Ephedra Ma Huang & Apricot kernel Xing Ren Ephedra is very Warm, dry, pungent and a little Bitter. It moves the Lung Qi, opening and dispersing congestion of the Lungs. It powerfully opens the Lungs and regulates the Qi to settle Cough and Wheezing. Apricot (or Almond) kernel is slightly Warm, slightly Moist and a…
2B. Attenuaters Also called Digestives, Preparatives, Inciders Materia Medica in Arabic & Persian, Shirazy, 1793 These are next in order to Opening and Aperient Medicines. Attenuators cut, divide, dissolve and lessen thick and compacted humors, and may also be called Digestives or Preparatives. Most are warm and thin, thereby being better to penetrate, but some…
Dislocation Examples of reduction of a dislocated jointDits dat hantwerck der cirurgien, Brunschwig, 1535 Dislocation is when a Joint is forced out of its normal position due to Trauma. The dislocation needs to be put back into place, which is called Reduction. As can be seen from the illustrations above, various methods and apparatus were…
Liver Weakness Western Tradition Hepar Confortant–Strengthen the LiverInfusion of RoseRose waterSyrup of Fumitory GreaterAthanasia Greater (Nicholas)Electuary of Quince CompoundTroches of Gallia AlephangineTroches of Gallia MagnaTroches RamichAromatic Musk Compound (Aromaticum Moschatum)Aromaticum NardiumAromaticum RosatumPilulae Aggregative MajorOil of RosesOil of Costus Hepatis debilitatem corrigunt–Correct debility of the LiverDecoction of Fumitory (Mesue)Decoction for the Liver (Quercetan)Syrup of Two Opening…
Bleeding Bleeding can be caused by Trauma, ruopture of Blood vessel, Ulcers, abrasions, chronic inflammation etc. Bleeding may also occur during Fevers. In Traditional Medicine it is important to differentiate between Heat-type and Cold-type Bleeding. Heat-type Bleeding: Bleeding with Fever, red face, red tongue, big or fast pulse. The person feels hot, the blood is…
Calamus & Rue Calamus is Warm, Dry, very Aromatic, and Pungent. It potently moves the Qi, opens Obstructions, clears the Senses, clears Wind and Damp, and has a strong effect on the Mind and Nerves. Rue is warm, pungent and Bitter. It stops Wind, moves the Blood and resolves Swellings, clears Damp and promotes Urine, clears…
Headache and Migraine Classical Classification of Headache: Cephalgia–pain over the whole head; sometimes violent, other times mild; either acute or chronic Cephalea–intolerable headache; weakens the head and senses; has paroxysms; violent pain, tinnitus, pulsing of the forehead veins, sight and hearing affected. Hemicrana–one-sided headache; similar to the preceding (Galen and others treated them as one)…
The Art of PhysickSection A. Of the 7 NaturalsIntroduction Dean: How many things are perfectly requisite for the obtaining the perfect knowledge of Physic? Candidate: Three; Things Natural, wherein Physiology employs itself; Things not natural, which the contemplation of Health appropriates to it self; Things Preter-Natural in the knowledge of which Pathology, in the expulsion…
Diet Hippocrates was the first to note that ‘All disease begins in the Stomach’. It is therefore not surprising that Traditional Medicine plays great attention to Diet in the management of Health and Disease.Of prime importance is: Eating in Moderation Chewing thoroughly Eating according to your constitution Avoiding Food that aggravates a Disease Not eating…
Medicinal Polypores at the Chengdu Medicine Market Adam, 2016–2018 The Polypores are a class of fungii without gills. They release spores through there ‘many holes’ (thus ‘poly’ + ‘pore’). Many of the medicinally important Polypores grow on either living or decaying wood. Most are hard and woody, being composed of lignans leached of the trees…
Three Yellows (San Huang) The ‘Three Yellows’ are Coptis Huang Lian, Scutellaria Huang Qin and Phellodendron Huang Bai. These three medicines are classed as Cold, dry and Bitter. They clear Heat and Damp and Toxic Heat from the whole body, reduce inflammation and are a broad-spectrum anti-bacterial combination commonly used in TCM Coptis Huang Lian…
Jaundice ‘When the Gall [Bile] is obstructed it causes the Yellow Jaundice,when the Spleen, the Black Jaundice’. (Salmon, Synopsis Medicinae, 1681) Jaundice has been divided into ‘Yellow’ and ‘Black’ in the Western tradition, and into ‘Yin’ and ‘Yang’ in TCM. These two differentiations are fairly similar. The Yellow or Yang type Jaundice is associated with…
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