Flaws & Sionneau: 6 patterns that can underlie MS

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1. Phlegm Heat Internally Brewing Pattern

2. Damp Heat Damaging the Sinews Pattern

3. Blood Vacuity (Deficiency) With Wind Hyperactivity Pattern

4. Liver Blood - Kidney Yin Vacuity Pattern

5. Qi and Yin Dual Vacuity Pattern

6. Kidney Yang Insufficiency Pattern

 

Note to readers new to TCM: MS is a POSSIBLE manifestation of these

patterns. Not everyone who has one or more of these patterns will

develop MS. At present the etiology of MS is unknown. " However,

some, as yet unknown environmental factor seems to play a role in

this disease since its incidence is five times higher in termperate

than in tropical climates and its occurence has been linked to the

location where a patient spent their first 15 years. " (Flaws and

Sionneau, The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases With

, p. 353.)

 

Flaws and Sionneau also point out that slightly more women than men

develop MS. " Some authroities believe that, by the time this

condition has been diagnosed, it is well established, having

actually begun in adolescence or even childhood. " (p. 353.)