Aging & blood stasis : a new TCM approach to geriatrics = Shuai lao ho yèu hsèueh

Yan De-xin is one of the leading "old Chinese doctors" in the People's Republic of China today. His theories on blood stasis and aging have revolutionized 2,000 years of Chinese geriatric medicine. Besides being a clinical manual on the treatment of all the most commonly seen geriatric diseases, this book contains the best discussion of the inter-relationship of the qi and blood of any so far in the English language. This book is an important addition to the English language Chinese medical literature. 255 pages. Aging and Blood Stasis Editor's Preface Author's Preface Table of Contents 1 The Relationship of Qi & Blood to Senility The Physiological Functions of Qi & Blood in the Human Body What qi means within TCM The production of qi Forms of qi movement The physiological functions of qi 1. The function of qi transformation 2. The function of propulsion 3. The function of warming 4. The function of defense 5. The function of securing & containing 6. The function of reproduction 7. The function of balance The five types of qi 1. Original qi 2. Ancestral qi 3. The central qi 4. The constructive qi 5. The defensive qi The function of blood within TCM What blood means within TCM The production of blood Characteristics of blood circulation The physiological functions of the blood 1. Moistening the four limbs & hundreds of bones, filling & nourishing the five viscera & six bowels... 2. Nourishing & fostering the heart spirit 3. Maintaining the balance of yin & yang in the organism 4. The reproductive function Interrelationships between the qi & blood 1. The effects of qi on the blood A. Qi is capable of engendering the blood B. Qi is capable of moving the blood C. Qi is capable of containing the blood 2. The effects of blood on the qi A. Blood is capable of engendering the qi B. Blood is capable of carrying the qi The Relationship of Qi & Blood to Combating Senility The relationship of qi & blood to physiological activities 1. The relationship of qi & blood to essence, qi & spirit 2. The relationship of qi & blood to the functional activities of the viscera & bowels The Balance of Qi & Blood and Its Relationship to Combating Senility Blood Stasis, the Chief Cause of Senility Imbalance of qi & blood as the cause of a variety of diseases Loss of harmony of the qi & blood as the main cause of disease Types of pathological loss of balance of the qi & blood 1. Qi & blood vacuity weakness 2. Qi vacuity & blood stasis 3. Qi stagnation & blood stasis 4. Qi counterflow & blood counterflow 5. Joining & binding of phlegm & stasis 6. Qi not containing the blood 7. Blood desertion/qi desertion Static Blood as the Origin of Senility 2 Master Yan's Diagnosis of the Pattern of Static Blood 1. Subjective Symptoms A. General Symptoms Fever Aching & pain Bleeding Distention & fullness Itching Numbness Stiffness Dry mouth Excessive dreams Poor memory B. Symptoms in different systems Heart system Liver/gallbladder system Spleen/stomach system Lung system Kidney system 2. Physical Signs Hair Face Eye orbit Cheeks Nose Lips Chin Eyes Tongue Neck Chest Abdomen The lower & upper backs The four limbs Skin 3. History History of enduring illness Surgical history History of irregular menstruation History of reproductive abnormality Lifestyle history History of external injury Other items in the patient's history 4. Laboratory Examination Examination of blood rheology Examination of nail bed microcirculation Examination of the function of cardiac vessels & dynamics of blood flow Electrocardiogram & ultrasound examination of cardiac motion Ultrasound examination of the internal organs X-ray examination Rheoencephalography & electroencephalography Computer-assisted tomography (CAT) & vasography Biochemical examination of the blood Routine examination of the blood Other items 3 The Relationship Between the Symptoms of Senility & Static Blood Changes in the essence spirit & spirit orientation Heart palpitations, racing heart & heart pain 1) Lack of force of heart qi's power of propulsion 2) Static blood obstructing and stagnating in the heart vessels Wind stroke & hemiplegia Dizziness, vertigo & scant sleep White hair & falling hair Diminished visual power & auditory power Prominent greenish blue sinews & cyanosis Fatigue & lack