Frankincense & Myrrh - An Ancient Aromatics Used in Chinese Medicine

Frankincense in the Dhofar region of Oman

"Who is this coming up from the wilderness

Like palm-trees of smoke,

Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
From every powder of the merchant?"
"Till the day doth break forth,
And the shadows have fled away,
I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh,
And unto the hill of frankincense." ......... The Song of Solomon
*Since ancient times , mrryh & Frankincense were adopted as medicines for physical ailments.
Myrrh Tree n Somalia

Three Wise Men (Magi) delivering gold, frankincense, and myrrh for the baby Jesus; myrrh was also used to anoint Jesus' body after the crucifixion. These herbs, valued like gold, were mentioned repeatedly in the Old Testament, in instructions to Moses about making incense and anointing oil.
St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (now in Turkey) was a 4th-century miracle-worker, known also for the healing myrrh that flowed from his sacred relics.

A prayer to St. Nicholas is: With divine myrrh the divine grace of the Spirit anointed thee, who didst preside as the leader of Myra, and having made the ends of the world fragrant with the myrrh of virtues thou holiest of men, through the pleasant breathings of thine intercessions always driving away the evil stench of the passions. Therefore, in faith we render thee great praise, and celebrate thine all-holy memory, O Nicholas....  

*The origins of myrrh and frankincense are traced to the Arabian Peninsula. According to Herodotus (5th century BC): "Arabia is the only country which produces frankincense, myrrh, cassia and cinnamon...the trees bearing the frankincense are guarded by winged serpents of small size and various colors."
*Diodorus Siculus writes, in the second half of the first century BC, that "all of Arabia exudes a most delicate fragrance; even the seamen passing by Arabia can smell the strong fragrance that gives health and vigor." He also mentioned gold mines so pure that no smelting was necessary. The Magi, carrying myrrh, frankincense, and gold, came from the East: Arabia.
*The frankincense trade route, with transport by donkeys and later by camel caravans, reached Jerusalem and Egypt from the Dhofar region of what is today Oman, through Yemen, turning north to follow the Red Sea coast. It is likely that the same or similar species of the resin-bearing plants grew across the Red Sea in the area that is now Somalia and Ethiopia, while the collection of the gum resins was initiated in Arabia.

*In these ancient times, myrrh had been used in Egypt for embalming the bodies of Pharaohs, and frankincense had been used in India to make incense for worship (in India, a related species of plant is indigenous, though it produces an inferior product). Myrrh and frankincense, traded throughout the Middle East at least since 1500 B.C., eventually came to China. There is mention of myrrh in a 4th century (A.D.) Chinese book that is no longer existent but is quoted directly in a later text. *As in the Middle East, myrrh and frankincense were used in China for making incense, and are so used even today. But, in characteristic Chinese fashion of finding a medicinal use for virtually everything, these herbs were soon employed as medicines.
 *Most resin (whether myrrh or frankincense) is obtained by tapping: making deliberate incisions with a specially designed tool or ordinary axe, about 2 inches long, into the bark of the tree. The milky liquid that exudes hardens on exposure to air into droplets or "tears," which are then easily detached by the collector about two weeks later. New tappings are made at the same place as old ones after removing hardened resin from the previous cut. If the tapping interval is short, then a light scratching of the wood is usually sufficient to cause the resin to flow again.
*The particular details of the tapping-the time of year it is undertaken, its duration, and the interval between individual tappings-vary according to the species and the customs in the area of production.
For example, in Somalia there are usually two periods when Boswellia is tapped, each lasting 3-4 months, involving successive tappings at approximately 15-day intervals, with the timing of the tapping periods dependant on the onset and extent of the rains. The resin is stored for about 12 weeks to harden.
The only processing undertaken after collection is sorting and grading of the resin globules, usually done by the local merchant to whom it is sold rather than the collector.
The Properties of Myrrh & Frankincense in Chinese Medicine
Frankincense                                                           Myrrh           
warm, aromatic, acrid, moving                               neutral, bitter, draining
moves blood and qi, quickens the blood                 circulates blood, breaks stasis
soothes sinews, frees the flow of meridians           disperses swellings, stops pain


