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¦A¥Í»Ùê©Ê³h¦å 1. Overview and Causes 2. Symptoms 3. TCM Effectiveness and Evaluation 4. Common Syndromes and Treatments in TCM   a. Deficiency of both Spleen and Kidney Yang   b. Deficiency of both Liver and Kidney Yin   c. Deficiency of both Qi and Blood 5. Healing by Other Therapies   a. Qigong and other   b. Medicated diet   c. Life style ¡@ 1. Overview and Causes ¡@ Aplastic Anemia is a condition concerning the blood in which the bone marrow can no longer produce blood cells. It may be congenital (present at birth) or could be caused by a number of things, including cancer of the bone marrow, or by contact with poisonous chemicals, radiation, or antibiotics. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), they are under the category “deficiency of blood?and “consumptive disease? or “Blood Syndrome? It is usually caused by the weakness of the spleen and kidney, which may be a result of poor nourishment after birth, improper lifestyle, or contact with poisonous substances such as chemicals and radioactive, rays, etc. ¡@ Return To Top 2. Symptoms ¡@ (a) Progressive anemia (b) Bleeding (c) Recurrent infection (d) Erythropenia (decreased number of Red Blood Cells) of the whole blood. As a result, the patient is fatigued, has pallor, shortness of breath, persistent minor infections like sore throat and fungal infections of the mouth, and eccymosis (purple mottling of skin). Return To Top 3. TCM Effectiveness and Evaluation ¡@ The pathology of aplastic anemia is complicated. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine is effective in promoting the production of Red Blood Cells (“RBC? and inhibits broken RBC’s and thereby improves the patient’s condition. Return To Top 4. Common Syndromes and Treatments in TCM This ailment, according to TCM, has different syndromes. The treatment for these syndromes using herbal medicine and acupuncture is shown below. ¡@ Syndrome (a) Deficieny of both Spleen and Kidney Yang A person with a deficiency in the Spleen or the Kidney Yang may have a very pale comlexion, with a sallow tongue. Often, they will feel listless and untalkative. Sometimes, they will have loose stools or diarrhea as well. Sexual function will also be affected, causing impotence (when a man is unable to have sexual intercourse due to lack of penile erection) or premature ejaculation. To treat by Herbal medicine Therapeutic principle: The obvious solution to a deficiency of Yang in the kidney or the spleen is to strengthen the existing Yang present. Prescription/Formula: Right-Restoring (Life Gate) Pill (modified you gui wan ) Prepared Aconite (zhi fu zi) 9g, codonopsis (dang shen) 15g, white atractylodes (bai zhe) 12g, cuscuta (tu si zi) 15g, cooked rehmannia (shu di huang) 15g, tangkuei (dang gui) 12gm dried ginger (gan jiang 6g, Chinese Yam (shan yao) 15g, eucommia (du zhong) 12g, cornus (shan zhu yu) 12gg, lycium (gou qi zi) 15g, cinnamon bark (rou gui) 3g, etc. ¡@    To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Please see the end of this page.) ¡@    Return to Top Syndrome (b) Deficiency of Both Liver and Kidney Yin ¡@ Usually a sickly feeling will be a common sympton of a deficiency of liver and kidney yin. This may take the form of a soreness in the loins and the legs, a dry and sore throat or a feverish sensation in the chest. The person affected by this would have a sallow complexion with flushed cheeks and a red tongue with little coating. They may also have blurred vision with insomnia and night sweating. To treat by Herbal medicine Therapeutic principle: In order to cure a deficiency in the liver and kidney, one would take steps to nourish and tone these organs. Prescription/Formula: Left-Restoring (Kidney Yin) Pill (modified zuo gui wan) Cooked rehmannia (shu di huang) 15g, Chinese Yam (shan yao) 15g, cornus (shan zhu yu) 12g, eucommia (du zhong) 15g, lycium (gu qi zi) 15gm cuscuta (tu si zi) 15g, achyranthes (niu xi) 15gm ginseng (ren shen) 12g, tortoise plastron glue (gui ban jiao) 12g (dissolved in hot herbal liquid), etc. ¡@    To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Please see the end of this page.)    Return to Top Syndrome (c) Deficiency of both Qi and Blood ¡@ A person shows signs of dizziness, blurred vision and low energy if they are lacking qi. They would have a pale complexion and a pale tongue with a white, thin coating. To treat by Herbal medicine Therapeutic principle: By stimulating the qi and nourishing the blood, the deficiency should be cured. Prescription/Formula: Decoction of Ten Powerful Tonics (modified shi quan da bu tang) Astraglus (huang qi) 30g, ginseng (ren shen) 9g, poria (fu ling) 12g, white atractylodes (bai zhu) 12g, tangkui (dang gui) 12g, white peony (bai shao) 12g, prepared licorice (zhi gan cao) 6g, cooked rehmannia (shu di huang) 15g, cinnamon bark (rou gui) 3g, ligustricum (chuan xiong) 9g, etc. If patient has severe insomnia, wild jujube seed (zao ren ) 30g may be added; If patient has bleeding, cephalanoplos (xiao ji) 15g, typha pollen (pu huang) 12g may be added. ¡@    To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapeutic principle: The qi and blood should be invigorated through using acupuncture points mainly from the three yin meridians. Prescription: Sp.6 (sam yin jiao), Sp. 10 (xue hai), BL 20, (pi shu), Liv. 8 (qu quan), BL 17, (ge shu), CV.6 (qi hai), CV 4 (guan yuan), ST. 36 (zu san li) etc. For Yang deficiency, moxibustion should be used.    Return to Top   ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@   ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ 5. Healing by Other Therapies (a) Qigong and other therapies ¡@ For effect of Qigong on respiratory system, click here. Generally speaking, Qigong is good for healing effect of this specific ailment, however individual results may vary. It improves the flow of the qi and the circulation of the blood, so you'll experience more energy, but, you won't see/ feel any immediate effects, as with many exercises and therapies, it takes a few weeks or even months of practice before you'll see any significant improvements. The following types of Qigong may help: Static Qigong: Relaxation Qigong Inner-Nourishing Qigong Relaxing Quiescent Qigong Standing Qigong ¡@ Dynamic Qigong: Baduanjing of Internal Exercise ¡@ For the information of different types of Qigong ,just click a link above. This information is for education purpose only. We strongly advise you seek a licensed Qigong master to learn the correct ways to conduct these exercises before attempting them. (b) Medicated diet 1) Put Fleeceflower Root (Heshouwu) 30g into water and decoct it to get some tea, remove the dregs, then add Barbary Wolfberry Fruit (Gouqizi) 30g, Longan (Longyanrou) 30g, polished round-grained rice(Geng Mi) 60g, 5 dried dates (Hongzao), and a little bit of red sugar, boil them to have gruel, which is suitable for Deficiency of Both Liver and Kidney Yin. (c) Life style 1) As the course of treatment for this ailment is long, frequent recurrences may occur. The patient should persist in taking Chinese medicine. Combining Western medicine with Chinese medicine will have better result than the treatment with only Western medicine. 2) Take precautions against any infections. 3) Pay attention to personal hygiene. Return to Top Acknowledgments: Healthphone.com greatly acknowledges the support and dedication of our Healing Centre Panel, without whom this section would not be possible. We also greatly acknowedge Ms. Najaf Munir, MBBS, for her editorial support. Ms. Munir simplified the highly technical medical documents into easy-to-read documents, for the enjoyment and education of our numerous visitors.