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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author: Jeremy Ross

Page 250-252

Chapter 19 Conclusion

Review

Part 1 surveyed the background to the Theory of Zang Fu.

Part 2 was concerned with the individual Zang Fu.

Part 3 dealt with Zang Fu interrealtionships.

Part 4 examined the application of Zang Fu theory in clinical practice.

General

Teaching TCM.

The Basic Theoritical Framework.

Traditional and Chinese.

Theory and Practice

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author: Jeremy Ross

Page 246-249

Chapter 18-3 Case Histories

8 .Arthritis and Stress

Diagnosis.

Treatment

Patient education

Summary of Case Histories

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author: Jeremy Ross

Page 240-246

Chapter 18-2 Case Histories

5. Urticaria and Stomach Pain

Diagnosis

Treatment

Patient Education

6. Back, Shoulder, Breasts and Respiratory System

Diagnosis

Treatment

Patient Education

7. Debilities and Insomnia

Diagnosis

Treatment

Patient Education

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author: Jeremy Ross

Page 234-238

Chapter 18-1 Case Histories

1. Chronic Otitis Media

Diagnosis

Treatment

Patient Education

2. Tinnitus and Balance

Diagnosis

Treatment

Patient Education

3. Angina Pectoris

Diagnosis

Treatment

Patient Education

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author: Jeremy Ross

Page 225-233

Chapter 17 Clinical Methods

Education of the Patient

Identification of Originating Factors and Selection of Appropriate Remedial Measures

