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	2004 Newsletters

		November/December
		SUN TEN – Leading the Way in Quality, Safety and Efficacy
		Since 1946 Sun Ten has led the way in innovation and development of Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM). Now with the release of nine new TCM Herbal Combinations, Sun Ten furthers its reputation for quality, safety and efficacy.

		Complementing the already extensive range of single herbs and combination herbal formulas these nine new TCM combinations combine the highest quality raw materials with state-of-the-art production techniques.





		September/October
		Treating Recurrent Peptic Ulcer – Dr. Shan Zhaowei’s Clinical Experience
		Dr. Shan Zhaowei is professor for TCM at the Nanjing TCM University and the director of the Committee of Spleen-Stomach Disorders. Dr. Shan is a specialist in diagnosing and treating spleen-stomach disorders, and has been researching and treating peptic ulcer for numerous years with great success.







		July/August
		TCM and Chronic Skin Disorders
		The role of Chinese Medicine in the treatment of chronic skin disorders cannot be over-emphasised, especially in the areas of psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. Successful treatment outcomes are well-documented in numerous studies conducted in mainland China and Japan. Dermatology in Western Medicine has to face up to the fact that, according to a recent study, “...51% of a population of psoriasis patients opted to use such alternative therapies as herbal remedies, vitamin supplements and dietary manipulation …”. Another study found that “...in a population of patients with psoriasis, those interested in getting alternative treatment (69%) were willing to spend an average of $450 for alternative treatment.








		May/June
		Dr. Zhu Liangchun’s Way of Treating Difficult Disorders
		The main problem with so-called difficult diseases lies in the discrimination of a complicated pattern and the ensuing difficulty in establishing a corresponding treatment method. The following key points prevent giving in to confusion when being faced with a difficult pattern and lay the foundation for a clear strategy to work with; a) Continually expanding the working knowledge of the basic theory, which permits Practitioners to; b) apply these theories with increasing flexibility in clinical practice; c) continuously evaluating the methods and techniques of pattern identification and treatment determination and d) looking for the essence of the pattern rather than getting caught up with minor aspects of the pattern.







		March/April
		Li Zhong Tang [Ginseng & Ginger Combination] – History and Application
		Origin and Development
		Li Zhong Tang [Ginseng & Ginger Combination], also called Ren Shen Tang, first appears in the Prescriptions from the Golden Chamber. It was called Li Zhong Tang in the Treatise on Febrile Diseases of the Han Dynasty and appears as Zhi Zhong Tang in the medical works of Su Song of the Song Dynasty, and is later called Tiao Zhong Tang in the works of Zhang Jing-Yue of the Ming Dynasty. It also has an alias of Li Zhong Yuan in The Classic of the Golden Chamber.






		January/February
		Master Fang Heqian’s Way of Using Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Combination)
		When hearing the words Xiao Chai Hu Tang one immediately thinks of Shao Yang [lesser Yang], Shao Yang Bing [lesser Yang disease] and the corresponding treatment strategy known as He Jie Fa, commonly translated as the “harmonising method”.

		The Shang Han Lun defines Xiao Chai Hu Tang Pattern in Line 96 as “When in cold damage that has lasted for five or six days or wind strike, there is alternation of heat effusion and aversion to cold, a sensation of fullness in the chest and rib-side, the patient is distant and uncommunicative and has no desire for food or drink, heart vexation and frequent retching, or vexation in the chest and no retching, or thirst, or pain in the abdomen, or hard glomus under the rib-side, or palpitations below the heart with inhibited urination, or absence of thirst with mild generalised heat, or cough; then Xiao Chai Hu Tang governs.”



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