Archive for March, 2010
Blatant fraud and diagnostic machines
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 14:44 3 CommentsRight now, the world of non-conventional therapies (alternative medicine) is being completely vandalized by something called Quantum Medicine. The proponent of this outright deception intended to make the diagnosis of Western medicine and Chinese medicine, with mixtures of Ayurveda and other things with a single machine connected to a laptop.
Medical exam much more advanced, with [...]
Drugs/herbal remedies for erectile dysfunction/impotence
Monday, March 29, 2010 16:15 1 CommentErectile dysfunction (impotence) refers to the inability of man to maintain an erection thereby achieving satisfactory sexual relationships. Its causes can be physical (circulatory problems, etc …) or psychological (work or family problems, depression, low self-esteem, etc …). The diversity of causes indicates that there is a wide range of treatments. Some patients with erectile dysfunction/impotence need psychological [...]
Multiple Sclerosis and Wei Syndrome – part II
Sunday, March 28, 2010 14:50 No CommentsWhy is it wrong to say that multiple sclerosis is a Wei syndrome?
As the reader may have noticed both the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and the Wei syndrome are distinct forms of classifying symptoms. The Wei syndrome can be applied to a series of Western diseases. A simple example: a patient with paralysis due to stroke can easily [...]
Multiple Sclerosis and wei syndrome – part I
Saturday, March 27, 2010 14:25 1 CommentOne of the dangers that exist when it comes to diagnosis in Chinese medicine and Western medicine is to make simplistic analogies with names of diseases or clinical patterns, and ultimately lost the richness of semiologic analysis (analysis of clinical signs and symptoms). This diagnoses, called, “type plate 5″ (this is a very common expression in [...]
Infertility and important symptoms in Chinese medicine
Friday, March 26, 2010 14:07 No CommentsTo diagnose the clinical patterns associated with infertility is important to follow certain clinical signs and symptoms.
Unlike other symptoms, infertility does not have symptoms of themselves. To explain myself better, let me use pain as an example: a patient may describe different types of pain such as aching pain, stabbing pain, pain with heaviness sensations, etc [...]
Infertility and irregular menstrual cycle
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 0:22 No CommentsOne of the functions of the couple who want to have children is to set the best time of the month (menstrual cycle) to have sexual intercourse. The sperm and egg have a limit time of life. Having sexual intercourse before menstruation will not help because the egg has died long ago. Immediately after menstruation also does not [...]
It is symptomatic … – Part III
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 13:17 2 CommentsNow that we have seen that the TCM is essentially symptomatic we should raise another question: is Western medicine symptomatic? Is this form of medicine primarily symptomatic? Does it need symptoms so much as TCM do? Is it based solely on relief of symptoms? Does it treat something else rather than symptoms?
O have already denounced this kind of discourse [...]
It is symptomatic … – Part II
Monday, March 22, 2010 0:51 No CommentsChinese medicine is essentially symptomatic. Her way of thinking is made in order to treat symptoms. If I already gave an acupuncture example, allow me to cite an example from the book “Gynecology of Traditional Chinese Medicine”. In this book of the specialty of gynecology, the authors, in the treatment of menorrhagia and metrostaxis due to heat in [...]
It is symptomatic … part I
Sunday, March 21, 2010 0:34 6 CommentsOne of the phrases, much heard in the Portuguese world of TCM (Tradicional Chinese Medicine) is that Western medicine is symptomatic, ie, treats symptoms. Although not directly, this statement is linked to another very common belief in TCM: acupuncture therapists treat energy imbalances in the body. We regulate the body’s energies, since we have a more holistic [...]
Da Huang – Radix et Rhizoma Rhei – Chinese Phytotherapy
Friday, March 19, 2010 19:44 No CommentsChinese Name
Da Huang
Pharmaceutical Name
Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
Botanical Name
Rheum palmatum
Cultivation
This drug is cultivated in the provinces of Qianghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Guizhou, among others. Sichuan province is the main and the Rubarb obtained in this province is called South Rubarb.
Harvesting of the drug is done during September and October.