When combined, they provide these properties:"One tends to rectify the blood; the other to rectify the qi;
When these two medicinals are combined together, they complement each other.
Together, they effectively move the qi and quicken the blood, dispel stasis, free the flow of the viscera, bowels, and channels, quicken the network vessels, disperse swelling, stop pain, constrain weeping sores and engender flesh."
Frankincense and Myrrh are aromatic herbs.
*They are very bitter and pungent, and move quickly. They can strongly disperse congealed blood, and direct it to descend, open up the meridians and collaterals, and are very effective for relieving pain.
The two herbs are often used together to enhance the therapeutic effect. In clinical practice, along with other aromatics, they are often applied to reduce pain and swelling in trauma, arthritis, and fractures.
*Frankincense is warm and pungent, and enters the heart and lung meridians. It promotes not only the blood circulation, but also the qi movement. It can also relax tendons. Frankincense is especially suitable for conditions where the joints and muscles are very stiff, swollen, and painful.  It is also often used topically more than myrrh.
*Myrrh is neutral, compared with frankincense, it is more bitter and its dispersing action is also stronger. This herb is stronger than frankincense for breaking up congealed blood and is used especially in trauma and fractures.  -Yang Yifan (author) Chinese Herbal Medicines Comparisons and Characteristics.

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Anti Aging Foods & Exercises

A scary thought- one in three will develop some kind of cancer with alluent living & lifestyle.
Experts from the American Institute for Cancer Research believe you can reduce your risk of cancer if you make an educated effort to improve your diet. Some of the changes they suggest:
• Eat a diet with less fat, especially saturated fats found primarily in animal products
• Add more fiber into your diet
• Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, especially yellow squash, carrots and leafy greens
• Use less salt or salted foods
• Cut out foods that contain nitrites and nitrates, such as bologna, hot dogs, and luncheon meats
• Consume fewer barbecued and smoked meats.

Changing food habits takes time. But by cutting back on fats, animal products and processed foods, you can improve your health and your feeling of well-being. You may even reduce the risk of developing cancer.
A diet which includes high amounts of refined carbohydrates, hydrogenated fats and oils, as well as the use of tobacco, alcohol, and caffeine-containing foods such as cola, chocolate, tea, and coffee has been clearly shown to worsen Fibrocystic Breast Disease (FBD).

One way to begin to address Fibrocystic Breast Disease is to increase raw, fresh foods and dietary fiber, while eliminating fried foods, pre-packaged foods, and hydrogenated fats and oils.
However a balance of raw & lightly cooked vegetables will prevent cold damp symptoms according to TCM perspectives.


If you stay with the raw foods diet, adding a piece of fresh ginger root or warm spices would counter the effects of cold properties.
Be cautious of the kind of meats that you consume. Less is better.
Support organic farming.

Man-made endocrine-disrupting chemicals range across all continents and oceans.
Wildlife, laboratory animals, and humans exhibit adverse health effects at contemporary environmental concentrations of man-made chemicals that act as endocrine disruptors. New technology has revealed that some man-made chemicals are present in tissue at concentrations previously not possible to measure with conventional analytical methods, but at concentrations which are biologically active. Gestational exposure to persistent man-made chemicals reflects the lifetime of exposure of females before they become pregnant.
Hence, the transfer of contaminants to the developing embryo and fetus during pregnancy and to the newborn during lactation is not simply a function of recent maternal exposure. For some egg-laying species, the body-burden of the females just prior to ovulation is the most critical period. For mammals, exposure to endocrine disruptors occurs during all of prenatal and early postnatal development because they are stored in the mother.Man-made chemicals that interfere with sex hormones have the potential to disturb normal brain sexual development.
Wildlife studies of gulls, terns, fishes, whales, porpoises, alligators, and turtles link environmental contaminants with disturbances in sex hormone production and/or action. These effects have been associated with exposure to sewage and industrial effluents, pesticides, ambient ocean and freshwater contamination, and the aquatic food web.Commonalities across species in the hormonal mechanisms controlling brain development and function mean that adverse effects observed in wildlife and in laboratory animals may also occur in humans, although specific effects may differ from species to species. Most important, the same man-made chemicals that have shown these effects in mechanistic studies in laboratory animals also have a high exposure potential for humans.


