Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. A non-ambulatory dog with tetraparesis following a pain episode that had evolved over 2 months was submitted for medical treatment and diagnosed with intervertebral disk disease at C3-C4 and dorsal extradural compression at C1-C2 and C3-C4 using myelography and computed tomography. The dog experienced ambulation recovery after 15 days of treatment with only electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, with marked improvement occurring after only 10 treatments. Six months of followup demonstrated that the dog was stable and had no recurrence of symptoms. Therefore, it was concluded that the combination of electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine was responsible for motor rehabilitation. NOTE: The three herbal formulas mentioned in this report were: (1) Duhuo Jisheng Tang; (2) Guifu Dihuang Wan; (3) Guipi Tang. My notes on these formulas (from WWW today) are: (1) DUHUO JISHENG TANG (Pubescent Angelica & Loranthus Dec; Pubescent Angelica & ??Vaeicum Dec); like Bazheng Tang w Rougui substituted for Baizhu; FORMULA CLASS: Scatter Wind & Damp; Free Channel Bi dt Damp Cold Obstruction INGREDIENTS: Duhuo 9g [scatter Wind Damp Cold from SJL, Bone & Sinew]; Xixin 6g [scatter Wind Cold in Channels, Sinew & Bone; Stop Pain]; Fangfeng 6g [scatter Wind Damp]; Qinjiao 6g [Relax Sinew; Scatter Wind Damp]; Sangjisheng 6g [scatter Wind Damp; Tone LV; Tone KI]; Duzhong 6g [scatter Wind Damp; Tone LV; Tone KI]; Huainiuxi 6g [scatter Wind Damp; Tone LV; Tone KI; Envoy to body ~ lower (Direct Hbs Down)]; Rougui 6g [Warm Channels; Open Channels; Tone Yangqi]; Danggui 6g [Tone Xue; Quicken Xue]; Chuanxiong 6g [Tone Xue; Quicken Xue]; Shengdihuang 6g [Tone Xue; Quicken Xue]; Baishao 6g [Tone Xue; Quicken Xue]; Renshen 6g [Tone Qi; Tone SP Qi; Scatter Damp]; Fuling 6g [Tone SP Qi; Drain Damp]; Zhigancao / Gancao 6g [Tone Qi; Harmonise other Hbs]; One may substitute Xuduan for Sangjisheng & Dangshen for Renshen; Grind all Hbs & Dec & use as tea (Shuijianfu); ACTIONS: Dispel Wind Damp (Qufengshi), Open Jingluo, Scatter Painful Bi (obstruction) in Jingluo, Stop Bi Pain (Zhibitong), Aid / Tone LV & KI (Yiganshen), Tone LV & KI Xu, Tone Xue & Tone Qi (Buxueqi), Tone Qixu & Xuexu; USES: Great formula to Tx Bi ~ chronic (Biju) / Wind Damp Bi Syndrome pain dt Qizhi & Xueyu, w underlying LV & KI Xu (LV & KI Dual Depletion (Ganshen Liangkui)), Xue-Qi Insufficiency (Queqi Buzu) w chronic arthralgia, loin & knee ache & pain (Yaoxi Tengtong), loin & knees weak & cold, loin & limbs ~ lower heaviness, joint flexibility impaired (Guanjie Qushen Buli) / numb wo feeling (insensitive / paralysed) (Mamu Buren), joints stiff & numb / muscles weak & fatigued, Averse to Cold (Weihan) (easily upset by cold weather / gets cold easily) & loves Warmth (Xiwen), arthralgia ~ chronic, better in warmth, HT palpitations & breath shortness (Xinji Qiduan); Tongue (Shedan) & possibly swollen / puffy w Fur white (Taibai); Pulse condition thin & weak (Maixiang Xiruo) / slippery & rapid; chronic disease is Xu w possible PFs lodged in body; formula addresses these issues by expelling PFs & acting to Tone Xu in many diseases, like osteoarthritis, RA, disc disease, loin pain & sciatica ~ chronic] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (2) GUIFU DIHUANG WAN (Cinnamon, Aconite & Rehmannia Pill FORMULA CLASS: Tone Qi & Tone KI