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How To Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions Part Forty Four

Hey, I'm back to discuss with you the effect of the messenger's herb.  I'm feeling very excited and refreshing,  This time round we are analysing the kidneys' deficiency caused by a prolong cough.  


The Messenger's Herb
  • Gan Cao 

The threshold analysis on Gao Cao can be referred to in my earlier blog and so it wouldn't be explained here like (How To Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions).

As our present topic is what causes kidney deficiency?  TCM physicians had observed from as far as ancient time upto comtemporary present that the common causes of kidney deficiency are:

  • congenital insufficiency
  • excessive labor
  • chronic illness that damages the kidney
  • aging

Congenital Insufficiency

Congenital literally means present at birth and having insufficiency in the organ's function. The good example of such congenital  insufficiency is aortic insufficiency of which the heart valve or the aortic valve does not close tightly. This allows blood to flow from the aorta (the largest blood vessel) into the left ventricle (a chamber of the heart) commonly known as Aortic regurgitation.  These are the verifying signs of  possible congenital insufficiency:

  • Heart murmur that can be heard through a stethoscope
  • Very forceful beating of the heart
  • Bobbing of the head in time with the heartbeat
  • Hard pulses in the arms and legs
  • Low diastolic blood pressure
  • Signs of fluid in the lungs
Excessive  Labor

Prolonged labor or excessive labor is the inability of a woman to proceed with childbirth upon going into labor. Prolonged labor typically lasts over 20 hours for first time mothers, and over 14 hours for women that have already had children.  The kidneys help the body adjust to the extra blood volume, blood pressure changes and higher burden on the heart that pregnancy cause. If kidney function is lower than normal before a pregnancy, kidney damage may occur during one.
As a result, prolong labor would cause kidney deficiency.
Causes of prolonged labor include:
  • slow cervical dilations.
  • slow effacement.
  • a large baby.
  • a small birth canal or pelvis.
  • delivery of multiple babies.
  • emotional factors, such as worry, stress, and fear.


Chronic illness that damages the Kidney

  • High blood pressure  
  • Diabetes           
are examples of   the chronic illness  that damage kidneys.

Aging

Aging definitely would cause kidney's deficiency because of these taking places:
As one ages, 
  • the Amount of kidney tissue decreases and kidney function diminishes
  • number of filtering units (nephrons) decreases. Nephrons filter waste material from the blood.  As a result, blood vessels supplying the kidneys can become hardened causing blood stasis in the TCM perspective.

I would definitely have included the Kidney's Yang and Yin deficiency to be completed in the discussion here.

However, it is very lengthy and would cause confusion.  Therefore, it is more appropriate to put them in the next blog and publish by end of next week.






I'll be back soonest with the next new formula.













Best of all,




Xiong












***Reference:

Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)

 









 



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How to link the TCM Fundamentals of 1st Yin Organ - the Heart with the Integumentary System

Hey, My next topic will be Pathological Causes and it's Characteristics, however, it would be necessary to show you How to link the TCM Fundamentals of 1st Yin Organ - the Heart with the Integumentary System.




On a block scale, the Integumentary System is an organ system consisting of the skin(the largest organ), hair, nails and the exocrine glands.


TCM FUNDAMENTALS


An introduction to the Spirit element is necessary for TCM foundations as it is essential to control, so to speak, the unrestricted movement of the body by brain and heart activities as in Western Medicine. This Spirit is termed as 'Shen'.  

1st Yin Organ - Heart
Permanent Resident: Shen
The Shen of the spirit in charge of the consciousness resides in the heart in TCM foundation.  Shen is the awareness or perception of one's belonging
and surrounding.  We will talk about Shen in my later blogs. 

Master of: Blood
The Heart pumps the blood through the arteries and capillaries to reach every part of the body to carry out physiological activities, especially to the largest organ, the skin. As long as the Heart can pump due to the fact of its very peculiar nature, it governs the blood flow to all parts of the body like a Master.

Clan: Pulse
Generally, the Clan means a close-knit of interrelated families, so any interrelated materials branch out from the heart, whether it is amplitude, width, or rate they are all interrelated to the blood and in turn are within the heart association. So the manifestation of the heart in its clan is the Pulse in TCM Fundamentals. So Pulse is the rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them.

Grouping to 5 Elements:  Fire
At this point, you just need to know the grouping of the Heart which is the Fire.  I will write a blog to discuss which elements are complimenting or restraining each other.

Physiological Function
The main function of the Heart is:
1) to circulate blood to every part of the body to carry out physiological activities. So it is the Master of the blood and pulse.
2)to control the state of consciousness in body and mind.
So it is also master of the consciousness.

Orifice:  The Tongue
The Heart has its orifice at the Tongue.  So I will write more on the observation of the Tongue to explain on the Yin Yang energy affecting the Heart when the body is sick.

Bodily Association:  Pulse
Very obvious, the Heart pumps the blood through the arteries and the resulting formation is the throbbing rhythm of the arteries.  Therefore the Heart's association on the body is the Pulse.

States of Condition:  manifest on the Face
In another word, whether and how is the heart performing its activities is manifested on the Face. Under normal condition, if a person is looking glamorous, then the Heart is likely to be in a good condition.  Likewise, I will write more in my later blog when necessary.

Emotion Classification: Happiness
When it comes to emotion, the Heart loves and be in charge of Happiness more than other classes.  Fear and Sad are bad to the Heart which I will discuss more later on.

Liquidity State:  in the form of Sweat
The Heart in its body fluid state is in form of Sweat. The integumental system has many exocrine glands which are feed by capillaries at the dermis layer to secrete sweat to the skin surface to regulate temperature for example. 
Just to quote you another example of sweat secretion during the onset of minor heart attack, usually than not, there will be big drops of sweat around the shoulder and upper chest indicating the sudden change of the heart condition.  (Cold Sweating)

Correlation Match:  Small Intestine
Coorelationship means a mutual relationship or connection between 2 things. So the correlation for the Heart in the body is the Small Intestine in TCthe M context.

I have summed up all the foundations for the Heart in the TCM context and hope to discuss with you if you any feedback.  I love to answer all of your feedback.






***Reference:

Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)




Best of all,


Xiong





















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