Guest guest Posted July 17, 2001 Report Share Posted July 17, 2001 Where has he published? I didn't find anything in Amazon or Redwing; and don't remember any journal articles. Can you post something to the " Files " section? Jim Ramholz , wrote: > Heiner Fruehauf teaches that SHL six stage theory is applicable to > understand the progression of chronic disease as well as acute. While > this is a somewhat fringe idea, it has been in vogue in chengdu for over > a decade and numerous classical commentaries are devoted to it. Does > anyone have experience or more information about this? > > -- > > Chinese Herbs > > VOICE: (858) 946-0070 > FAX: (858) 946 0067 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2001 Report Share Posted July 17, 2001 Todd: I did find several articles on the Web he has written or where you mentioned him. Anything else? Jim Ramholz , jramholz wrote: > Where has he published? I didn't find anything in Amazon or Redwing; > and don't remember any journal articles. > > Can you post something to the " Files " section? > > Jim Ramholz > > > , wrote: > > Heiner Fruehauf teaches that SHL six stage theory is applicable to > > understand the progression of chronic disease as well as acute. > While > > this is a somewhat fringe idea, it has been in vogue in chengdu for > over > > a decade and numerous classical commentaries are devoted to it. > Does > > anyone have experience or more information about this? > > > > -- > > > > Chinese Herbs > > > > VOICE: (858) 946-0070 > > FAX: (858) 946 0067 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 , jramholz wrote: > Where has he published? I didn't find anything in Amazon or Redwing; > and don't remember any journal articles. : its all been classnotes, I am expecting something more later. > > Can you post something to the " Files " section? > > Jim Ramholz > > > , wrote: > > Heiner Fruehauf teaches that SHL six stage theory is applicable to > > understand the progression of chronic disease as well as acute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 , jramholz wrote: : > > I did find several articles on the Web he has written or where you > mentioned him. Anything else? several articles in JCM since 1993 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 There are 6 stages of Cold-Induced Illnesses. Two of the more common examples of Cold-Induced Illnesses include the common cold and many cases of the flu. Cold-Induced Illnesses will follow a particular sequence of stages: TaiYang, ShaoYang, YangMing, TaiYin, ShaoYin, and JueYin. The translations are: Greater (Tai) Yang, Lesser (Shao) Yang, Bright (Ming) Yang, Greater (Tai) Yin, Lesser (Shao) Yin, and Dark (Jue) Yin. Each stage has different symptoms and treatments. (And some of the stages have different aspects.) Knowing the progression of Cold- Induced Illnesses allows the healer to have the necessary herbs already formulated. Herbal concoctions can take some time to prepare, especially the teas and syrups. If the healer was not able to anticipate stages, by the time s/he got one set of herbs prepared, the client very likely would be in another stage, and the prepared herbs would be worthless or even make the person sicker. What is appropriate for one stage is not necessarily appropriate for another. People may go through the stages very quickly. For example, it is common for some to go from TaiYang (Greater Yang) to YangMing (Bright Yang) very quickly, spending almost no time in the ShaoYang (Lesser Yang) stage. Others may linger indefinitely in the ShaoYang stage - even months or years if proper treatment is not received. The Yang stages are characterized by Heat (fever); the Yin stages often are characterized by feelings of Cold. (The ShaoYin stage Deficiency Heat will be characterized by feelings of Heat. The ShaoYin stage Deficiency Cold will be characterized by feelings of Cold though there may or may not be a low-grade fever.) Suspect that a client is stuck in a particular stage when there is a history of some infection that the person never was quite the same afterwards. Although the person supposedly may have recovered according to Western criteria, the person has not recovered according to TCM criteria. (Antibody titer tests are measurements of what the immune system is doing, NOT a measure of how much of a particular virus is still in the body or how active it is or many of its effects. In some cases of longterm viral infection - for