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AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) 65and harmonizes yin and yang, opens the orifices and quietsthe spirit, extinguishes wind, supports the righteous, and freesthe flow of the network vessels. Draining Yin Ling Quan andFeng Long transforms and eliminates phlegm and dampness.Supplementing Zu San Li supplements the spleen, and “Thespleen is the root of phlegm engenderment.”ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: Please see pattern #1 above.REMARKS1. Progressive spinal myoatrophy, i.e., Aran-Duchenne muscularatrophy, is a variant to ALS in which anterior horn cellsinvolvement outpaces corticospinal involvement and thecondition is more benign. Onset can begin at any age, andsurvival of 25 or more years is possible. The Chinese diseasecauses and mechanisms and most of the patterns of this diseaseare the same as ALS. The patterns identified in theChinese medical literature include: A) liver blood-kidney yinvacuity, B) spleen-kidney yang vacuity, C) blood stasisobstructing the network vessels, D) phlegm dampnessobstucting the channels, and E) internal stirring of liverwind. Therefore, its treatment is essentially the same as ALS.2. Although no Chinese source lists liver depression qi stagnationas a pattern of ALS, this disease mechanism will bepresent in every ALS sufferer. Thus, appropriate qi-rectifyingmedicinals will typically need to be added to all the aboveChinese medicinal protocols.3. Chinese medical treatment of this condition is primarilyintended to slow its progression and to minimize sufferingand disability.4. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a type of wilting conditionaccording to Chinese medical disease categorization, and, inChinese medicine, there is the famous ancient saying, “Treatwilting solely by choosing the yang ming.” However, as thereader will note above, based on Wang Le-ting’s extensiveclinical experience treating wilting conditions, we prefer toemphasize Wang’s saying, “To treat wilting, first choose thegoverning vessel.” This contemporary teaching is based onthe fact that the governing vessel is the sea of all yang vessels,governing the yang of the whole body. Since yang governsstirring or movement, all functional activities of the humanbody are governed by yang qi. In terms of the functionalactivities of the limbs are concerned, if yang qi is not able toascend and be upborne or descend and extend, yin bloodbecomes depressed and blocked. In that case, the movementand transportation of the qi and blood are not easily andsmoothly flowing, and the sinew vessels do not receive adequatenourishment. Therefore, there is wilting, weakness,and lack of use of the limbs.