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290 THE TREATMENT OF MODERN WESTERN DISEASES WITH CHINESE MEDICINEimportant that practitioners treat their patients for their presentingpattern(s) and not simply force their patients intoone or another boxes appearing in textbooks such as this.Further, in most cases of hyperlipoproteinemia, there are diseasemechanisms involving both the liver and spleen. Livermechanisms may include depression, depressive heat, flaringfire, liver blood and yin vacuity, yang hyperactivity, and evenwind. Spleen mechanisms include spleen vacuity as well asdampness and phlegm based on the saying, “The spleen isthe root of phlegm engenderment.” Because of qi stagnation,phlegm, and/or dampness, there is a tendency to blood stasis.Because of age, there is a tendency to yin and yangvacuities. Therefore, most patients display a combination ofthe above patterns as opposed to the discrete symptoms ofonly a single pattern.2. While reducing dietary cholesterol is emphasized by mostWestern MDs and the popular press, it is our experience thateating sugar and refined carbohydrates is at least as large apart of this condition as is over-eating fats and oils.Cholesterol is manufactured in the body as a precursor tovarious hormones, and it is the hormones that control theendocrine system, with the pancreas being part of theendocrine system. Cholesterol may remain abnormally highas long as the patient continues to eat sugar and sweets evenafter they have eliminated all or almost all dietary fats andoils. Likewise, the body may produce cholesterol in responseto stress. Therefore, when treating patients with this condition,it is not just enough to avoid foods high in dietary cholesterol.One should also eliminate sweets and refined carbohydratesas well as control stress. The latter may be done bychanging one’s lifestyle within the limits possible but also bydoing a combination of daily deep relaxation and exercise.3. Three acupuncture points have especially demonstratedincontestable effectiveness for hyperlipoproteinemia: Zu SanLi (St 36), Feng Long (St 40), and Nei Guan (Per 6).4. Several new, modern formulas have demonstrated goodresults for lowering fat and treating hyperlipoproteinemia inmultitpattern presentations. For instance:Yin Chen Jiang Zhi Tang (Artemisia Scoparia Downbear FatDecoction): Yin Chen Hao (Herba Artemisiae Scorparia),30g, Shan Zha (Fructus Crataegi) and Mai Ya (FructusGerminatus Hordei), 15g each. This formula is for liverdamp heat and spleen vacuity pattern hyperlipoproteinemia.Fu Fang Jiang Zhi Tang (Compound Downbear FatDecoction): He Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori) andHuang Jing (Rhizoma Polygonati), 20g each, Sang Ji Sheng(Herba Taxilli) 18g. This formula is for liver-kidney-spleenvacuity or qi and blood vacuity.Other interesting empirical formulas for multipattern presentationsare:Bao Xin Jiang Zhi Tang (Protect Heart & Lower FatDecoction): Dan Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae), 20g,He Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori), Ge Gen (RadixPuerariae), Sang Ji Sheng (Herba Taxilli), and Huang Jing(Rhizoma Polygonati), 10g each, and Gan Cao (RadixGlycyrrhizae), 6g. This formula is for chest impedimentwith liver-kidney yin vacuity, spleen vacuity, and heartblood stasis.Jiang Zhi Dan (Lower Fat Elixir): Sang Ji Sheng(HerbaTaxilli ), Yin Yang Huo (Herba Epimedii), Ze Xie (RhizomaAlismatis), Yu Zhu (Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati), ChongWei Zi (Semen Leonuri), and Shan Zha (Fructus Crataegi),15g each. This formula is especially for hyperlipoproteinemiawith hypertension due to dual kidney yin and yang vacuitywith blood stasis.5. The following are those Chinese medicinals which haveall demonstrated pronounced empirical abilities to lower fatand treat hyperlipoproteinemia: Da Suan (Bulbus AlliiSativi), Dong Chong Xia Cao (Cordyceps), Du Zhong (CortexEucommiae), Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae), Shan Zha(Fructus Crataegi), Nu Zhen Zi (Fructus Ligustri Lucidi),Ling Zhi (Ganoderma), Hai Zao (Sargassum), Pu Huang(Pollen Typhae), Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), HuZhang (Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati), Da Huang (Radix EtRhizoma Rhei), Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Ren Shen(Radix Ginseng), He Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori),San Qi (Radix Notoginseng), Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae), DanShen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae), Sang Ji Sheng (HerbaTaxilli), Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Bi Xie (RhizomaDioscoreae Hypoglaucae), Tian Ma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae),Huang Jing (Rhizoma Polygonati), Yu Zhu (RhizomaPolygonati Odorati), Jue Ming Zi (Semen Cassiae), and YuJin (Tuber Curcumae).6. In Chinese medicine, certain foods are reputed to helpregulate serum cholesterol. These include garlic, shiitakemushroom, soybeans, various types of seaweed, blackChinese tree fungus, and water chestnuts.