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374 THE TREATMENT OF MODERN WESTERN DISEASES WITH CHINESE MEDICINESome of the environmental toxins so implicated are carbonmonoxide, diesel fumes, fumes from domestic gas waterheaters, solvents, aresol sprays, and outgassing from chipboardand foam-filled furniture. Multiple sclerosis patientshave also been found to have seven times higher levels of mercuryin their cerebrospinal fluid as compared to neurologicallyhealthy patients. 2 It has also been noted that, initialepisodes of MS often follow either physical trauma or a periodof emotional stress and that the initial symptoms sometimesoccur at the site of a previous trauma. Further, medicalresearchers have long suspected a viral involvement in MS,with the Epstein-Barr virus being the leading suspect. Thisvirus interferes with the body’s ability to metabolize essentialfatty acids, causing a partial breakdown in the body’s immunesystem. And finally, although MS is not considered hereditary,it is familial, with first generation relatives of MSpatients showing a 30-50 times greater risk of developing thisdisease than the general population.DISEASE CATEGORIZATION: The main Chinese diseasecategorization of this disease is wei zheng, wilting condition.However, different of its symptoms are their own diseasecategories in Chinese medicine, e.g. ma mu, numbnessand tingling, fa li, lack of strength, zhi juan, fatigued limbs,ban shen bu sui, hemiplegia, shi yi wei er, double vision, muhu, blurred vision, zhen chan, tremors or spasticity, xuan yun,dizziness, and niao shi jin, urinary incontinence.DISEASE CAUSES: External invasion or internal engendermentof damp heat evils, unregulated diet, over-taxation,and former heaven natural endowment insufficiencyDISEASE MECHANISMS: Damp heat evils due to eitherexternal invasion or internal engenderment may brew andsteam internally, thus damaging the qi and consuming yin atthe same time as possibly congealing dampness into phlegm.It is also possible for prolonged or extreme over-taxation toconsume blood and yin. Hence, the sinew vessels fail toreceive adequate moistening and nourishing. Lack of bloodand yin may give rise to internally stirring of wind, with consequentspasms and contractures. Extreme or prolonged yinvacuity may reach yang, giving rise to kidney yang insufficiency.Kidney yang insufficiency may also be due to overtaxation,former heaven natural endowment insufficiency, oroveruse of steroids.TREATMENT BASED ON PATTERNDISCRIMINATION:1. PHLEGM HEAT INTERNALLY BREWING PATTERNMAIN SYMPTOMS: Atrophy, wilting, and weakness of theextremities either accompanying the onset of fever or as thesequelae of a fever, possible limb numbness and insensitivitytending toward paralysis, head distention, chest oppression,tinnitus, possible decreased visual acuity, nausea, vomiting,oral thirst but no desire to drink, profuse, yellow-colored,thick, sticky phlegm, a red tongue with yellow, or slimy, yellowfur, and a bowstring, slippery or slippery, rapid pulseNOTE: This pattern is usually only seen as the main patternof this disease in obese patients. Otherwise, phlegm tends tobe only a complicating factor in a number of other patterns.TREATMENT PRINCIPLES: Clear heat and transformphlegm, open the orifices and free the flow of the networkvesselsRX: Di Tan Tang Jia Jian (Flush Phlegm Decoction withAdditions & Subtractions)INGREDIENTS:Fu Ling (Poria)Xi Gua Luo (Fasciculus Luffae)Chen Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae)Di Long (Pheretima)Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae)bile-processed Dan Xing (Rhizoma Arisaematis)Zhi Shi (Fructus Immaturus Aurantii)Zhu Li (Succus Bambusae)15g12g9g9g8g6g6g30mlANALYSIS OF FORMULA: Dan Nan Xing, Ban Xia, Fu Ling,Zhi Shi, Chen Pi, and Zhu Li together dry and/or seep dampness,move the qi to dispel phlegm, clear heat and transformphlegm. In addition, Dan Nan Xing and Zhu Li treat windphlegm, especially that obstructing the network vessels. DiLong clears heat and, when combined with Xi Gua Luo, freesthe flow of the network vessels.ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: One can substitute Tian ZhuHuang (Concretio Silicea Bambusae) and Zao Jiao (FructusGleditschiae) for Zhu Li. For marked yellow phlegm or othersymptoms of heat, add nine grams of Huang Qin (RadixScutellariae). For chest distention, add nine grams of Bai FuZi (Rhizoma Typhonii). For chest oppression, add nine gramsof Jie Geng (Radix Platycodi). For nausea or vomiting, addnine grams of Zhu Ru (Caulis Bambusae In Taeniis) and sixgrams of Sheng Jiang (uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis). Forconcomitant qi vacuity, add nine grams each of Bai Zhu(Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) and Dang Shen(Radix Codonopsitis) and 15 grams of Huang Qi (RadixAstragali).ACUPUNCTURE & MOXIBUSTION: 1. Shen Ting (GV 24), BaiHui (GV 20), Feng Fu (GV 16), Da Zhui (GV 14), Ling Tai(GV 10), Ji Zhong (GV 6), Ming Men (GV 4), Chang Qiang(GV 1). 2. Feng Long (St 40), Nei Ting (St 44), Yin Ling Quan(Sp 9). 3. Please see the additions and subtractions below.ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: With even supplementing-even