Common Cold

Headache

Haematuria

Helping Patients to Help Themselves

Understanding

Motivation

Discipline

Summary

Summary of the Sequence of Clinical Procedures

Preliminaries

The Sequence

General Principles

Acute or Chronic

Eight Principle's Patterns of Disharmony

Disease Factors

Substances, Jing Luo and Zang Fu

Backache in General

A Specific Case of Lumbar Pain

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author: Jeremy Ross

Page 221-225

Chapter 17 Clinical Methods

Treatment

Choice of Points

Yin Yang and Eight Principles' Patterns

Disease Factors

Substances

Zang Fu and Jing Luo

Use of Points

Correct Choice of Method of Point Use

Production of Needle Sensation

Correct Technique of Insertion- Manipulation

Excess

Deficiency

Intermediate or Mixed

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author: Jeremy Ross

Page 211-221

Part 4 Clinical Practice

Chapter 17-1 Clinical Methods

Diagnosis

Observation- Interrogation

Pulse

Position and Depth

Qualities and Quantities

Pulse Patterns of Some Common Disharmonies

Analysis of Combinations of Pulse Qualities

Tongue

Tongue Patterns for some Common Disharmonies

Areas of the Tongue

Analysis of Combinations of Tongue Characteristics

Summary

Differentiation of Patterns of Disharmony

Yin Yang and Eight Principles

Disease Factors

Substances

Jing Luo and Zang Fu

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

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Page 201-210

Chapter 16-2 Disharmonies of Three or More Zang

Difecient Yin Group

Deficient Yin of Shen, Gan and Xin

Deficient Yin of Shen, Gan and Fei

Deficient Yang Group

Deficient Yang of Shen, Pi, and Xin

Deficient Yang of Shen, Pi, and Fei

Deficient Yang of Shen, Pi, and Wei

Shen, Pi and Xin

Shen, Pi, and Fei

Shen, Pi, and Wei

Emotional Disharmonies

Deficient Yin of Shen, Gan, and Xin

Depression of Function of Gan, Xin, and Fei

Digestive Problems

Gynaecological and Obstetric Disorders

Physiology

Xue

Pathology

Shen

Pi

Gan

Summary

Zang Fu Interrelationships in some Common Disease Patterns

Hyperthyroidism

Impotence

Excess Sex or Seminal Emission

Emotional Disturbance

Damp Heat Diffusing Downwards

Insomnia

Wei Disharmonies

Summary

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

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Page 195- 202

Chapter 16-1 Disharmonies Involving More Than One Zang

Disharmonies of Two Zang Together

Xin and Fei:- Deficient Qi of Xin and Fei

Formation of Qi and Fei

Movement of Qi and Xue

Signs

Xin and Pi:-Deficient Xin Xue and Deficient Pi Qi

Signs

Xin and Shen:- Deficient Yang of both Xin and Shen

Signs

Xin and Shen:- Xin and Shen Not Harmonious

Signs

Xin and Gan:- Deficient Yin of Xin and Gan

Signs

Shen and Gan:- Deficient Yin of Shen and Gan

Signs

Gan and Pi:- Gan Invades Pi

Signs

Pi and Shen:- Deficient Pi Qi and Deficient Shen Yang

Signs

Pi and Fei:- Deficient Pi Qi and Deficient Fei Qi

Signs

Fei and Shen:- Deficient Fei Qi and Deficient Shen Yang

Signs

Gan and Fei:- Gan Fire Invade Fei

Signs

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author :Jeremy Ross

Page 188-194

Chapter15-2

Emotions and Yin Yang

Emotions and Substances

Deficient Yang Group;

Deficient Qi

Deficient Shen

Deficient Jing

Deficient Yin Group

Deficient Xue

Disturbance of Shen

Deficient Jin Ye

Emotions and Jing Luo

Deficiency of Qi and Xue

Obstruction of Flow of Qi and Xue

Irregularity or Disturbance of Flow of Qi and Xue

Presence of Disease Factor

Mental Faculities and Emotions

Clinical Importance of Emotional Disharmony

Treatment of Emotional Disharmony

Genaral Cases

Cases of Severe Mental Illness

Treatment of Severe Mental Illness

General Principles

Example of Head Points

Frontal Region

Parietal Region

Temporal Region

Occipital Region

Examples of Point Combinations

Coma

Dreamy State

Disturbance of Thinking

Examples of Case Histories

Summary

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author :Jeremy Ross

Page 183-187

Cpater. 15-1

Emotions

The Emotions and Behaviour

Classifications of the Emotions

The Seven Emotions : Qi Qing (七情)

1. Xi (喜) Joy happiness, gaiety, excitement, pleasure

2. Nu (怒) Anger, irritation

3. Si (思) meditation, contemplation, pensiveness

4. You (憂) anxiety, sorrow

5. Kong (恐) fear, extreme anxiety

6. Jing (驚) sudden intense fear, fright

7. Bei (悲) grief, affliction

The Five Feeling : Wu Zhi(五志)

1. Xi (喜)-Xin (Heart)

2. Nu (怒) -Gan(Liver)

3. Si (思)-Pi (Spleen)

4. You (憂) -Fei (Lungs)

5. Kong (恐) - Shen (Kidney)

The Five Feelings and the Five Zang

Fear and Shen

Anger and Gan

Joy and Xin

Pensiveness and Pi

Grief and Fei

The Five Feelings and the Five Phases

Emotions and Yin Yang

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Zang Fu,

the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author :Jeremy Ross

Page 178-182

Chapter 14-2

Zang Fu

Zang fu Pairs

Zang Fu and the Origins of Disease

Stagnation

Phlegm

Internal Wind

Summary

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Zang Fu, the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author :Jeremy Ross

Page 167-178

Part 3

Interrelationships

Chapter14-1

Zang Fu Interrelationships

Yin Yang

Substances

• Qi, Xue and Jin Ye
• Jing and Shen

Pathology of the Substances

• Shen
• Pi
• Gan
• Xin
• Fei

Jing Luo

Tissues

• Tissues
• Bones and Head Hair
• Muscles and Lips
• Tendons and Nails
• Xue Mai and Face
• Skin and Body Hair
• Orifice / Senses
• Shen and Ears
• Pi and Mouth
• Gan and Eyes
• Xin and Tongue
• Fei and Nose, Throat and Voice
• Curious Organs
• Marrow, Bones and Brain
• Uterus
• Xue Mai
• Dan

