Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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 Practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine:
Betances Health Unit, 281 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002. Phone: 212-227-8843. Holistically-oriented clinic in New York's Chinatown that uses acupuncture, herbs, etc. They accept Medicare and Medicaid.
Dr. Daniel Hsu, do Oriental Healing Arts Institute, 1945 Palo Verde Ave., Suite 208, Long Beach, CA 90815. Phone: 310-431-3544 Publishes the book by Dr. Hong-yen Hsu, Treating Cancer with Chinese Herbs ($12.95) and other materials. Ask for catalog.
Miki Shima, OMD, Lie. Ac. |
| These results showed that shosaiko-to is an [interferon] inducer," said scientists at the traditional chinese medicine Research Laboratories of the Kanebo Co. in Osaka, and is "capable of repeated peroral administration" (i.e., by mouth) (3). Doctors at Kanazawa University also found that sho-saiko-to resulted in "effective inhibition of EBV [Epstein-Barr Virus]-antigen induction" (10).
Sho-saiko-to has also been used to treat chronic hepatitis. Studies at Nagoya City University suggest that it makes the liver more sensitive to a steroid-like glucocorticoid, by some unknown mechanism (11). |
| Scientists at the Zhejiang College of traditional chinese medicine in Hangzhou concluded that "ACPS-R acts as a new antitumor polysaccharide, and the treatment effect of Actinidia root in folk medicine is probably related to ACPS-R" (2).
One hundred and fifteen patients with inoperable cancer of the esophagus (very common in parts of China) were treated either with chemotherapy alone or with chemotherapy plus another herb, Rabdosia rubescens. |
| Qian-Hu is a traditional chinese medicine that "completely suppressed tumor formation" for up to 20 weeks, without toxicity. It was found to contain a form of coumarin called Pd-II. Scientists concluded that such drugs may be useful in developing a method of preventing cancer (14).
• Anticoagulants have been recovered from the saliva of an animal with a 'professional' interest in the topic—the Mexican leech (Haementeria officinalis). Antistasin, a salivary protein from this leech has been found to be the active ingredient. |
Michael Lerner
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 These approaches include traditional chinese medicine (acupuncture and acupressure), visualization, meditation and breathing techniques, psychological counseling, and behavioral training.
Understanding the difference between physical pain and human suffering can make a difference in the best response to both. Suffering is the psychological experience of loss that can create or enormously augment physical pain. Suffering is just as real, and just as important, as the physical basis for pain. |
| Zhang Dai-zhao has written an accessible book that includes specific formulas for use by practitioners of traditional chinese medicine. His section on breast cancer, for example, differentiates and classifies three different kinds of breast cancer: "Qi stagnation due to liver depression," "phlegm dampness due to spleen deficiency," and "stagnant toxins." Each type of breast cancer is characterized by a different clinical picture and requires a different therapeutic strategy. Each requires a different common herbal prescription. |
| As a result, tens of thousands of American cancer patients are able to avail themselves of the supportive treatment of traditional chinese medicine. Strategic placement of treatments outside the medical mainstream are the skills of people from Oriental cultures, accustomed to taking the long view in strategy, and to achieving goals by indirect means when direct assaults on governmental authorities would be counterproductive or dangerous.
The Evidence
Case histories, physician reports, and scientific studies that relate to the use of macrobiotics in cancer are sketchy. |
| One of the few other groups of practitioners who have exhibited similar strategic skill in avoiding serious conflict with mainstream medicine is, not coincidentally, the practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine; they have often (not always) been even more cautious than Kushi. They make no special claims about cancer; many practitioners even refuse to treat cancer; and those who do treat it emphasize the purely adjunctive nature of their treatment. |
| The debate underlines the broader point that macrobiotics is very much Michio Kushi's own interpretation of certain underlying principles in traditional chinese medicine viewed through the lens of his personal interest in health-promoting therapies.
Medically Terminal or Macrobiotically Hopeful"
Kushi's broader recommendations for "preventing cancer naturally" are very much a part of the great perennial teachings found in all the great healing and spiritual traditions. |
James A. Howenstine, MD
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 Nearly every cataract is correlated with low levels of GTH in the lens. A traditional chinese medicine, Ba Wei Wan, is able to raise GTH in the lens. This suggests it could stop or perhaps reverse cataracts. This can be obtained from 1st Chinese Herbs 888-842 2049. The same deficiency of GTH has been linked to age related macular degeneration a common problem in the elderly.
GTH is critical in helping our body detoxify drugs and foreign chemicals. The ingestion of acetaminophen (Tylenol, AMP) depletes the GTH and cysteine stores in the liver, lungs, and kidneys. |
Dr. Mary Dan Eades
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 Medicinal uses—
• Gout is treated with celery because it keeps uric acid levels below critical levels.
• traditional chinese medicine recommends using celery to treat high blood pressure. In one study, lab animals injected with celery extract experienced significantly lower blood pressure. Eating as few as four stalks of celery daily can have the same results in humans.