Qi, esp KI Yang in KI Yangxu INGREDIENTS: Rougui / Neigui / Guizhi 3.7-3.8% [Calm & Composed (Zhenjing), Stop Pain; Warm Channels; Open Channels; Tone Yangqi]; Fuzi (Pao) 3.7-3.8% [strengthen HT (Qiangxin), Reduce Inflammation (Xiaoyan), Ease Pain (Zhentong)]; Shudihuang / Gandihuang 29.6-30.8% [Nourish Xue]; Shanzhuyu 14.8-15.4%, Mudanpi 11.1-11.5%, Zexie 11.1-11.5%, Shanyao 14.8-15.4%, Fuling 7.8-11.2%; Grind Hbs & bind w honey as pills; Taste: Sweet-Sour & Acrid; Astringent (Suanse); DOSE: Oral dose (Koufu): 8 Pills /time (Yici 8 Wan 8) TID (Yiri 3 Ci 3); [8 Pills correspond w (Xiangdang) 3g of original Hbs; 24 pills / d = 9g original Hbs / d; a Chinese source says to take 9g of pills BID]; take before / w food / take w wine; ACTIONS: Warm & Tone KI Qi (Wenbu Shenqi) USES: to address KI Yangxu & Depletion (Shenyang Xuruo) / KI Yang Insufficiency (Shenyang Buzu) w Loin & Knees weak & Cold (Yaoxi Suanleng), loin & knees pain dt Cold, lower abdomen restriction urgency (Shaofu Juji), loin & legs tired & Cold (Yaotui Suanruan), lower body (Xiabanshen) usually (Changyou) has cold sensation (Lenggan) as part of KI Yang Xu Pattern; limbs & trunk oedema (soggy & swollen) (Zhiti Fuzhong) / urinary frequency, oedema ~ facial, urinary impairment (dysuria) (Xiaobian Buli), Phlegm ( & Fluid) Retention w asthma & cough (Tanyin Chuanke) & other discomfort / indisposition (Bushi), incl sputum ~ profuse w dyspnoea dt Phlegm Fluid Retention in Interior; OK in chronic bronchial asthma & chronic tracheitis CAUTIONS: CI in Yinxu Fire w Yang Exuberance; CI in pregnancy (Yunfu Jifu); AVOID (Buyi, not suitable) w simultaleous use (Tongshi Fuyong) of Hbs that influence Exterior (He Waigan Yao); AVOID w simultaneous use of Chishizhi / its preparations; Rougui is Warm-Hot Hb, unsuitable for case w thirst, mouth dry (parched) & tongue dry (Kougan Shezao),agitation / fidgety (Fanzao, vexation & impetuousity), breath urgent (Qiji),faeces dry w urine yellow Pattern (Biangan Niaohuang Zheng) symptoms (Zhengzhuang) as in diabetes (Tangniaobing, glucosuria), chronic nephritis (Manxing Shenyan), hypertension (Gaoxueya), HT disease (Xinzang Bing); go for hospital treatment if S & Ss not much better after two weeks / appetite ~ poor w headache, ST cavity discomfort (Weiwan Xiashu); NOTE: Formula is like Jingui Dihuang Wan; based on Shenqi Wan (Jingui Shenqi Wan), using Liuwei Dihuang Wan + Fuzi & Rougui; Liuwei Dihuang Wan has 3 Yin & 3 Yang (Sanyin Sanyang), 3 Tonics & 3 Draining Hbs (Sanbu Sanxie), used in LV & KI Yin Depletion (Ganshen Yinkui) & similar various diseases (Gezhong Jibing); Fuzi & Rougui are main Hbs to Warm & Tone Yin within Yang (Wenyang Yin Zhongzhi Yang), Warm & Tone KI Yang** (Wenbu Shenyang) & Augment Yuan-Source Fire (Yihuo Zhiyuan) to Reduce Yin Shadow / Opacity (Xiao Yinyi)] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (3) GUIPI TANG (Strengthen SP ( & HT) Dec; Ginseng & Longan Dec FORMULA CLASS: Tone Qi-Xue (Both); Tone Qi-Xue for Dual Qixu & Xuexu INGREDIENTS: Huangqi 6-12g [Tone SP Qi, Tone Xue]; Renshen 3-6g (/Dangshen 7-15g )[Tone SP Qi]; Baizhu 6-12g [Tone SP Qi, Dry Damp]; Fushen / Fuling 6-12g [Calm Shen, Tone SP]; Danggui 6-9g [Tone Xue, Rectify Menses]; Muxiang 3-6g [Rectify Qi]; Longyanrou 6-12g [Tone Xue, Calm Shen]; Suanzaoren 6-12g [Calm Shen]; Yuanzhi 3-6g [Calm Shen, Nourish HT Qi]; Zhigancao 3-6g [Tone SP Qi]; Grind all Hbs & use 12g /time as Dec / Tea, adding: Shengjiang 5pcs 12g [Release Exterior ~ Warm+Acrid; Warm Interior; Expel Wind Cold; Warm / Tone / Rectify SJM-SP-ST*; Stop Emesis; Haemostat*; Quicken Xue; Tone HT]; + Dazao 1pcs 12g [Tone Qi; Nourish Xue; Tone SP; Tone HT; Calm Shen; Harmonise other Hbs] Alternatively, take all those Hbs in chicken soup (Jitang) as powerful Tonic; ACTIONS: Tone Qi & Support SP (Buqi Jianpi), Tone / Strengthen SP Qi & HT Xue, Digestive, Tone Xue; Nourish Xue (Yangxue, correct anaemia), Calm Shen (Anshen); Tx Xu dt overthinking, which damages SP Qi & creates HT Xuexu; USES: HT & SP Dual Xu (Xinpi Liangxu) w Panic (Zhengzhong), irritability, anxiety & fear, fright palpitations (Jingji) & night sweat (Daohan), forgetfulness (Jianwang) , memory poor, insomnia (Shimian), dreams frequent & heavy, withdrawal, fatigue, weakness, appetite lack / low (Shishao) & skinny / underweight (Tishou), weight loss / gain, diarrhoea, obsession (Silu Guoduo, thinking too much), SP Xu (Pixu) cannot (Buneng) Retain Xue (Shexue) & causes Xue uncontrolled motion (Zhi Xuewangxing), Xue Irritabilty / instability, bleeding ~ chronic, female (Furen) menses irregular (Yuejing Butiao), menses early / prolonged / scanty, menses copious & pale-coloured (Liangduo Sedan), metrorrhagia (Benglou, collapse & leak), leucorrhoea (Daixia), Qi-Xue Insufficiency (Qixue Buzu) w fever ~ low grade dt Xuexu (Xuexu w emission of Heat (Xuexu Fare)), face yellow (Mianse Huang) / face pale; Tongue pale w swollen body; Fur thin & white; Pulse wiry, slippery, deep / thin & frail; NOTE: SP Generates Xue for HT; obsession / prolonged deliberation easily damages SP; SP damage can cause HT Xuexu; SP stores intelligence & HT stores Shen; in SP & HT Xu, Shen is disturbed & patient cannot concentrate properly] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best regards, 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland Tel: (H): +353-(0); VOIP Number: +353-1482-7068; Tel: (M): +353-(0) " Man who says it can't be done should not interrupt woman doing it " - Chinese Proverb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Ya know, I'm surprised, but I'm not surprised. Western medicine is always looking for a magic bullet to knock out diseases, particularly those related to poor lifestyle choices. Yet, diabetes is an extremely complicated syndrome related to so many organs and metabolic functions, besides the pancreas, that to simply say that an isolated mineral taken in pill form, such as selenium is going to balance or support pancreatic function is suspiciously oversimplistic at best. If a person's been eating, pizza, ice cream french fries and hamburgers and they come down with diabetes, antioxident minerals might become deficient from their lifestyle excesses, but their supplementation certainly won't solve anything--and in this case will put them more out of balance. Alon Marcus <alonmarcus wrote: Long term use of selenium food supplements may be linked to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes said researchers in a new US study. The study is published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. The discovery was a surprise to the scientists who were doing a follow up to studies of selenium in animals that showed it helped the body to handle glucose. Instead they found that long term use of selenium supplements increased the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a