Ear infections & ST fluid reflux in children

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Hi Marty & All,

 

Re: Ear infections & ST fluid reflux in children, I wrote:

> What TCM Pattern would that be? How would one have diagnosed it

> without WM research on the composition of the ear fluid?

 

Marty replied:

> Chinese medicine should change as new discoveries are made. For

> example, suppose the acid reflux was due to Stomach Fire. The new

> symptoms for that pattern might include recurrent ear infections,

> especially in children. Thus, future doctors would be able to treat

> that problem if they didn't have access to laboratories. In the old

> days, sensitive physicians might have been able to diagnose this

> problem energetically.

 

Marty, of course you are correct!

 

In the western trial [i only have the details from

http://www.drgreene.com/21_923.html ], it is possible that the WM

clinicians did not look for signs of SP Qi Xu, ST Heat, etc. But an

experienced TCM physician would have found these from the total

symptom picture + bad breath, as detailed in

http://www.roberthelmer.ca/einfections02.html

 

 

Best regards,

 

 

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