• The diuretic properties of celery may be helpful in treating rheumatic conditions, as may the herb's urinary antiseptic properties. For these conditions, this herb seems to work even better when teamed with dandelion. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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| Sun is author of Cancer Treatment and Prevention with traditional chinese medicine (available from Offete Enterprises, 1306 South "B" Street, San Mateo, CA 94402., 164 pp. $20.00). At this writing, he is planning to leave for China. All patients will then be seen by Dr. Miriam Lee, OMD, and Esther Su, a California-licensed acupuncturist.
Dr. Qing Cai Zang, M.D (China) and LicAc. 87-89 Fifth Avenue, #604, New York, NY 10003. Phone: 212-675-9343.
Essiac: Official trademarked Essiac™ is produced by Essiac™ International, 2211-1081 Ambleside Drive, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada K2B 8C8. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 To practitioners of traditional chinese medicine, every form of ginger root has certain distinct properties. Fresh ginger has a warming effect on the exterior of the body, while the dried ginger is apt to be recommended for warming the middle of the body.
One of the more intriguing Chinese medicine cures is quick-fried ginger, which is made by frying ginger until the surface is slightly blackened. Practitioners say this is the type that's effective for stopping bleeding and treating conditions that affect the lower abdomen. |
| Very high dosages may cause indigestion. In traditional chinese medicine, astragalus is not prescribed by itself or in high dosages in formulas when a patient has certain kinds of fevers. Otherwise, it is considered a safe herb to use at all times.
ASTRAGALUS
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°^ Cancer
Astragalus is often a key herb in both Chinese and Western herbal formulas for immune support for people with cancer because it enhances the activity of immune cells such as macrophages and natural killer cells that are known to destroy cancer cells. |
| Practitioners of traditional chinese medicine sometimes recommend astragalus for organ prolapse—that is, conditions like prolapsed uterus or hemorrhoids. In addition, it acts as a natural diuretic, helping to excrete excess fluids and relieve conditions such as edema. Astragalus is also known to heal ulcerations of the skin and help with the underlying cause of weak muscles (due to poor digestion).
As with most Chinese herbs, astragalus is generally used in a formula that's made up of a blend of herbs, and it's a perfectly good addition to soup or rice. |
| Acupressure does work and is a major reason why traditional chinese medicine is one of the fastest growing medical fields.
While someone trained in acupressure can obtain the best results, there are many easy-to-locate points that you can apply pressure to yourself to alleviate discomfort or improve certain conditions. These points are shown in the illustration on pages 16 and 17.
ADMINISTERING AN ACUPRESSURE TREATMENT
Here are four easy steps to follow for self-treatment.
1. Make sure you are relaxed. The room should be free of noise. If possible, you should wear light clothing.
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| Ephedra contains ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, two nerve stimulants that act like the pharmaceutical epinephrine. In traditional chinese medicine, ephedra was always used in a combination with other herbs and always in very small amounts. When combined with herbs like licorice root, doctors of Chinese medicine found that ephedra's toxicity was reduced.
Here in the West, it is used more like a drug—taken by itself, and sometimes in high concentrations. There is no doubt that people lose weight by taking ephedra preparations, as it stimulates fat metabolism. But at what long-term costs? |
| According to traditional chinese medicine, it has an affinity for the lungs and liver.
DOSAGE
°* Tea
I recommend an infusion of 1 to 2 teaspoons of the dried leaf per 8 ounces of water, one to three times daily.
°^ Tincture
I recommend 20 to 60 drops (approximately 0.5 to 1.0 milliliters) one to three times daily.
°^ Capsule
I recommend 1 to 2 enteric-coated capsules (0.2 milliliter per capsule) two to three times daily between meals. This is the form recommended for irritable bowel syndrome or digestive problems that occur in the lower half of the digestive tract (e.g., flatulence). |
Michael Castleman
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 Chi is a fundamental concept of traditional chinese medicine. Chi gong students learn to sense their chi and follow it as it moves around the body. As they become more adept, they learn to strengthen their chi and direct it to areas of their own—or other people's—body that are weak or ailing.
Chi gong is much older than either tai chi or the other martial arts. Chinese medical scholars contend that it was practiced as early as 1700 B.C., almost 3,000 years before the development of tai chi. |
Rebecca Wood
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 It has an unpleasantly intense aroma and flavor; it is considered toxic in traditional chinese medicine, and it is difficult to digest.
SOY SAUCE Shoyu, Tamari
Soy sauce, indispensable to Asian cookery, has a salty, sweet, slightly tart flavor and a rich, fermented fragrance. Even a few drops of quality soy sauce bring out the natural sweetness and subtle hidden flavors of almost any food but dessert. If soy sauce to you means a cheap, harsh-tasting liquid condiment, then you've never experienced the real thing.