The timing of exposure is crucial during early developmental stages, particularly during fetal development when a fixed sequence of structural change is occurring and before protective mechanisms have developed. A variety of chemical challenges in humans and animals early in life can lead to profound and irreversible abnormalities in brain development at exposure levels that do not produce permanent effects in an adult.
(Info gathered from this conference of international experts-"Environmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Neural, Endocrine and Behavioral Effects" under the auspices of the International School of Ethology at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice, Sicily, November 5-10, 1995.)


Know Your Numbers
For blood pressure, & cholestrol readings
Hypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure is a chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. It is the opposite of hypotension. It is classified as either primary (essential) or secondary. About 90–95% of cases are termed "primary hypertension", which refers to high blood pressure for which no medical cause can be found. The remaining 5–10% of cases (Secondary hypertension) are caused by other conditions that affect the kidneys, arteries, heart, or endocrine system.
Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure and arterial aneurysm, and is a leading cause of chronic kidney failure.
Moderate elevation of arterial blood pressure leads to shortened life expectancy. Dietary and lifestyle changes can improve blood pressure control and decrease the risk of associated health complications, although drug treatment may prove necessary in patients for whom lifestyle changes prove ineffective or insufficient.
Blood pressure is usually classified based on the systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Systolic blood pressure is the blood pressure in vessels during a heart beat. Diastolic blood pressure is the pressure between heartbeats. A systolic or the diastolic blood pressure measurement higher than the accepted normal values for the age of the individual is classified as prehypertension or hypertension.
Blood Pressure Category

Ranges for Most Adults (systolic/diastolic)
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Normal Blood Pressure (systolic/diastolic)
Systolic below 120 mm Hg                 Diastolic below 80 mm Hg
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Prehypertension
Systolic 120 - 139 mm Hg                  Diastolic 80 - 89 mm Hg



(NOTE: 139/89 or below should be the minimum goal for everyone. People with heart disease, peripheral artery disease, diabetes or chronic kidney disease should strive for 130/80 or less.)
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Mild Hypertension (Stage 1)
Systolic 140 - 159 mm Hg                   Diastolic 90 - 99 mm Hg
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Moderate-to-Severe Hypertension (Stage 2)
Systolic over 160 mm Hg or               Diastolic over 100 mm Hg
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Note: If one of the measurements is in a higher category than the other, the higher measurement is usually used to determine the stage. For example, if systolic pressure is 165 (Stage 2) and diastolic is 92 (Stage 1), the patient would still be diagnosed with Stage 2 hypertension. A high systolic pressure compared to a normal or low diastolic pressure should be a major focus of concern in most adults.
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www.americanheart.org -- American Heart Association
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Hypertension has several sub-classifications including, hypertension stage I, hypertension stage II, and isolated systolic hypertension.
Isolated systolic hypertension refers to elevated systolic pressure with normal diastolic pressure and is common in the elderly. These classifications are made after averaging a patient's resting blood pressure readings taken on two or more office visits.
Individuals older than 50 years are classified as having hypertension if their blood pressure is consistently at least 140 mmHg systolic or 90 mmHg diastolic.
Patients with blood pressures higher than 130/80 mmHg with concomitant presence of diabetes mellitus or kidney disease require further treatment.