Zang Fu

The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author :Jeremy Ross

Page 161-166

Chapter 13 Review of the Five Zang

Functions

Main Functions of the Five Zang

Shen (Kidney 腎)

Sores Jing

Foundation of Yin & Yang

Pi (Spleen 脾)

Rules Transportation & Transformation

Gan (Liver 肝)

Rules Free-flowing of Qi

Stores Xue

Xin (Heart 心)

Stores Shen

Rules Xue & Xue Mai

Fei (Lungs 肺)

Rules Qi & Respiration

Governs Dispersing &Descending

Interrelationships of the Main Zang Functions

Origins of Patterns of Disharmony

Patterns of Disharmony of the Five Zang

Shen

Deficient Shen Jing

Deficient Shen Yang

Shen Qi not Firm

Shen Fails to Recieve Qi

Water Overflowing

Deficient Shen Yin

Pi

Deficient Pi Qi

Deficient Pi Yang

Inability of Pi to Govern Xue

Sinking of Pi Qi

Invasion of Pi by Cold & Damp

Damp Heat Accumulates in Pi

Gan

Depression of Gan Qi

Deficient Gan Xue

Hyperactive Gan Yang

Blazing Gan Fire

Stirring of Gan Wind

Damp Heat in Gan & Dan

Stagnation of Cold in Gan Jing Luo

Xin

Deficient Xin Qi

Deficient Xin Yang

Collapse of Xin Yang

Stagnant Xin Xue

Deficient Xin Yin

Blazing Xin Fire

Phlegm Fire Agitating Xin

Cold Phlegm Misting Xin

Fei

Deficient Fei Qi

Deficient Fei Yin

Invasion of Fei by Wind

Retention of Phlegm in Fei

Zang Fu Chapter 12

Xin Bao (Pericardium : 心包) and San Jiao (Triple Burner:三焦)

Xin Bao (心包)

Functions

Patterns of Disharmony

San Jiao (三焦)

The four main conception of San Jiao

1. San Jiao as the Three Divisions of the body

• San Jiao as part of the Six Stages
• San Jiao Classification of Warm Diseases
• San Jiao as Three Divisions

2. San Jiao as the Fu system

• Transformation and Movement of Fluids
• Transformation and Movement of Qi
• Misinterpretation and Misunderstanding

3. San Jiao as the Jing Luo

Distribution

Signs

4. San JIao as the San Jiao points

• Relieving pain and inflammation along the course of the superficial channel
• Dispersing External Disease Factors
• Invigorating Qi circulation in the Jing Luo, to remove obstruction

Treatment of San Jiao Disharmonies

Summary

Zang Fu

Chapter 11-2 Da Chang (大腸)

Functions

Patterns of Disharmony

• Intestinal Abscess
• Damp Heat Invading Da Chang
• Constipation and Diarrhoea

Summary

Zang Fu

Chapter 11-1

Fei (Lungs) and Da Chang (Large Intestine)

Fei

Functions

1. Rules Qi and Governs Respiration
2. Dispersing and Descending Function
3. Moves and Adjusts the Water Channels
4. Rules the Exterior of the Body
5. Opens into the Nose; Manifests in the Body Hair

Patterns of Disharmony

• Deficient of Fei Qi
• Deficient of Fei Yin
• Invasion of Fei by Wind
• Retention of Phlegm in Fei

Summary

Zang Fu Chapter 10-2

Xin and Xiao Chang (Heart and Small Intestine)

Xiao Chang (small intestine)

Functions

Patterns of Disharmony

- Deficient Cold in Xiao Chang

- Stagnant Qi of Xiao Chang

a) Obstructed Qi of Xiao Chang

b) Excess Heat in Xiao Chang

Zang Fu Chapter 10-1

Xin (Heart) and Xiao Chang(Small Intestine)

Xin

Functions

1. Rules Xue and Xue Mai

2. Stores Shen

3. Opens into the Tongue: Manifests in the Face

Patterns of Disharmony

Yang Deficiency:

- Deficient Xin Qi

- Deficient Xin Yang

- Stagnant Xin Xue

- Cold Phlegm Misting Xin

Yin Deficiency:

- Deficient Xin Xue

- Deficient Xin Yin

- Blazing Xin Fire

- Phlegm Fire Agitating Xin

Summary

Zang Fu Chapter 9-4

(Gall Bladder 胆)

Functions

Patterns of Disharmony

Zang Fu Chapter 9 Gan (Liver) and Dan (Gallbladder)

Pattern of Disharmony

2. Deficient Gan Xue

3. Hyperactive Gan Yang

Zang Fu Chapter 8

Pi (Spleen) and Wei (Stomach)

- 3 Wei

Functions

Patterns of Disharmony

• Retention of Fluid in Wei due to Cold
• Retention of Food in Wei
• Deficiency of Wei Yin
• Blazing Wei Fire
• Other Wei Disharmonies

Summary

Zang Fu Chapter 9 -3

Gan(Liver肝) and Dan(GallBladder胆)

Patterns of Disharmony

5. Stirring of Gan Wind

6. Damp Heat in Gan and Dan

7. Stagnation of Cold in Gan Jing Luo

Summary

Zang Fu

Chapter 9

Gan (Liver 肝) and Dan (Gallbladder胆)

Gan (Liver)

Functions

1. Rules Free-flowing of Qi
2. Stores Xue
3. Rules the Tendons
4. Opens into the Eyes; Manifests in the Nails

Patterns of DIsharmony

1. Depression of Gan Qi

Zang fu

the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author :Jeremy Ross

Page 89-95

Chapter 8 Pi (Spleen脾) and Wei (Stomach胃)-2

Pi

Patterns of Disharmony

3. Inability of Pi to Govern Xue

4. Sinking of Pi Qi

5. Invasion of Pi by Cold and Dump

6. Damp Heat Accumulates in Pi

7. Turbid Phlegm Disturbing the Head

Summary

Zang fu

the Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author :Jeremy Ross

Page 83-89

Chapter 8 Pi (Spleen脾) and Wei (Stomach胃)-1

Pi

Functions

1. Rules Transformation and Transportation
2. Rules the Muscles and the Limbs
3. Governs Xue
4. Holds up the Organs
5. Opens into the Mouth; Manifests in the Lips

Fluids, Damp and Phlegm

Patterns of Disharmony

1. Deficient Pi Qi
2. Deficient Pi Yang

Zang Fu Chapter 7 Shen (Kidneys) and Pang Guang (Bladder) 3

Pang Guang

Functions

Patterns of Disharmony

Damp Heat in Pang Guang

Zang Fu Chapter 7-2 Shen (Kidneys腎) and Pang Guang (Bladder膀胱)

Patterns of Disharmony

Deficient Shen Jing

Deficient Shen Yang

Deficient Shen Yin

Shen Fails to Receive Qi

Water Overflowing

Zang Fu Chapter 7-1 Shen (Kidneys腎) and Pang Guang (Bladder膀胱) 1

Shen

Functions

1. Stores Jing

a. Rules birth, growth, development, and reproduction

b. Rules bones

2. Foundation of Yin Yang

3. Rules the Water

4. Rules Reception of Qi

5. Opens into the Ears; Manifests in the Hair

Zang Fu The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 6 Zang Fu

-Origins of Confusion

-The Twelve Zang Fu

-Zang and Fu

Zang:

Shen (Kidneys) 腎

Pi (Spleen)　脾

Gan (Liver)　肝

Xin (Heart)　心

Fei (Lungs)　肺

Xin Bao (Pericardium)　心包

Fu

Pang Guang (Urinary Bladder) 膀胱

Wei (Stomach)　胃

Dan (Gall Bladder)　胆

Xiao Chang (Small Intestine)　小腸

Da Chang (Large Intestine)　大腸

San Jiao (Triple Burner)　三焦

-Zang Fu Pairs

-Summary

Zang Fu

Chapter 5

Patterns of Disease

-Apparent Contradictions

• Internal and External
• Deficiency and Excess
• Cold and Heat, Yin and Yang

-Qualification of the Classifications of the Eight Principles

-Common Disease Patterns

-Summary

Zang Fu

Chapter 5

Patterns of Disease

-Patterns of Disharmony of the Eight Principles

• YinYang
• Interior and Exterior
• Cold and Heat
• Deficiency and Excess

-Combinations of the Patterns of the Eight Principles

• Exterior and Heat, Interior and Heat; Exterior and Cold, Interior and Cold
• Excess and Heat, Deficiency and Heat, Excess and Cold, Deficiency and Cold
• Excess and Heat (Excess Yang), Deficiency and Heat (Deficient Yin)
• Excess Heat (Excess Yang)
• Deficient Heat (Deficient Yin)
• Excess and Cold (Excess Yin), Deficiency and Cold (Deficient Yang)
• Excess Cold (Excess Yin)
• Deficient Cold (Deficient Yang)
• Collapse of Yin or Yang
• True Heat and Illusionary Cold: True Cold and Illusionary Heat

Zang Fu

the Organ systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 4

Origins of Disease

-Internal Factors

- Miscellaneous Factors

• constitution
• Life Before Birth
• Childhood
• Adult Life
• Nutrition
• Yin Effects
• Yang Effects
• Occupation
• Overwork
• Excercise
• Relationships
• Sex
• Trauma, Parasites and Pestilences
• Treatment as a Disease Factor
• Secondary Factors

-Summary

Zang Fu

the Organ systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 4

Origins of Disease

• Heat and Fire
• External Heat
• Internal Heat
• Relationship with other Factors
• Damp
• External Damp
• Internal Damp
• Relationship with Other Factors
• Dryness
• Summer heat

-Summary

ZangFu

The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 4

Origins of Disease

-Origins of Disease

-Disease Factors

-External Factors

• Wind
• External wind
• Internal Wind
• Relationship to other factors
• Cold
• External Cold
• Internal Cold
• Relationship with Other External Factors

ZANG FU-臓腑-

The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 3

Substances

• Patterns of Disharmony of the Substances

1. Deficient Jin Ye
2. Deficient Jing
3. Deficient Shen
4. Disturbance of Shen

• Further Ambiguities

1. Deficient Yang and Deficient Yin
2. Deficient Qi and Deficient Yang
3. Deficient Qi and Deficient Xue
4. Deficient Xue and Deficient Yin
5. Stagnant Qi and Stangnant Xue

• Summary

ZANG FU-臓腑-

The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 3

Substances

• The Five Substances and Their Functions
• Yin Yang and the Substances
• Formation of the Substances

Qi

Xue

Jing Ye

Jing

Shen

• Ambiguities

Qi and Xue

Qi and Jin Ye

Qi and Jing

Qi and Shen

Xue and Jin Ye

Xue and Jing

Xue and Shen

Jin Ye and Jing

Jin Ye and Shen

ZANG FU-臓腑-

The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 2

The Framework

• Substances

The term Substances does not imply energy or matter; all is relative

• Jing Luo

Mai

Jing

Jing Luo

Acupuncture Points

• Zang Fu
• Tissues
• Summary

ZANG FU-臓腑-The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Second edition)

Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice

Author: Jeremy Ross

Chapter 1 Chinese and Western Thought

• Patterns of Change
• Interrelationship
• Analysis and Synthesis
• Yin Yang

Energy and Matter

Mind and Body

• Structure and Function
• Precision andAmbiguity
• Harmony and Disharmony
• Summary

The Web That Has No Weaver

APPENDIX F :

THE FIVE PHASES (WuXing 五行)

1. Wood

Spring (season)/east (direction)/blue-green(colour)/ windy (climate)/shouting(sound)/anger(emotion)/sour(taste)/Liver(Yin organ)/Gall Bladder (Yang organ)/Eye (orifice)/tendons (tissue)/goatish (smell)/ Hun (spirit)/human kindness (virtue)

