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Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disease, Hypertension, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Treatment of Gastro-Intestinal Disorders Based on Li Dong Yuan’s Theory of the Spleen and Stomach Li Gao (1180-1251), also known as Ming Zhi, was born in Zhen Ding, now known as Bao Ding, in the province of Hebei. In later years became known by the nam… Read more »
Tags: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Gastro-Intestinal Disorders, Hypertension, Li Dong Yuan
The Role of Chinese Medicine in Dealing with the side-effects of Cancer Treatment such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy
Introduction Chinese medicine can be used as a supplementary therapy to minimize the adverse side-effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy and has proved to be efficacious. Professor Li Pei Wen at the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital in Beijing has sh… Read more »
Tags: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy
TCM Treatment of Skin Disorders based on the Strategy of Professor Zhao Bing Nan
Introduction Professor Zhao Bing Nan (1899~1984) is a renowned Chinese Medicine skin specialist. At the age of 14 he studied under numerous Chinese medicine specialists and at the age of 27 he established his own Chinese medicine dermatology clinic. He… Read more »
Tags: Skin Disorders, Zhao Bing Nan
TCM Treatment of Geriatric Diseases
Geriatric medicine encompasses the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases associated with elderly patients, and also their related problems in the society. It is also a science incorporating anti-aging principles such as monitoring of the agin… Read more »
Tags: Age-Related Disease, Geriatrics
TCM Treatment of Diabetes Based on the Theory of The Trinity System: Identification of constitution, disease and pattern
It has been a known fact that Western Medicine is focused on the disease whereas Chinese medicine is focused on pattern identification. Western medicine emphasizes on the mass while Chinese medicine emphasizes on the individual constitution. There is a… Read more »
Tags: Diabetes, Trinity System
Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Treatment with Chinese Medicine
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an idiopathic, alloplasmatic and systemic autoimmune disease characterised by symmetrical and chronic inflammation of the peripheral joints resulting in progressive destruction of articular and periarticular structures. The… Read more »
Tags: Age-Related Disease, Geriatrics, Rheumatoid ArthritisPractical Applications of Five Element Theory
The Correlation between Man and the Universe From ancient times it has been recognised that there is an intimate relationship between the life and activity of human beings and their natural environment. The universe is thought to be the ‘mother’ of all… Read more »
Tags: Five Element Theory, Wu XingPain Management in Cancer Patients with Chinese Medicine
Pain is one of the common symptoms experienced by patients suffering from malignant tumours. It is due to compression of the tissues, nerve endings and nerve trunk by infiltration, metastasis and dissemination of tumour cells. Management of pain is one… Read more »
Tags: Cancer, Pain Management
Jing Fang Treatment of Contemporary Diseases based on the Six Channels Identification Theory
In order to have a comprehensive understanding of Jing Fang, one must read Zhang Zhong Jing’s Shang Han Lun (Discussion on Cold Damage) and understand the core, essential concepts of Six Channel theory. The six channels discussed in Shang Han Lun diffe… Read more »
Tags: Jing Fang, Shang Han Lun, Six Channels
Jing Fang in the Treatment of Emotional Disorders
The benefits of using classic formulas or Jing Fang to treat emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, anorexia nervosa and insomnia are as follows: Holistic treatment focuses on the root cause of disease Treatment is in accordance with the pati… Read more »
Tags: Anorexia Nervosa, Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Jing Fang