Hypertension is also classified as resistant if medications do not reduce blood pressure to normal levels.
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Exercise hypertension is an excessively high elevation in blood pressure during exercise.The range considered normal for systolic values during exercise is between 200 and 230 mm Hg.
Exercise hypertension may indicate that an individual is at risk for developing hypertension at rest.
Essential hypertension Essential hypertension is the most prevalent hypertension type, affecting 90–95% of hypertensive patients. Although no direct cause has identified itself, there are many factors such as sedentary lifestyle, stress, visceral obesity, potassium deficiency (hypokalemia), obesity (more than 85% of cases occur in those with a body mass index greater than 25), salt (sodium) sensitivity, alcohol intake, and vitamin D deficiency that increase the risk of developing hypertension.
Risk also increases with aging, some inherited genetic mutations, and having a family history of hypertension.
An elevation of renin, a hormone secreted by the kidney, is another risk factor, as is sympathetic nervous system overactivity.
Insulin resistance which is a component of syndrome X, or the metabolic syndrome is also thought to contribute to hypertension.
Recent studies have implicated low birth weight as a risk factor for adult essential hypertension.
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What is cholesterol
Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among the lipids (fats) in the bloodstream and in all your body's cells. It's an important part of a healthy body because it's used to form cell membranes, some hormones, vitamin D, bile acids and is needed for other functions. Cholesterol and other fats can't dissolve in the blood. They have to be transported to and from the cells by special carriers called lipoproteins. There are several kinds, but the most important are Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL or ‘bad’) and High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL or ‘good’). (See LDL Cholesterol and HDL Cholesterol)
Cholesterol readings are expressed in milligrams [mg] of cholesterol per deciliter [dL] of blood.)

Cholesterol Reading
When you take a test that measures cholesterol in the blood, the results are known as a cholesterol reading. A test known as a lipid panel generates readings measuring total cholesterol, LDL, and HDL.
In addition to measuring cholesterol, lipid panels measure triglycerides, a different form of fat.
Total cholesterol levels on their own can be misleading; most cholesterol treatment decisions are made based on LDL and HDL cholesterol measurements.
Having your cholesterol tested is the only way to know if you have high cholesterol. Cholesterol readings are the results of your cholesterol test.
There are a few different forms of cholesterol tests used to determine your cholesterol levels. For example, readings derived from home cholesterol tests may only measure total cholesterol. 
A cholesterol test known as a lipid profile or lipid panel, will measure several things, including
Total cholesterol
Low density lipoprotein (LDL) -- the "bad cholesterol
High density lipoprotein (HDL) -- the "good cholesterol
Triglycerides.
A lipid profile may also show several cholesterol ratios (see Cholesterol Ratio).
Understanding these cholesterol readings can help you determine if you have high cholesterol and your risk for heart disea
Readings for Total Cholesterol
Total cholesterol (as the name implies) refers to the total amount of cholesterol in the bloodstreamTotal cholesterol readings combine levels for HDL, LDL, and another type of cholesterol known as VLDL, or very low density lipoprotein.
Total cholesterol readings alone can be misleading; it's possible to have a healthy total cholesterol reading and still have a low HDL level or a high LDL level.
Because of this, most cholesterol treatment decisions are based on readings of HDL and LDL cholesterol, as opposed to total cholesterol levels.
It's often best to think of your total cholesterol as a guideline; if your total cholesterol is too high, you should have more specific tests taken to learn your LDL and HDL levels.
Total Cholesterol Level          Total Cholesterol Category
Less than 200 mg/dL              Desirable
200–239 mg/dL                      Borderline high
240 mg/dL and above            High
If your total cholesterol reading is higher than 240 mg/dL, your risk for stroke and heart disease is higher.
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It may surprise you to know that cholesterol itself isn't bad. In fact, cholesterol is just one of the many substances created and used by our bodies to keep us healthy. Some of the cholesterol we need is produced naturally (and can be affected by your family health history), while some of it comes from the foods we eat.
There are two types of cholesterol: "good" and "bad." It's important to understand the difference, and to know the levels of "good" and "bad" cholesterol in your blood. Too much of one type — or not enough of another — can put you at risk for coronary heart disease, heart attack or stroke.
Cholesterol comes from two sources: your body and food. Your liver and other cells in your body make about 75 percent of blood cholesterol. The other 25 percent comes from the foods you eat. Cholesterol is only found in animal products.
A cholesterol screening measures your level of HDL and LDL. HDL is the "good" cholesterol which helps keep the LDL (bad) cholesterol from getting lodged into your artery walls.
 A healthy level of HDL may also protect against heart attack and stroke, while low levels of HDL (less than 40 mg/dL for men and less than 50 mg/dL for women) have been shown to increase the risk of heart disease.
If you need to increase your HDL to your reach your goals, studies show that regular physical activity can help your body produce more HDLs. Reducing trans fats and eating a balanced, nutritious & high fiber diet is another way to increase HDL.
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Foods that Lower Cholesterol
Oatmeal contains soluble fiber, which reduces your low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the "bad" cholesterol. Soluble fiber is also found in such foods as kidney beans, apples, pears, barley and prunes.
Soluble fiber can reduce the absorption of cholesterol into your bloodstream. Five to 10 grams or more of soluble fiber a day decreases your total and LDL cholesterol.
Eating 1 1/2 cups of cooked oatmeal provides 6 grams of fiber. If you add fruit, such as bananas, you'll add about 4 more grams of fiber.


