The Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases with Canonical Chinese Medicine: Three Case Reports
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Title
The Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases with Canonical Chinese Medicine: Three Case Reports
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EJOM (2012), Zaech, Nadine.
Abstract
The author presents three cases of autoimmune disease,including two paediatric cases, which she treated successfully with Canonical Chinese Medicine formulas drawn from Zhang Zhong Jing’s Shang Han Za Bing LunorTreatise on Cold Damage and Complex Disorders. The cases (involving paediatric rheumatoid arthritis, adult-onset Still’s disease and nephritic syndrome) suggest that autoimmune diseases, which may be only poorly managed by Western medicine, can be effectively treated with formulas and strategies first laid down in the classical texts of China’s Han Dynasty. From this Canonical Chinese Medicine perspective, many autoimmune conditions require tonification of the rule of imperial fire through the application ofyang-warming decoctions containingfu zi(Aconiti Carmichaeli, Radix Lateralis Preparata.) If the patient’s symptoms flare up, theyangconformations will need to be treated and damage often involves more than one realm, thus often requiring the application ofchai hu gui zhi gan jiang tangor triple yang disease formulas containing bupleurumchai hu(Bupleuri, Radix).
Alternative Title
EJOM
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Date
Date Created
3/2/2015
Language
English
Type
Journal Article
issn
1351-6647
issue
2
volume
7