of appetite Water swelling & dribbling urinary block Diminished sexual function Muscle & skin numbness, limb and body aching & pain 4 Quickening the Blood & Regulating the Qi as an Effective Method for Combating Senility 5 The Clinical Application of the Balancing Method 1. Rectifying the qi & transforming stasis method 2. Scattering cold & quickening the blood method 3. Clearing heat & transforming stasis method 4. Opening the network vessels & transforming stasis method 5. Eliminating phlegm & quickening the blood method 6. Softening the hard & transforming stasis method 7. Attacking, precipitating & transforming stasis method 8. Stopping bleeding & transforming stasis method 9. Boosting the qi & transforming stasis method 10. Fostering yin & transforming stasis method 6 Formulas for Combating Senility & Preserving HealthBased on the Balancing Method 1. Heng Fa Yi Hao (Balancing Method #1) 2. Heng Fa Er Hao (Balancing Method #2) 3. Heng Fa San Hao (Balancing Method #3) 4. Heng Fa Si Hao (Balancing Method #4) 7 Secret Essentials in the Treatment of Commonly Seen Geriatric Patterns 1. Common cold (Gan Mao) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Wind cold B. Wind heat Secret essentials 2. Phlegm rheum (Tan Yin) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Phlegm rheum cough B. Phelgm rheum cough & wheezing C. Phelgm rheum internally stopping Secret essentials Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Cold damp diarrhea B. Damp heat diarrhea C. Spleen vacuity diarrhea D. Kidney vacuity diarrhea Secret essentials 4. Constipation (Bian Bi) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Dry heat constipation B. Qi stagnation constipation C. Qi stagnation & vacuity constipation D. Yang vacuity chill constipation Secret essentials 5. Strangury Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Stone strangury B. Blood strangury C. Qi strangury D. Unctuous strangury E. Taxation strangury Secret essentials 6. Impotence (Yang Wei) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Worry and anxiety damaging the liver B. Kidney essence deficiency detriment C. Heart & kidneys both damaged Secret essentials 7. Tinnitus (Er Ming) & Deafness (Er Long) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Wind evils externally invading B. Liver/gallbladder fire exuberance C. Phlegm fire depression & binding D. Stasis obstructing the ancestral vessel E. Central qi insufficiency F. Essence blood deficiency detriment Secret essentials 8. Vertigo & dizziness (Xuan Yun) Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Liver yang hyperactive above B. Kidney essence insufficiency C. Phlegm turbidity obstructing the center D. Stasis obstructing the channels & vessels Secret essentials 9. Headache (Tou Tong) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Wind cold headache B. Liver yang headache C. Blood vacuity headache D. Static blood headache Secret essentials 10. Insomnia (Bu Mian) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Stasis in the blood mansion B. Heart/spleen insufficiency C. Yin deficiency, fire effulgence D. Heart/gallbladder qi timidity E. Stomach center disharmony Secret essentials 11. Heart palpitations (Xin Ji) & racing heart (Zheng Chong) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Heart loss of nourishment B. Stasis in the blood mansion Secret essentials 12. Vacuity taxation (Xu Lao) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Kidney yang vacuity & debility B. Spleen/stomach vacuity cold C. Lung/stomach fluid vacuity D. Heart/spleen blood vacuity E. Liver/kidney essence vacuity F. Blood stasis internally stopped Secret essentials 13. Bleeding patterns (Xue Zheng) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Qi counterflow damaging the network vessels B. Heat brewing & forcing the blood C. Vacuity not containing the blood Secret essentials 14. Bi patterns (Bi Zheng) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Moving bi (wind bi) B. Painful bi (cold bi) C. Fixed bi (damp bi) D. Heat bi E. Recalcitrant bi Secret essentials 15. Atony patterns (Wei Zheng) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Damp heat steeping licentiously B. Liver/kidney deficiency & vacuity C. Stasis obstruction of the vessels & network vessels Secret essentials 8 Secret Essentials in the Treatment of Commonly Seen