Fish & Omega 3 Fatty Acids
Eating fatty fish can be heart-healthy because of its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, which can reduce your blood pressure and risk of developing blood clots.
Mackerel
Lake trout
herring
sardines
tuna
halibut
Bake, grill or steam the fish to avoid adding unhealthy fats. Drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil adds flavour & keeps it moist. Use basil, dill, tarrogon & other herbs to add aroma & flavour.


Olive Oil
Olive oil contains a potent mix of antioxidants that can lower your "bad" (LDL) cholesterol but leave your "good" (HDL) cholesterol untouched.
The Food and Drug Administration recommends using about 2 tablespoons (23 grams) of olive oil a day in place of other fats in your diet to get its heart-healthy benefits.
To add olive oil to your diet, you can saute vegetables in it, add it to a marinade, or mix it with vinegar as a salad dressing.
You can also use olive oil as a substitute for butter when basting meat or as a dip for bread. Olive oil is high in calories, so don't eat more than the recommended amount.
The cholesterol-lowering effects of olive oil are even greater if you choose extra-virgin olive oil which are cold pressed by traditional methods, meaning the oil is unprocessed and contains more heart-healthy antioxidants.
But keep in mind that "light" olive oils are usually more processed than extra-virgin or virgin olive oils and are lighter in color, not in fat or calories.
Extra virgin olive oils are cold pressed the traditional ways.


Foods with added plant sterols & stanols that block the absorption of cholesterol
apples
beans & legumes
blueberries
brown rice
cinnamon
cranberries
garlic
grapes
oats
pumkin & its seeds
salmon
oats
flaxseed
almonds
walnuts
avocado
egg plant
green tea
olives
onions
shitake mushrooms
tomatoes
greens & coloured root vegetables
brocoli is the super food


According to the Food and Drug Administration, eating about a handful (1.5 ounces, or 42.5 grams) a day of some nuts, such as almonds, some pine nuts, and walnuts, may reduce your risk of heart disease. Just make sure the nuts you eat aren't salted or coated with sugar.
All nuts are high in calories, so a handful will do. To avoid eating too many nuts and gaining weight, replace foods high in saturated fat with nuts. For example, instead of using cheese, meat or croutons in your salad, add a handful of walnuts or almonds

Taichi & Qigong
Anti Aging exercises include Taichi & Qigong.
Both are low impact & high intensity forms of exercisise.
It does not cause undue stress to knee joints & or breast sagging & pain for some women caused by uncontrolled movement straining the fragile tissues and ligaments whilst jogging.



Qigong History
Taichi/Qigong is an ancient martial arts renown for its ability to enhance health. Qigong history is found in The Inner Canon of Huangdi or Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon; an ancient Chinese medicinal text for more than two millennia. It began as a non religious discipline for medical purposes as the important curative measures of qi guidance to preserve life. Qi is the driving force behind everything and nature itself. It is a God given life energy circulating within our bodies.
It is a discipline of breathing exercises.
Qi pushes blood thus enhancing blood circulation.
The efficacy of qigong improves qi and blood circulation, enhances physical and mental activity.
It nurtures the meridians and internal organs, boost immune system with healing.
It relieves stress by lowering the stress hormone cortisol.
It lowers cholesterol & reduce cardiovascular disease.
Qigong improves flexibility of  tendons and muscles.

TCM Herbs & Properties

Botanical name: Lycium barbarum

Common name: Lycium fruit, Chinese wolfberry, Matrimony vine
Family: Solanaceae, nightshade family
Part used in Chinese medicine: fruit

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Be inspired to live your life with optimal health choices. Explore different ways to achieve longevity with a new lifestyle change.
Reduce stress, eat right, exercise & nourish with TCM herbs to regenerate, revitalize & sustain your health inorder to prevent premature aging with degenerative diseases.
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'The Art of Nourishing Life', and 'Can we guard pre-natal jing'?  to prevent the onset of 'dis-eases' & premature aging.

