Archive for July, 2008
Popular Misconceptions Regarding Chinese Medicine
Popular Misconceptions.
It’s interesting to see that there exist two different kinds of knowledge in Chinese folk medicine. One has been recorded in history books and herbal dictionaries, which we may consider standard or official. The other is being circulated around verbally among the population, which contains a lot of conflicting information not found in the written version. This video describes some of the major misconceptions spread orally among people as seen in my own personal encounters.
Magic Formula
Many Chinese believe there is a magic herbal formula for everything. If you ask for it, you are likely to get one, usually a “secret” formula. When you ask somebody else, you’ll certainly get another one just as good, if not better. There is usually an interesting story as to where it comes from. The formula ranges from one herb to about thirty. It fits everybody regardless of body constitution. You can use it the rest of your life and pass it on without any modification. I’ve collected quite a few of those “secret” formulas. Why not? It’s free, knowing that other people got them too the same way. I really wonder who and how they wrote those formulas.
Hot and Cold
Every Chinese has a different interpretation about the concept of Hot and Cold. It’s more colorful than the rainbow. Which thing is considered Hot or Cold always makes an interesting argument. In my two videos about Hot and Cold, I propose using some simple and functional standards to make this concept less confusing.
Herbal Profession
Many Chinese don’t believe in it and have never used herbs. On the other hand, many do, some blindly, some ask questions. The majority of people are visibly confused or frustrated because they have heard so many conflicting things all their lives. That’s why my videos always emphasize the rationales of ideas and herbal applications to help dissolve some of the myths generated by humans.
Pulse Reading
This is the most mysterious aspect of Chinese medicine. It should not be unless you want to make it so.
What is pulse reading?
Pulse reading is the last step of the ancient Chinese diagnostic rule: “Observe, listen, question, and pulse read”.
Why last step? The first three steps combined will enable obtaining most of the information and form a complete picture of the problem. Pulse reading only serves to confirm the total picture.
Pulse reading is not counting the pulse like the nurse does.
It’s feeling the pulse with three fingers pressing at three spots on the wrist denoting: upper, middle, and lower body.
You can write a book describing all the subtleties of the pulse. Practically speaking, there are only four types that your fingers can feel: weak, strong, “rushing”, and imbalanced pulse types.
The first three types are for inter-personal comparison. The imbalanced pulse is for intra-personal comparison.
The pulse of a weak/sick client does not feel the same as that of a strong/healthy person. An herbalist who has seen enough people must be able to tell the difference. Besides, he/she should be able to tell the degree too, like how bad is the situation.
A “rushing” pulse is felt if the client has a fever, or is agitated, nervous, or with high blood pressure or heart problem.
An imbalanced pulse tells which part of the body is weak. For instance, a relatively weak pulse at the lower spot of the wrist may point to weak kidneys, bladder, lower back pain, or swollen legs.
Pulse reading is to feel, compare, and judge the severity of a condition, not to produce an absolute measurement or testing result.
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Author: askjohnfung
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Added: April 19, 2008
Leroy the Herbman talks about his efforts to control his high blood pressure. Part of a cable access program called “Self-Healing” done in 1997. For more information about the herbman, visit his website:
www.AskThisHerbman.net
Author: sharonproductions
Keywords: healing high blood pressure herbs
Added: February 18, 2008
Diabetes help with home remedies “diabetes”
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Signs and symptoms
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The classical triad of diabetes symptoms is polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia, which are, respectively,
frequent urination; increased thirst and consequent increased fluid intake; and increased appetite. Symptoms may develop quite rapidly (weeks or months)
in type 1 diabetes, particularly in children. However, in type 2 diabetes the symptoms develop much more slowly and may be subtle or completely absent. Type 1 diabetes may also cause a rapid yet significant weight loss (despite normal or even increased eating) and irreducible fatigue. All of these symptoms except weight loss can also manifest in type 2 diabetes in patients whose diabetes is poorly controlled.
When the glucose concentration in the blood is raised beyond the renal threshold, reabsorption of glucose in
the proximal renal tubuli is incomplete, and part of the glucose remains in the urine (glycosuria). This
increases the osmotic pressure of the urine and inhibits the reabsorption of water by the kidney, resulting in
increased urine production (polyuria) and increased fluid loss. Lost blood volume will be replaced osmotically from water held in body cells, causing dehydration and increased thirst.
Prolonged high blood glucose causes glucose absorption, which leads to changes in the shape of the lenses of the eyes, resulting in vision changes. Blurred vision is a common complaint leading to a diabetes diagnosis; type 1 should always be suspected in cases of rapid vision change whereas type 2 is generally more gradual, but should still be suspected.
Patients (usually with type 1 diabetes) may also present with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), an extreme state of
metabolic dysregulation characterized by the smell of acetone on the patient’s breath; a rapid, deep breathing known as Kussmaul breathing; polyuria; nausea; vomiting and abdominal pain; and any of many altered states of consciousness or arousal
(such as hostility and mania or, equally, confusion and lethargy). In severe DKA, coma may follow, progressing to death. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a medical emergency and requires hospital admission.
A rarer but equally severe possibility is hyperosmolar nonketotic state, which is more common in type 2 diabetes and is mainly the result of dehydration due to loss of body water. Often, the patient has been drinking extreme amounts of sugar-containing drinks, leading to a vicious circle in regard
to the water loss.
Author: AnnotationsWizard
Keywords: Diabetes symptoms type diabetic gestational diet treatment cure warning signs prevention two one
Added: July 25, 2008
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By Jack Sands
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By Alisha Dhamani
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