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  2007 Newsletters        
  Spring 2007        
Spring      
Metabolic Syndrome - A Chinese Medicine Perspective      
Metabolic Syndrome is the clustering of abdominal obesity, dyslipidaemia, hyperglycaemia and hypertension. According to The Medical Journal of Australia this condition is a major public health challenge that is associated with a substantially elevated risk of type 2 diabetes (5-fold) and of cardiovascular disease (2–3-fold), and the increasing prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome could possibly reverse the gains made through recent declining cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Currently it is estimated that 29.1% of Australian adults aged 25 and over have Metabolic Syndrome.      
       
       
       
       

     
           
  Winter 2007        
  Winter      
  Supporting Patients that Undergo Cancer Treatment      
 
The treatment of many cancers includes chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery with the goal to destroy and remove the maximum of cancer cells. While remission is sometimes achieved, the drastic nature of the treatment usually has severe side-effects.
      
         
  Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal therapy in integrated cancer care can strengthen patient immunity, enhance the efficacy of other therapies, improve quality of life and minimise the side effects of other therapies. Note, that all recommendations in this article add to, but do not replace standard therapy and procedures. Combining standard and TCM treatment necessitates good communication between the Physician and the TCM Practitioner. To facilitate communication, this article includes a review of relevant research findings.      
         
         
         
           
  Autumn 2007        
  Autumn      
  Depression – Specific Strategies      
  Common patterns of depression, their prevalence and indicated formulae are presented in the article “TCM Principles” in this newsletter. This article deals with specific strategies and how to add singles in the treatment of depression, as well as recent research on TCM formulas and their action in depression.

      
         
  The liver governs free coursing of qi, ensuring normal mental and emotional activity. A disturbance in the free flow of liver qi leads to the most common pathology pattern of the liver called binding depression of liver qi. A survey of 1500 cases of depression showed that 69% of patients presented with patterns that had a direct involvement of the liver.      
         
         
         
         
           
  Summer 2007        
  Summer      
  Cycle Regulating Method Treats Female Infertility      
  According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), women’s reproductive function is governed by blood. The liver stores blood and has a direct impact on the two extraordinary vessels (Chong Mai and Ren Mai) that regulate menstruation. Liver pathologies usually have an immediate effect on the menstrual cycle. The importance of the liver in gynaecology is expressed in the saying that “a woman’s earlier heaven is governed by the liver”, which is a variation of the TCM adage that “the kidney is the root of earlier heaven”. Most women that have difficulties conceiving have menstrual irregularities and treating those irregularities usually improves fertility so that the woman will be able to conceive.      
         
         
         
         
         
           
         

 

  
 

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