example, chronic Epstein Barr (the leading cause of mononucleosis) - some of the EB antibodies may even go down as the person's body and immune system becomes exhausted and no longer can produce adequate amounts of the antibody needed to fight the infection.) The 6 stages are named after pairs of meridians. For example, the TaiYang meridians are the Bladder and the Small Intestine. The Bladder meridian tranverses the leg, and the Small Intestine meridian transverses the arm. When you see the term " Foot TaiYang " , this is referring to the Bladder meridian. When you see the term " Hand TaiYang " this is referring to the Small Intestine because the Small Intestine meridian tranverses the hand and arm. The other meridians are: Shao (Lesser) Yang: Gall Bladder (Foot); Triple Warmer (Hand). Yang (Bright) Ming: Stomach (Foot); Large Intestine (Hand). Tai (Greater) Yin: Spleen (Foot); Lungs (Hand). Shao (Lesser) Yin: Kidneys (Foot); Heart (Hand). Jue (Dark) Yin: Liver (Foot); Pericardium (Hand). Sometimes these groupings of meridians can describe the progression of Exterior Pernicious Evils (Cold, Heat, Wind, Dampness, Dryness) to the Interior without there being an infection component. For example, the headaches I used to have were due to Wind Cold in the Bladder and Small Intestine meridians - the Tai (Greater) Yang meridians. The Bladder and Small Intestine meridians are the most " surface " (the most Exterior) of the meridians. (All meridians are classifed as Exterior, but the Bladder and Small Intestine are the most Exterior.) If the headache got worse, other symptoms besides the headache began to appear. The most troubling for me was the nausea. Read Gall Bladder (Shao (Lesser) Yang) involvement and Stomach (Yang (Bright) Ming) involvement. Eventually a headache stage was reached that can be compared to Jue (Dark) Yin with Liver involvement. The nausea was incredible, and I felt hot and cold at the same time. The pain in my head was absolutely debilitating, and all I could stand was to lay in a dark room. Once I began to discover acupoints that got rid of these headaches, I discovered if one had progressed to the point of the extreme nausea, points on the Bladder and Small Intestine meridians, points on the Gall Bladder meridian, and points on the Stomach meridian could not stop the nausea (though my head felt better). I needed to work points on the Liver channel. When students first begin to learn about the concepts of Exterior/ Interior and the meridians, there frequently is some confusion. The head, neck, arms, legs, skin, muscles, bones, and meridians are classified as Exterior, and the trunk of the body and the Organs are classified as Interior. All the meridians are classified as Exterior. BUT, the TaiYang (Greater Yang) meridians and stage are the only one that is completely Exterior. When the Shao Yang (Lesser Yang) is reached, the condition is partially Exterior, partially Interior. What this means it that in addition to symptoms which are entirely Exterior (the headache, the stiff neck, the pain in joints, etc.), Interior symptoms like nausea have started to appear. The Organs of the body and their functions may be starting to be affected. Channel (meridian) problems do NOT always manifest with effects on the Organs. (This will become clearer when I do a post on Maciocia's chapter on " Indentification of Patterns According to the Channels " .) For example, there can be Cold, Wind, Heat, or Dampness in the Liver meridian, and the only manifestations may be " headache, pain and swelling of the eye, cramps in the legs. " (The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, p. 310.) But, in some cases, when there is Cold, Wind, Heat, or Dampness in the Liver Channel, the Organ itself may be affected, and there may be Interior symptoms such as severe nausea. Whenever a Pernicious Evil in a meridian results in Interior symptoms (Organ involvement), one can just about bet that there is some pre- existing Interior imbalance, and this imbalance has gone untreated for some time, steadily worsening over the years. Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Marty, Thanks for the link. On Feb 1, 2008 9:39 AM, <martyeisen wrote: > > See the outline at > _http://sacredlotus.com/diagnosis/six_stages.cfm_ > (http://sacredlotus.com/diagnosis/six_stages.cfm) > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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