disorder often linked to obesity which occurs when the body cannot produce enough insulin to control blood sugar. Selenium is a trace mineral that is found in the soil and becomes absorbed in the food chain. The body needs small amounts of it for healthy metabolism. It is an anti-oxidant and stops cells being damaged by oxygen. Selenium is included in many multivitamin products and is also available as a food supplement on its own. Many people take it for their health, and some studies have suggested it can improve the way the body deals with sugar and prevent some of the problems of diabetes. Other studies suggest taking selenium supplements have no effect on diabetes or health. This study involved 1,202 human patients who were already taking part in a clinical trial (Nutritional Prevention of Cancer trial, NPC) to assess the effect of selenium supplementation on skin cancer. None of them had diabetes when the study started. They were attending dermatology clinics in various parts of the eastern United States. The scientists measured the patients' blood selenium and randomly assigned them to take a daily dose of 200 micrograms of selenium supplement or a placebo. The participants were monitored for 7.7 years on average. The incidence of diabetes in the two groups were then compared. The results showed that 58 of the 600 people in the selenium group developed diabetes compared with 39 of the 602 in the placebo group. The researchers calculated that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes over the 7.7 year period was about 50 per cent higher in the selenium group. The authors said that: " Selenium supplementation did not seem to confer benefit in terms of risk for type 2 diabetes in this sample of persons from low-selenium areas in the eastern United States. Instead, the cumulative incidence of type 2 diabetes was statistically significantly higher in the selenium group than in the placebo group. " The results were independent of baseline age, sex, smoking status and body mass index (BMI) except for those in the highest 33 per cent of BMI. More significantly, the risk for type 2 diabetes linked to selenium supplementation increased with greater blood levels of selenium at the start of the study. The researchers concluded that these findings showed no overall benefit of selenium supplementation in preventing type 2 diabetes, conversely they suggested that: " Long-term supplementation with 200 micrograms of selenium daily may adversely affect glucose metabolism. " They said this is an important result for public health because selenium supplements in 30 to 200 microgram doses are used by people throughout the US and the western world. However the authors said that despite these findings, there is evidence that selenium supplementation may help to prevent cancer. Larger randomized clinical trials are currently looking into this further. The study also had limitations the researchers conceded. First, the main trial was not designed to look at diabetes but cancer. Secondly, the diabetes incidence was self-reported and there is a possibility that some patients may have been underdiagnosed for diabetes. Thirdly, although some other factors were taken into account such as age and BMI, there was no in depth analysis of family history, body fat distribution and physical activity, although these effects should have been minimized by the randomization. And