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  2006 Newsletters        
  Nov/Dec 2006        
November/December      
Modern Clinical Wisdom from the Classic Shang Han Lun:
Effective Use of the Bupleurum Formula Group
     
The Shang Han Lun by Zhang Zhong Jing is one of the oldest and most admired traditional medical classics, mostly due to its enormous relevance to modern clinical practice. Most of its prescriptions are still in use today, with Minor Bupleurum Combination probably being the most prescribed traditional Chinese formula worldwide.      
       
       
       
       

     
           
  Sept/Oct 2006        
  September/October      
  Effective Relief for Your Allergic Rhinitis Patients      
 
Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) is a reaction to airborne allergens. It is an IgE-mediated disorder of the immune system and 70% of cases occur before the age 30. Symptoms resemble those of viral rhinitis but persist and show seasonal variation.
      
         
  The cause is an interaction of IgE on mast cells and basophils in the nasal mucosa with antigenic substances, especially pollens, grasses or ragweed, animal fur, dust, insect debris, household mites, inhaled irritants and changes in temperature or humidity.      
         
         
         
           
  July/August 2006        
  July/August      
  TCM Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis      
  Arthritis simply put means inflammation of the joints. The inflammation can affect any of the important structures inside a joint, including the joint lining (synovium), bones, cartilage and supporting tissues. Common symptoms of arthritis include pain, stiffness and swelling of the joint. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease. RA affects women in a 3:1 ratio to men. The usual age of onset lies between 30 and 60, but the disease can strike at any age.

      
         
         
         
         
         
         
           
  May/June 2006        
  May/June      
  TCM Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis
      
  Chronic bronchitis is a long-term inflammation, obstruction and degeneration of the bronchi. The inflammation also stimulates excessive mucus production within the airways. Symptoms are coughing, thick sputum that is difficult to cough up, and breathlessness, which will get worse over the years. Flare-ups tend to occur predominantly in winter and spring. The disorder is often caused by cigarette smoking.      
         
         
         
         
         
         
           
  March/April 2006        
  March/April      
  Age-old Experience and New Strategies in the Treatment of Hepatitis      
  Hepatitis - inflammation of the liver - refers to a broad range of conditions with viral, toxic (including alcohol), pharmacologic, and immune-mediated causes of the disease. Viral hepatitis, the most common, can be sub-divided into a number of types (Types A, B, C, D, E and Non-A, non-B, non-C hepatitis). Hepatitis also is categorised into acute (less than six months) and chronic (longer than six months).      
         
         
         
         
           
  Jan/Feb 2006        
  January/February      
  Help Your Patients Soothe a Troubled Digestive System - The Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia      
  The most common type of dyspepsia seen by physicians is known as “Functional Dyspepsia”. This refers to dyspepsia that occurs without an identifiable cause. Functional Dyspepsia is exprienced as the following symptoms:      
 
  • persistent or recurrent dyspepsia (pain or discomfort centred in the upper abdomen);
  • no evidence of organic disease that is likely to explain symptoms;
  • no evidence that dyspepsia is exclusively relieved by defecation or associated with the onset of a
  • change in stool frequency or stool form (ie, not Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS));
  • symptoms have been persistant for at least three months within the preceding 12 months.
      
         
         
         
         
           
         

 

  
 

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