At AntiAgingSolutions-  These are some syndromes that are treated with TCM herbs-
PMS, endometriosis, menopause & andropause syndromes, migraine, hypertension, high cholestrol, type 11 diabetes Mellitus, gestational diabetes, obesity, sinusitis, bronchitis, benign prostate hyperplasia, eczema, rheumatism, sciatica, acid reflux problems, irritable bowel syndrome & many others.
There is help for many autoimmune disease sufferers who wish to seek alternative treatments that deal with the root of the syndromes & manifestations.
Sjogren's Syndrome, RA, Lupus , Endocrine disease sufferers can find relieve with TCM herbs.
About 2 to 4 million Americans suffer from Sjogren's Syndrome.
Some common symptoms of SS are eye dryness that can progressively lead to eye irritation, decreased tear production, a "gritty" sensation, infection, and serious abrasion of the dome of the eye (cornea). Dry eyes can lead to infections of the eyes. This condition is known as xerophthalmia.
Inflammation of the salivary glands can lead to mouth dryness, swallowing difficulties, dental decay, cavities, gum disease, mouth sores and swelling, and stones and/or infection of the parotid gland inside of the cheeks. Dry lips & mouth is medically referred to as xerostomia.
Other glands that can become inflamed, though less commonly, in Sjogren's syndrome include those of the lining of the breathing passages (leading to lung infections) and the vagina (sometimes causing pain during intercourse or recurrent vaginal infections).
Extraglandular (outside of the glands) problems in Sjogren's syndrome include joint pain or inflammation (arthritis), Raynaud's phenomenon, lung inflammation, lymph node enlargement, and kidney, nerve, and muscle disease.
A rare serious complication of Sjogren's syndrome is inflammation of the blood vessels (vasculitis), which can damage the tissues of the body that are supplied by these vessels.
Autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) can lead to abnormal thyroid hormone levels detected by thyroid blood tests. Heartburn and difficulty swallowing can result from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
A rare disease that is uncommonly associated with Sjogren's syndrome is primary biliary cirrhosis, an autoimmune disease of the liver that leads to scarring of the liver tissue.
A small percentage of patients with Sjogren's syndrome develop cancer of the lymph glands (lymphoma). This usually develops only after many years with the illness.


What is of particular interest is the fact that for several of the autoimmune diseases the activity of the immune system may come and go, so that there are periods of “remission” and periods of “exacerbation.”
For these diseases, if a method for maintaining remission can be found, then even though the underlying condition isn’t completely eliminated, it is not producing new symptoms or progressing.
Traditional Chinese medicine over the centuries led to a focus on treating patients according to the “signs and symptoms” (syndrome) rather than according to a disease name.
Autoimmune disorders, because of their chronic nature are understood to be based on an underlying deficiency syndromes. In brief, it is the deficiency that permits the pathology to manifest.
If the vessels were full of qi and blood, and the organs working properly and full of their essences, the person would be healthy, or might, at the worst, suffer minor and short term diseases. Instead, the deficiency condition allows external pathogenic influences to enter, and permits the disease to progress, transform, and become serious because of inadequate resistance to this process by the normalizing qi.
Genetic factors involved in diseases are often associated with the Chinese concept of essence deficiency (specifically, a kidney deficiency); diseases that progress with aging are also attributed to deficiencies of kidney and liver and involve the “essence” deficiency.

The potential role of viruses or other infectious agents in triggering the disease process corresponds, in part, to the failure to repel the external pathogen.

Do you know that the tendrils, stems & flowers of this lovely Dendrobium Orchid (TCM herb)nourishes yin & generate fluids & peony stems soothe the the liver. Herb properties listed on TCM herbs blog.
Tonification of the deficiencies would be a part of TCM therapy throughout treatment, since the effect of other therapeutic approaches would be boosted by the presence of adequate qi, blood, and essence.
To vitalize circulation of blood, the qi must be adequate, according to the Chinese theory. During remission, tonification is important where there would not be an immediate requirement to intensively alleviate inflammation, pain, and other acute symptoms. Iridoid glycosides are also found as major components of some of the heat-clearing herbs that treat many auto immune diseases.

