liver herbs... little explanation of possible sidefx

[Guest guest]

Chinese Traditional Medicine, " Debra McDuffee " <deb@b...> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

> I have a question that I hope you'll be able to help with. I am a

Nature's

> Sunshine distributor and I really like some of their Chinese

formulas. My

> cousin recently was on a Prozac-like drug that damaged her liver;

something

> about her metabolism being damaged and she gained weight and cannot

lose it.

> She is doing lots of the recommended things, but meanwhile, she is

getting

> married soon and the anxiety is coming back. She tends toward the

hot, so I

> got her a formula called Liver Balance that is wood-reducing. It

has

> Proprietary blend 1940 mg *

> Bupleurum Root (Bupleurum chinese)

> Peony Root (Paeonia officinalis)

> Pinellia Rhizome (Pinellia ternata)

> Cinnamon Twig (Cinnamomum cassia)

> Dang Gui Root (Angelica polymorpha)

> Fushen Plant (Poria cocos)

> Scute Root (Scutellaria baicalensis)

> Zhishi Fruit (Citrus aurantium)

> Atractylodes Rhizome (Atractylodes lancea)

> Ginseng Root (Panax ginseng)

> Ginger Rhizome (Zingiber officinale)

> Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza uralensis)

> We are hoping this will kick-start her liver and get her metabolism

working

> again, and also reduce her anxiety. Any comments?

>

> Thanks,

> Debbie

> deb@b...

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Hi,

Bupleurum

Pinellia

Scutellaria

ZhiShi

have 'reducing' quality,

they will use up body energies to work.

They move away blockages, phlegm, stagnancies.

If she has a greasy tongue coating they might be OK.

 

If the body is in a TCM 'deficient' constitution like liver-yin-

deficiency with maybe a little deficiency fire (missing tongue

coating) then this formula would worsen the situation leading to

possible sidefx like thirst, heat flushes, dry mouth, constipation,

restlessness.

The other herbals in that formula are more 'tonics' that could lead

to 'stagnancy' sidefx if taken over a long time leading to

aggression, anger, stuffiness and pain in the chest.

 

OK, next VERY IMPORTANT thing is, the thing the chinese call 'liver'

has nothing to do with what your doctor associates with liver.

Her 'damaged liver' might very well be diagnosed as TCM-kidney or TCM-

spleen disease. The chinese 'organs' should never be confused with

western medicine organs.

 

" She tends towards hot "

Pinellia

Cinnamon

Danggui

Ginger

will heat up the body even more.

 

If any of above sidefx should appear 'counter' therapy it using their

HY-C or NERVOUS FATIGUE FORMULA capsules which are more cooling and

thirst squenching. You could get MUCH cheaper classical chinese pills

but you chose to go 'the western way' :-)

 

And at the bottom of your shop it says:

This product was not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any

disease.

 

What is a liver kick-start?

[Guest guest]

> OK, next VERY IMPORTANT thing is, the thing the chinese

call 'liver'

> has nothing to do with what your doctor associates with liver.

> Her 'damaged liver' might very well be diagnosed as TCM-kidney or

TCM-

> spleen disease. The chinese 'organs' should never be confused with

> western medicine organs.

 

Thanks. I want to emphasize this for readers new to TCM. The TCM

Liver (Kidney, Spleen, Heart, etc.) is NOT the same as the anatomical

liver (kidney, spleen, heart, etc.). The TCM Organ may include many

of the functions of the Western-identified organ, but they are not

the same.

 

Many writers will capitalize common English words that have special

meaning in TCM in order to alert readers that these terms have

special meaning in TCM.

 

TCM pays more attention to function than to anatomy. The TCM Organs

are collections of functions. For example, " the Liver opens into the

eyes " . Problems with the eyes often are a symptom of Liver imbalance.

The Kidneys " open into the ears " , and people with Kidney imbalance

often will report unusual problems with the ears or hearing. What the

Chinese call the " Spleen " include many of the functions of the

pancreas.

 

Victoria