fourthly, the participant sample was not representative of the population at large, consisting of elderly people (mean age was 63.2 years) from low-selenium parts of the eastern US with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer. Thus these findings cannot really be generalized to other groups. Writing in an accompanying editorial, Dr Eliseo Guallar, of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health said that people should be getting enough selenium in their diet and there is no reason to take supplements. The results of this study don't prove that selenium causes diabetes but they are worrying, said Guallar. - PVA-L ; traditional_Chinese_Medicine Cc: ; vBMA Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:10 PM Herbal formulas used in a dog with cervical intervertebral disk disease Hi All, See full-text of this fine case report at http://www.vetsci.org/2007/pdf/95.pdf Ayne Murata Hayashi¹,*, Júlia Maria Matera¹, Tatiana Soares da Silva², Ana Carolina Brandão de Campos Fonseca Pinto¹, Sílvia Renata Gaido Cortopassi1 Electro-acupuncture and Chinese herbs for treatment of cervical intervertebral disk disease in a dog. J Vet Sci(2007), 8(1), 95-98. ¹Dept of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil ²Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. A non-ambulatory dog with tetraparesis following a pain episode that had evolved over 2 months was submitted for medical treatment and diagnosed with intervertebral disk disease at C3-C4 and dorsal extradural compression at C1-C2 and C3-C4 using myelography and computed tomography. The dog experienced ambulation recovery after 15 days of treatment with only electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, with marked improvement occurring after only 10 treatments. Six months of followup demonstrated that the dog was stable and had no recurrence of symptoms. Therefore, it was concluded that the combination of electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine was responsible for motor rehabilitation. NOTE: The three herbal formulas mentioned in this report were: (1) Duhuo Jisheng Tang; (2) Guifu Dihuang Wan; (3) Guipi Tang. My notes on these formulas (from WWW today) are: (1) DUHUO JISHENG TANG (Pubescent Angelica & Loranthus Dec; Pubescent Angelica & ??Vaeicum Dec); like Bazheng Tang w Rougui substituted for Baizhu; FORMULA CLASS: Scatter Wind & Damp; Free Channel Bi dt Damp Cold Obstruction INGREDIENTS: Duhuo 9g [scatter Wind Damp Cold from SJL, Bone & Sinew]; Xixin 6g [scatter Wind Cold in Channels, Sinew & Bone; Stop Pain]; Fangfeng 6g [scatter Wind Damp]; Qinjiao 6g [Relax Sinew; Scatter Wind Damp]; Sangjisheng 6g [scatter Wind Damp; Tone LV; Tone KI]; Duzhong 6g [scatter Wind Damp; Tone LV; Tone KI]; Huainiuxi 6g [scatter Wind Damp; Tone LV; Tone KI; Envoy to body ~ lower (Direct Hbs Down)]; Rougui 6g [Warm Channels; Open Channels; Tone Yangqi]; Danggui 6g [Tone Xue; Quicken Xue]; Chuanxiong 6g [Tone Xue; Quicken Xue]; Shengdihuang 6g [Tone Xue; Quicken Xue]; Baishao 6g [Tone Xue; Quicken Xue]; Renshen 6g [Tone Qi; Tone SP Qi; Scatter Damp]; Fuling 6g [Tone SP Qi; Drain Damp]; Zhigancao / Gancao 6g [Tone Qi; Harmonise other Hbs]; One may substitute Xuduan for Sangjisheng & Dangshen for Renshen; Grind all Hbs & Dec & use as tea (Shuijianfu); ACTIONS: Dispel Wind Damp (Qufengshi), Open Jingluo, Scatter Painful Bi (obstruction) in Jingluo, Stop Bi Pain (Zhibitong), Aid / Tone LV & KI (Yiganshen), Tone LV & KI Xu, Tone Xue & Tone Qi (Buxueqi), Tone Qixu & Xuexu; USES: Great formula to Tx Bi ~ chronic (Biju) / Wind Damp Bi Syndrome pain dt Qizhi & Xueyu, w underlying LV & KI Xu (LV & KI Dual Depletion (Ganshen Liangkui)), Xue-Qi Insufficiency (Queqi Buzu) w chronic arthralgia, loin & knee ache & pain (Yaoxi Tengtong), loin & knees weak & cold, loin & limbs ~ lower heaviness, joint flexibility impaired (Guanjie Qushen Buli) / numb wo feeling (insensitive / paralysed) (Mamu Buren), joints stiff & numb / muscles weak & fatigued, Averse to Cold (Weihan) (easily upset by cold weather / gets cold easily) & loves Warmth (Xiwen), arthralgia ~ chronic, better in warmth, HT palpitations & breath shortness (Xinji Qiduan); Tongue (Shedan) & possibly swollen / puffy w Fur white (Taibai); Pulse condition thin & weak (Maixiang Xiruo) / slippery & rapid; chronic disease is Xu w possible PFs lodged in body; formula addresses these issues by expelling PFs & acting to Tone Xu in many diseases, like osteoarthritis, RA, disc disease, loin pain & sciatica ~ chronic] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (2) GUIFU DIHUANG WAN (Cinnamon, Aconite & Rehmannia Pill FORMULA CLASS: Tone Qi & Tone KI Qi, esp KI Yang in KI Yangxu INGREDIENTS: Rougui / Neigui / Guizhi 3.7-3.8% [Calm & Composed (Zhenjing), Stop Pain; Warm Channels; Open Channels; Tone Yangqi]; Fuzi (Pao) 3.7-3.8% [strengthen HT (Qiangxin), Reduce Inflammation (Xiaoyan), Ease Pain (Zhentong)]; Shudihuang / Gandihuang 29.6-30.8% [Nourish Xue]; Shanzhuyu 14.8-15.4%, Mudanpi 11.1-11.5%, Zexie 11.1-11.5%, Shanyao 14.8-15.4%, Fuling 7.8-11.2%; Grind Hbs & bind w honey as pills; Taste: Sweet-Sour & Acrid; Astringent (Suanse); DOSE: Oral dose (Koufu): 8 Pills /time (Yici 8 Wan 8) TID (Yiri 3 Ci 3); [8 Pills correspond w (Xiangdang) 3g of original Hbs; 24 pills / d = 9g original Hbs / d; a Chinese source says to take 9g of pills BID]; take before / w food / take w wine; ACTIONS: Warm & Tone KI Qi (Wenbu Shenqi) USES: to address KI Yangxu & Depletion (Shenyang Xuruo) / KI Yang Insufficiency (Shenyang Buzu) w Loin & Knees weak & Cold (Yaoxi Suanleng), loin & knees pain dt Cold, lower abdomen restriction urgency (Shaofu Juji), loin & legs tired & Cold (Yaotui Suanruan), lower body (Xiabanshen) usually (Changyou) has cold sensation (Lenggan) as part of KI Yang Xu Pattern; limbs & trunk oedema (soggy & swollen) (Zhiti Fuzhong) / urinary frequency, oedema ~ facial, urinary impairment (dysuria) (Xiaobian Buli), Phlegm ( & Fluid) Retention w asthma & cough (Tanyin Chuanke) & other discomfort / indisposition (Bushi), incl sputum ~ profuse w dyspnoea dt Phlegm Fluid Retention in Interior; OK in chronic bronchial asthma & chronic tracheitis CAUTIONS: CI in Yinxu Fire w Yang Exuberance; CI in pregnancy (Yunfu Jifu); AVOID (Buyi, not suitable) w simultaleous use (Tongshi Fuyong) of Hbs that influence Exterior (He Waigan Yao); AVOID w simultaneous use of Chishizhi / its preparations; Rougui is Warm-Hot Hb, unsuitable for case w thirst, mouth dry (parched) & tongue dry (Kougan Shezao),agitation / fidgety (Fanzao, vexation & impetuousity), breath urgent (Qiji),faeces dry w urine yellow Pattern (Biangan Niaohuang Zheng) symptoms (Zhengzhuang) as in diabetes (Tangniaobing, glucosuria), chronic nephritis (Manxing Shenyan), hypertension (Gaoxueya), HT disease (Xinzang Bing); go for hospital