Geriatric Diseases 1. Lobar Pneumonia (Da Ye Xing Fei Yan) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Evils assailing lung defensive B. Phlegm heat congesting the lungs C. Qi & yin dual vacuity, phlegm & heat joining and contending D. Original qi vacuity desertion, yin & yang dissociated Secret Essentials 2. Hypertension (Gao Xue Ya) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Liver fire hyperactivity & exuberance B. Yin vacuity, yang hyperactivity C. Yin & yang dual vacuity D. Phlegm dampness congestion & exuberance Secret Essentials 3. Heart Disease due to Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis (Guan Zhuang Dong Mai Zhou Yang Ying Hua Xin... Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Chest yang bi & obstruction B. Heart vessel stasis & obstruction C. Phlegm turbidity internally obstructing D. Qi & yin dual deficiency E. Kidney yang vacuity weakness F. Yang vacuity tending to desertion Secret Essentials 4. Cerebral Stroke (Nao Zu Zhong) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Blockage pattern B. Desertion pattern C. Hemiplegia D. Speech obstructed & astringed Secret Essentials 5. Diabetes Mellitus (Tang Niao Bing) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Upper wasting: Lung heat, fluids damaged B. Middle wasting: Stomach heat intense & exuberant C. Lower wasting: Kidney qi deficiency & vacuity Secret Essentials 6. Chronic Gastritis (Man Xing Wei Yan) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Qi stagnation, blood stasis B. Liver fire mixed with stasis C. Phlegm & stasis binding together D. Cold & stasis congealing and binding Secret Essentials 7. Female Climacteric Syndrome (Nu Xing Geng Nian Qi Zong He Zheng) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Heart spirit bewildered & chaotic B. Heart blood deficiency & vacuity C. Liver qi depression & binding 8. Male Climacteric Syndrome (Nan Xing Geng Nian Qi Zong He Zheng) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Yin vacuity, internal heat B. Kidney yin & yang dual vacuity C. Liver qi depression & binding Secret Essentials (for both male and female climacteric syndrome) 9. Scleroderma (Ying Pi Bing) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination Secret Essentials 10. Herpes Zoster (Dai Zhuang Pao Zhen) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Liver/gallbladder depressive fire B. Spleen dampness internally smoldering C. Blood stasis & qi stagnation Secret Essentials 11. Senile Pruritus Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination Secret Essentials 12. Chronic Hepatitis & Cirrhosis of the Liver (Man Xing Gan Yan He Gan Ying Hua) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Dampness causing blood stasis B. Damp heat mixed with stasis C. Liver blood stasis & obstruction D. Qi vacuity & blood stasis Secret Essentials 13. Chronic Nephritis (Man Xing Shen Yan) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Stasis & heat struggling & binding B. Qi vacuity & blood stasis C. Yang vacuity & blood stasis Secret essentials 14. Uremia (Niao Du Zheng) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Spleen/kidney yang vacuity B. Turbidity flooding the triple burner C. Liver wind internally stirring Secret Essentials 15. Chronic Pulmonary Heart Disease (Man Xing Fei Quan Xing Xin Zang Bing) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Phlegm stasis congesting the lungs B. Phlegm heat mixed with stasis C. Phlegm stasis confounding the heart D. Yang vacuity & blood stasis Secret Essentials 16. Prostatic Hyperplasia (Qian Lie Xian Zeng Sheng Zheng) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Qi stagnation & blood stasis B. Stasis obstructing the bladder C. Damp heat & stasis binding D. Yang vacuity & blood stasis Secret Essentials 17. Psychological Disease (Jing Shen Bing) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Liver fire mixed with stasis B. Qi stagnation & blood stasis C. Phlegm & stasis joining & binding D. Qi vacuity & blood stasis Secret Essentials 18. Senile Dementia (Lao Nian Qi Chi Dai) Disease causes, disease mechanisms Treatment based on pattern discrimination A. Qi stagnation & blood stasis B. Qi vacuity & blood stasis C. Phlegm & stasis joining & obstructing Secret Essentials 9 Conclusion General Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z About the Author