Recent studies revealed that geniposide showed pharmacological action consistent with suppressing immune inflammatory processes. For example, the compounds produced significant inhibition of IL-2 secretion, thus reducing antibody-stimulated activation of human peripheral blood T cells . In another study, it was shown that geniposide could lower serum IL-1β and TNF-α levels in rheumatoid arthritis rats, which was suggested to be related to its clinical effects of inhibiting development of rheumatoid arthritis.
Through
selective reports, statistics & case studies of several diseases, TCM herbs have recorded between 40- over 70 % success rates through treatment plans from 3 months to even a year's therapy.
References
Lin Jiehou, Bi-entity (arthritis): Clinical experience of master-physician Wang Weilan, Journal of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1983;
Li Jun, Treatment of 46 cases of rheumatoid arthritis with modified Shentong Zhuyu Tang, Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1988;
Zhou Xueping, et.al., Intermediate and late rheumatoid arthritis treated by tonifying the kidney, resolving phlegm, and removing blood stasis, Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2000; 20(2): 87–91.
Unschuld PU, Forgotten Traditions of Ancient Chinese Medicine, 1990 Paradigm Publications, Brookline, MA

All AntiAgingSolutions' herbal decoction preparations are based on ancient TCM formulas.
The analysis of diseases and their treatment were recorded & passed down some 2000 years ago in the root classics of Chinese medicine, especially the Huangdi Neijing (The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine). Critical developments occurred influenced TCM practice for many centuries afterward.
During the Han Dynasty period (220 B.C. to 220 A.D.) the most famous texts of traditional Chinese medicine were written: -
Neijing (Suwen and Lingshu), Shanghan Lun (including Jingui Laoyue), and Shennong Bencao Jing.
For herbal Decoctions -
Please email Cindy - anti_agingsolutions@yahoo.com
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For more reading references -
The Science of Change: Root Theory of Chinese Medicine (Zhongguo Yi Yi Xue) and The Five Organ Networks of Chinese Medicine and Their Pathology (Zhongyi Wuzang Bing Xue) Zhou Xuexi of the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Bensky D and Barolet R, Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies, 1990 rev. ed., Eastland Press, Seattle, WA
Huang Bingshan and Wang Yuxia, Thousand Formulas and Thousand Herbs of Traditional Chinese Medicine, vol. 2, 1993 Heilongjiang Education Press, Harbin.


*In order to more firmly establish the presence of such underlying deficiencies, it would be necessary to obtain medical histories (including information oriented to reveal the standard “signs” recognized by TCM practitioners) from persons who were recently diagnosed with any chronic diseases  for treatment.

*The objective of this blog is not to convince people of miracle cures with TCM.
Formulas that worked well for one individual might not do the same for another person; this is the philosophy of traditional Chinese medicine.
*A health status form will need to be filled inorder for any course of herbal decoctions to be prepared for you.
*Under HSA ( Health Science Authority Singapore), herbs that are imported into Singapore meet these requirements -
(a) The herbs do not contain any substances controlled under the Poisons Act and other prohibited substances such as Pangamic acid including its salts, Danthron, Suprofen including its salts and Rhodamine B.
(b) The heavy metal contents of the herbs do not exceed the following limits: Arsenic (5 ppm), Copper (150 ppm), Lead(20 ppm) and Mercury (0.5 ppm).
(c) Herbs of animal nature are not under the Endangered Species (Import & Export Act).


Disclamer
Herbal decoctions are not used to diagnose, prevent, treat or cure any diseases.
There is no warranty of any kind intended for curing an ailment or disease.
Herbal preparations of mostly anti aging properties; or applications of certain herbs and medicines are intended to alleviate discomforts & symptoms.
Always check with a doctor or a trusted healthcare professional before beginning any herbal treatments.
Any herbal decoction is not intended to replace medical advice or treatment. If conditions worsen or persist, consult your health care practitioner.

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