Both soy sauce and tamari are made of soybeans, salt, and water. |
| For example, in traditional chinese medicine the overall effect of radishes is considered cooling. But in Ayurvedic medicine, radishes increase agni, or digestive fire, and are therefore considered warming. Both are correct within context. For consistency, I follow the traditional Chinese medical way of evaluating thermal properties.
Here are seven rules of thumb that suggest a food's thermal properties:
1. Foods that take longer to grow, like cabbage and winter squash, are more warming than foods that grow quickly, like lettuce and summer squash.
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Michael Lerner
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| I describe qi and the practice of acupuncture further in chapter 19, "Traditional Chinese Medicine." In this chapter I discuss exercise, massage, Therapeutic Touch, and chiropractic.
Exercise
Exercise is one of the most common supplements to complementary cancer therapies. Josef Issels, one of the great pioneering German alternative cancer therapists, regularly instructed the patients who came to his clinic in the Bavarian Alps to "go climb a mountain." In fact, that was the title of a well-known BBC television documentary about Issels. |
John Boik
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 The term traditional chinese medicine refers to this reorganized system. Although some elements were lost during the reorganization, overall it has fostered a consistency in practice and teaching that has allowed TCM to flourish internationally.
TCM was introduced to the United States in 1971 when New York Times correspondent James Reston was successfully treated for postsurgical pain after having his appendix removed while on assignment in China. Since that time, TCM has grown rapidly in the United States. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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 It's a major antiviral and immune-stimulating herb in traditional chinese medicine.
I'm a believer. When I feel a head cold or the flu coming on, and echinacea and garlic have failed to protect me, I bring in the herbal reinforcements— honeysuckle and forsythia, a classic Chinese virucidal combination. I mix them with European lemon balm, which has antiviral and antioxidant properties. (It also tastes much better than honeysuckle and forsythia.) This blend, prepared as a hot tea, is especially nice just before bed. (For instructions on making the tea, see my Chinese Immune Brew. |
| Also known as huang qi, astragalus is one of the premier immune-system boosters in traditional chinese medicine. Practitioners prescribe the herb to treat colds, flu, bronchitis, sinus infections, and other infectious ailments. They also recommend it for people whose immune systems have been suppressed by chronic illnesses such as AIDS.
These uses are supported by modem research. Various studies have shown astragalus to be an immune stimulant that's effective against a variety of bacteria, including salmonella and staphylococcus. |
Thomas Bartram
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 Chris Low, Member of the Register of traditional chinese medicine (RTCM), scientific advisor to the Herbal Pharmaceutical Industry; The Chinese Medicine Clinic, Cambridge.
ANECDOTAL MEDICINE. A medicament, the efficacy of which has not been proved by convincing clinical investigation and double blind trials. To the scientific mind, the difference between fact and fiction depends upon satisfying the Medicines Control Agency with worthwhile evidence of efficacy before issue of a Product Licence.
ANEURYSM. |
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BAREFOOT DOCTOR'S MANUAL
Published 1970 by the Institute of traditional chinese medicine of Hunan Province, China, to supply its barefoot doctors with a basic guide in their work of serving the rural population ("... because they worked in the paddy fields like any other commune member, barefooted and with trouser legs rolled up, they were given the name 'barefoot doctors' " (Pekin Review, 1977)).
BARBER'S ITCH Sycosis. See: FOLLICULITIS.
BARBERRY BARK. Berberis vulgaris L. French: Vinettier. German: Berberize. Italian: Berberi. Indian: Zirishk. Stem bark. Action. |
| Antispasmodic tincture (Potter's) Used in traditional chinese medicine. GSL
BLACK CURRANT. Ribes nigrum L. German: Schwarze Ribsel. French: Bassis. Spanish: Grosellero. Italian: Grosularia nera. Garden fruit. Leaves, fruit.
Action: febrifuge (mild), astringent, diuretic, anti-rheumatic. Fruits are a rich source of Vitamin C, and have a Vitamin P effect. Anti-inflammatory for rheumatic disorders and gout. Nerve tonic. Hypotensor. Mild antispasmodic. Cooling. Uses. As a tea in early stages of fevers until deeper-acting and more specific treatment is prescribed. Capillary fragility. |
| Hu Shilin, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of traditional chinese medicine, Beijing, China.
CHIRETTA. Chirata. Swertia chirata, Buch. German: Driesenenzian. French: Swertie. Italian: Swertia. Indian: Chirata. Entire plant. Constituents: xanthone derivatives, iridoids, alkaloids, flavones.
Action: bitter tonic, digestive, liver stimulant, febrifuge, antimalarial, anthelmintic.
Uses. Feeble digestion, lack of appetite. Wasting and cachetic conditions. Used for malaria before discovery of Peruvian bark. Liver damage and complaints. "Ascites due to liver involvement. |
| Founder groups: The National Institute of Medical Herbalists, College of Osteopaths, British Naturopathic and Osteopathic Association, The British Chiropractic Association, The Society of Homoeopaths, The British Acupuncture Association, The Traditional Acupuncture Society and the Register of traditional chinese medicine. |
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