2. Fire

Summer/south/red/hot/laughing/elation/bitter/Heart/Small Intestine/tongue/blood vessels/burning/Spirit/propriety

3. Earth

Indian Summer/center/yellow/ damp/singing/pensiveness/sweet/Spleen/Stomach/mouth/flesh/fragrant/Yi/faithfulness

4. Metal

Autumn/west/white/dry/weeping/grief/pungent/Lungs/Large Intestine/nose/skin/rank/Po/righteousness

5. Water

Winter/north/black/cold/groaning/fear/salty/Kidney/Urinary Bladder/ears/bones/rotten/will/wisdom

-USE OF THE FIVE PHASES IN MEDICINE

-CRITICISM OF FIVE PHASES THEORY

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Appendix E-3

-EAST ASIAN HERBS AND ADVERSE EVENTS

• Direct Toxic Effects
• Toxicity Due to Dosage Extension
• Idiosyncratic Toxicity
• Hepatotoxic Effects
• Herbs Adulterated with Western Drugs and Camouflaged Drugs
• Contamination with Heavy Metals and Poor Manufacturing Practices
• Interaction with Western Drugs
• Cross-Cultural Differences
• Are East Asian Herbs Safe?

-CONCLUSION

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Appendix E-2

-BASIC SCIENCE SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE

-ADVERSE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUPUNCTURE

-SCIENCE RESEARCH ON EAST ASIAN HERBAL MEDICINE

-RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS ON EAST ASIAN HERBAL MEDICINE

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Appendix E

THE SCIENTIFIC ENCOUNTER WITH EAST ASIAN MEDICINE: EFFICACY AND ADVERSE EVENTS

-CLINICAL RESEARCH IN EAST ASIA

-CLINICAL RESEARCH ON ACUPUNCTURE IN THE WEST

• Review of Systematic Reviews of Acupuncture RCTS

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Appendix D

THE CURIOUS ORGANS

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Appendix C

PULSES REVISITED

1. FLOATING PULSE
2. SINKING PULSE
3. SLOW PULSE
4. RAPID PULSE
5. THIN PULSE
6. BIG PULSE
7. EMPTY PULSE
8. FULL PULSE
9. SLIPPERY PULSE
10. CHOPPY PULSE
11. WIRY PULSE
12. TIGHT PULSE
13. KNOTTED PULSE
14. HURRIED PULSE
15. INTERMITTENT PULSE
16. SHORT PULSE
17. LONG PULSE
18. MODERATE PULSE
19. FLOODING PULSE
20. MINUTE PULSE
21. FRAIL PULSE
22. SOGGY PULSE
23. LEATHER PULSE
24. HIDDEN PULSE
25. CONFINED OR PRISON PULSE
26. SPINNING BEAN OR MOVING PULSE
27. HOLLOW PULSE
28. SCATTERED PULSE

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Appendix B

YANG ORGANS IN DISHARMONY

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APPENDIX A

THE STAGES OF DISEASE: A SERIES OF CLINICAL SCENES

• THE PATTERN OF SIX STAGES
• THE PATTERN OF FOUR STAGES

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THE WEB THAT HAS NO WEAVER-AND MOUNT SINAI

or on the location of truth

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Chapter 9

CHINESE MEDICINE AS AN ART

or on the Penetrating Divine Illumination

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Lung Disharmonies

-The Pattern of Cold VIolating the Lung (han-xie-fan-fei 寒邪犯肺)

-The Pattern of Heat Clogging the Lungs (re-xie-yong-fei 熱邪塞肺)

-The Pattern of Mucus Dampness Hindering the Lungs (tan-shi-zu-fei 痰湿阻肺)

-The Pattern of Deficient Lung Yin (fei-yin-xu 　肺陰虚)

-Deficient Lung (fei-qi-xu 肺気虚)