Comments on: Ye Tian-Shi & the Eight Extraordinary Channels http://www.chinesemedicinedoc.com/misc-chinese-medicine-articles/ye-tian-shi-the-eight-extraordinary-channels/ ure and Chinese Medicine Blog from Boulder, ColoradoAcupunct Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:30:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Doug http://www.chinesemedicinedoc.com/misc-chinese-medicine-articles/ye-tian-shi-the-eight-extraordinary-channels/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Doug Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:49:37 +0000 http://www.chinesemedicinedoc.com/?p=2453#comment-151 I thought about that as I was writing the formula actually. I'm not sure the herbs would have been all that different but it really helped in clarifying what was ben and biao and my expectations for improvement and strategy. I ended up on being more on the branch side exactly because I had formulated a clear idea of the root. In other words as a zang fu presentation I would probably conclude that 2 or more systems were involved. Each would have their own symptoms within the entire picture and treatment would then be more of a mixture of ben and biao. I thought about that as I was writing the formula actually. I’m not sure the herbs would have been all that different but it really helped in clarifying what was ben and biao and my expectations for improvement and strategy. I ended up on being more on the branch side exactly because I had formulated a clear idea of the root.
In other words as a zang fu presentation I would probably conclude that 2 or more systems were involved. Each would have their own symptoms within the entire picture and treatment would then be more of a mixture of ben and biao.

]]> By: Jason Blalack http://www.chinesemedicinedoc.com/misc-chinese-medicine-articles/ye-tian-shi-the-eight-extraordinary-channels/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Jason Blalack Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:53:11 +0000 http://www.chinesemedicinedoc.com/?p=2453#comment-150 Doug, I am curious if thinking about this case as a chong mai presentation informed your treatment method / herb choices? If so, how? Doug,

I am curious if thinking about this case as a chong mai presentation informed your treatment method / herb choices? If so, how?

]]> By: Douglas Eisenstark http://www.chinesemedicinedoc.com/misc-chinese-medicine-articles/ye-tian-shi-the-eight-extraordinary-channels/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Douglas Eisenstark Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:20:33 +0000 http://www.chinesemedicinedoc.com/?p=2453#comment-146 Had an interesting Rheumatoid Arthritis case in the student clinic today. She had tapered off her medications for a year and was back to feeling cold with hot fingers and toes. What got me was her description of her body always feeling bigger or smaller, a chong indication. Menses were regular but long. Herbs were mainly drain blood heat, such as Sheng di, Xuan shen, mu dan pi, Bai Hua She She Cao etc... and a little Wei Ling Xian.... We will see. Her rheumatologist said that she had never seen RA helped, or was it cured?, with acupuncture. We will see. Doug Eisenstark Had an interesting Rheumatoid Arthritis case in the student clinic today. She had tapered off her medications for a year and was back to feeling cold with hot fingers and toes. What got me was her description of her body always feeling bigger or smaller, a chong indication. Menses were regular but long. Herbs were mainly drain blood heat, such as Sheng di, Xuan shen, mu dan pi, Bai Hua She She Cao etc… and a little Wei Ling Xian…. We will see. Her rheumatologist said that she had never seen RA helped, or was it cured?, with acupuncture. We will see.
Doug Eisenstark

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