ADD as a TCM disease category

[Guest guest]

I am treating an adult patient who is on Focalin and would like to get

off it. My question is: How do people think of " difficulty staying

focused on tasks " as a TCM disease category? I thought it might be an

interesting line of discussion.

Rich

[Guest guest]

This might be easier if you can give us like a hint. Is this person an

excess type or deficient type?

 

Robust? Delicate? Undecided?

 

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:17 AM, richblit <richblit wrote:

 

> I am treating an adult patient who is on Focalin and would like to get

> off it. My question is: How do people think of " difficulty staying

> focused on tasks " as a TCM disease category? I thought it might be an

> interesting line of discussion.

> Rich

>

 

 

 

--

, DAOM

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Rich:

 

It indeed is a very interesting discussion as it involves the

fundamental and unique aspect of TCM, pattern identification as well

as disease identification.

 

Focalin is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

(ADHD). Symptoms of attention deficit disorders include continual

problems with moderate to severe distractibility, short attention

span, hyperactivity, emotional changeability, and impulsiveness.

 

In TCM, it can be classified from fright, agitation, to mania,

dpending upon the patient's condition. The excess case is triggered

by fire evil (pathogen) while the deficiency case is due to heart

blood deficiency.

 

Chapter 16 in Jia Gui Yao Lue discusses the disease of fright caused

by fire evil. The formula can treat patterns of the identical

pathomechanism. You may as well look for other literature. Once the

principle of treatment is established, we can use acupuncture as

well. I am curious how you handle your patient.

 

 

SUNG, Yuk-ming, PhD (Chengdu), L Ac.(Hong Kong)