treatment if S & Ss not much better after two weeks / appetite ~ poor w headache, ST cavity discomfort (Weiwan Xiashu); NOTE: Formula is like Jingui Dihuang Wan; based on Shenqi Wan (Jingui Shenqi Wan), using Liuwei Dihuang Wan + Fuzi & Rougui; Liuwei Dihuang Wan has 3 Yin & 3 Yang (Sanyin Sanyang), 3 Tonics & 3 Draining Hbs (Sanbu Sanxie), used in LV & KI Yin Depletion (Ganshen Yinkui) & similar various diseases (Gezhong Jibing); Fuzi & Rougui are main Hbs to Warm & Tone Yin within Yang (Wenyang Yin Zhongzhi Yang), Warm & Tone KI Yang** (Wenbu Shenyang) & Augment Yuan-Source Fire (Yihuo Zhiyuan) to Reduce Yin Shadow / Opacity (Xiao Yinyi)] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (3) GUIPI TANG (Strengthen SP ( & HT) Dec; Ginseng & Longan Dec FORMULA CLASS: Tone Qi-Xue (Both); Tone Qi-Xue for Dual Qixu & Xuexu INGREDIENTS: Huangqi 6-12g [Tone SP Qi, Tone Xue]; Renshen 3-6g (/Dangshen 7-15g )[Tone SP Qi]; Baizhu 6-12g [Tone SP Qi, Dry Damp]; Fushen / Fuling 6-12g [Calm Shen, Tone SP]; Danggui 6-9g [Tone Xue, Rectify Menses]; Muxiang 3-6g [Rectify Qi]; Longyanrou 6-12g [Tone Xue, Calm Shen]; Suanzaoren 6-12g [Calm Shen]; Yuanzhi 3-6g [Calm Shen, Nourish HT Qi]; Zhigancao 3-6g [Tone SP Qi]; Grind all Hbs & use 12g /time as Dec / Tea, adding: Shengjiang 5pcs 12g [Release Exterior ~ Warm+Acrid; Warm Interior; Expel Wind Cold; Warm / Tone / Rectify SJM-SP-ST*; Stop Emesis; Haemostat*; Quicken Xue; Tone HT]; + Dazao 1pcs 12g [Tone Qi; Nourish Xue; Tone SP; Tone HT; Calm Shen; Harmonise other Hbs] Alternatively, take all those Hbs in chicken soup (Jitang) as powerful Tonic; ACTIONS: Tone Qi & Support SP (Buqi Jianpi), Tone / Strengthen SP Qi & HT Xue, Digestive, Tone Xue; Nourish Xue (Yangxue, correct anaemia), Calm Shen (Anshen); Tx Xu dt overthinking, which damages SP Qi & creates HT Xuexu; USES: HT & SP Dual Xu (Xinpi Liangxu) w Panic (Zhengzhong), irritability, anxiety & fear, fright palpitations (Jingji) & night sweat (Daohan), forgetfulness (Jianwang) , memory poor, insomnia (Shimian), dreams frequent & heavy, withdrawal, fatigue, weakness, appetite lack / low (Shishao) & skinny / underweight (Tishou), weight loss / gain, diarrhoea, obsession (Silu Guoduo, thinking too much), SP Xu (Pixu) cannot (Buneng) Retain Xue (Shexue) & causes Xue uncontrolled motion (Zhi Xuewangxing), Xue Irritabilty / instability, bleeding ~ chronic, female (Furen) menses irregular (Yuejing Butiao), menses early / prolonged / scanty, menses copious & pale-coloured (Liangduo Sedan), metrorrhagia (Benglou, collapse & leak), leucorrhoea (Daixia), Qi-Xue Insufficiency (Qixue Buzu) w fever ~ low grade dt Xuexu (Xuexu w emission of Heat (Xuexu Fare)), face yellow (Mianse Huang) / face pale; Tongue pale w swollen body; Fur thin & white; Pulse wiry, slippery, deep / thin & frail; NOTE: SP Generates Xue for HT; obsession / prolonged deliberation easily damages SP; SP damage can cause HT Xuexu; SP stores intelligence & HT stores Shen; in SP & HT Xu, Shen is disturbed & patient cannot concentrate properly] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best regards, 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland Tel: (H): +353-(0); VOIP Number: +353-1482-7068; Tel: (M): +353-(0) " Man who says it can't be done should not interrupt woman doing it " - Chinese Proverb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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