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	<description>... rational use of chinese medicine in our lives.</description>
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		<title>Hemostatic Herbs and Formulas</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/464/hemostatic-herbs-and-formulas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blood Diseases]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First master the eight (8) hemostatics that also cool blood (凉血止血药). They are useful in treating hemorrhage due to heat in the blood.
While they all have the function, some have more specific areas they treat:

daji, baimaogen and baimaogen are broad hemostatics
huaihua and diyu are very good for blood in the stool
cebaiye is also astringent
zhumagen is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing Dr. Wang Juxiang’s treatment of mammary, ovarian and cervical cancer.</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/1104/comparing-dr-wang-juxiang%e2%80%99s-treatment-of-mammary-ovarian-and-cervical-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fornia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Base Formula:

党参10，黄芪30
炒白术10
猪苓10，茯苓10
法半夏10，陈皮6
焦山楂10，焦神曲10炒谷芽10，

Some differences:

While the liver dredging triplet -– 柴胡10，白芍10，广郁金10 &#8211; exists for breast and ovarian cancer, it does not appear in the base formula for cervical cancer.
Lower jiao herbs are present in the formulas for ovarian and cervical cancer. Probably used when there is evidence of damp heat draining downward (湿热下注). E.g. 知母10，炒黄柏10 is used as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer: Lab Tests</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/1080/cancer-lab-tests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fornia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Below, I will present &#8212; for those new to them &#8212; the significance in the broadest sense of each of the following tumor markers.
General Marker CEA:
CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) is an inadequate marker &#8212; as a diagnostic tool, an elevated CEA too often provides false positives. Most elevated levels that are true positive appear at late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/1075/idiopathic-thrombocytopenic-purpura-itp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.needleplant.com/1075/idiopathic-thrombocytopenic-purpura-itp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fornia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blood Diseases]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Treatment of ITP using Western Medicine:

One method of treatment for ITP is by using hormone therapy e.g. the use of prednisone (强的松), prednisolone (强的松龙) or methyl-prednisolone (甲基强的松龙). However, this method has its disadvantages because it may worsen the situation of people at risk of or already with hypertension or diabetes. It may also increase
susceptibility to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chai Hu Gui Zhi Gan Jiang Tang (line 147)</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/1064/chai-hu-gui-zhi-gan-jiang-tang-line-147/</link>
		<comments>http://www.needleplant.com/1064/chai-hu-gui-zhi-gan-jiang-tang-line-147/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fornia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[shanghanlun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[伤寒五六日，已发汗而复下之，胸胁满微结，小便不利，渴而不呕，但头汗出，往来寒热，心烦者，此为未解也，柴胡桂枝干姜汤主之。
This verse translates as: Cold damage has lasted for five to six days, the person has already perspired and also precipitated, the chest and ribs are distended and slightly stuck. Urine is hindered, there is thirst, no nausea, and there is perspiration only on the head, heat and cold come in cycles, and there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gan Jiang Ling Shu Tang</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/1009/gan-jiang-ling-shu-tang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fornia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[jinkuiyaolue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[肾着之病，其人身体重，腰中冷，如坐水中，形如水状，反不渴，小便自利，饮食如故，病属下焦，身劳汗出，衣（一作表）里冷湿，久久得之，腰以下冷痛，腹重如带五千钱，甘姜苓术汤主之。
In this illness called shen zhuo, the person feels heavy in the body, cold in the abdomen, as if he were sitting in water, amorphous like water. He is not thirsty, urination is unhindered, appetite is as normal. The illness is in the lower jiao, the body is tired and there is perspiration. Especially when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lian Chuang (Chronic Ulcer of the Lower Extremities)</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/944/lian-chuang-chronic-ulcer-of-the-lower-extremities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.needleplant.com/944/lian-chuang-chronic-ulcer-of-the-lower-extremities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fornia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cardiovascular]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skin problems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lian Chuang (臁疮) is so named because lian refers to the tibialis bone, commonly known as the shin, while chuang means ulcer. The ulcers are usually seen on the lower one-third (1/3) of the shin, either on the medial or lateral side. Especially on the medial side, where there are less nerves and blood vessels, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yiyi Fuzi Baijiang San for Purulent Inflammation</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/909/yiyi-fuzi-baijiang-san-for-purulent-inflammation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.needleplant.com/909/yiyi-fuzi-baijiang-san-for-purulent-inflammation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jinkuiyaolue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[肠痈之为病，其身甲错，腹皮急，按之濡，如肿状，腹无积聚，身无热，脉数，此为肠内有痈脓，薏苡附子败酱散主之。
Here&#8217;s a line containing information on chang yong (肠痈) &#8212; or intestinal abscess &#8212; where pus has already formed. A rough translation: the body is dry, abdomen skin is tight, however when pressure is put on it, there is softness, as if there were a swell, but not a growth in the abdomen, no body [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Da Huang Mu Dan Tang</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/914/da-huang-mu-dan-tang-jin-kui-yao-lue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.needleplant.com/914/da-huang-mu-dan-tang-jin-kui-yao-lue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jinkuiyaolue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[肠痈者，少腹肿痞，按之即痛，如淋，小便自调，时时发热，自汗出，复恶寒。其脉迟紧者，脓未成，可下之，当有血。脉洪数者，脓已成，不可下也。大黄牡丹汤主之。
This line is about treatment of intestinal abscess (肠痈) in the situation where pus has not been discharged. A rough translation: A person with intestinal abscess, a glomus-swell in the shaofu-abdomen; when pressure is applied there is pain like in lin disease (where there is pain when urinating), [but] urination is smooth, [there is] occasional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use of Gua Di San to induce emesis (line 166)</title>
		<link>http://www.needleplant.com/900/use-of-gua-di-san-to-induce-emesis-line-166/</link>
		<comments>http://www.needleplant.com/900/use-of-gua-di-san-to-induce-emesis-line-166/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fornia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[shanghanlun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[病如桂枝证，头不痛，项不强，寸脉微浮，胸中痞硬，气上冲咽喉，不得息者，此为胸有寒也。当吐之，宜瓜蒂散。
The illness appears to be like cinnamon twig pattern, [but] there is not headache or stiffness of nape, the cun pulse is slightly floating, there is a hard glomus in the chest, with qi shooting up the throat without ceasing. This is Cold in the chest region. Treat by inducing emesis using Gua Di San [...]]]></description>
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