Type I Diabetes autoimmune disorder: TP: use anti viral herbs, tx latent heat?

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i was reading about type I diabetes in taber's med dict and noticed that

this is can be an autoimmune disorder caused by a virus such as influenza,

mumps, rubella that causes the immune system attack on the beta cells. this

got me to thinking about using anti viral herbs and tx latent heat in these

patients.

 

i'm wondering what your reaction might be to this possible tx strategy?

 

i look forward to hearing your comments on this idea.

 

kath

 

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[Guest guest]

Kath,

One cannot necessarily translate from biomedical ideas into

Chinese medical ones. In other words, viruses are not necessarily

latent heat, and latent heat doesn't necessarily mean viruses. Latent

evils can include latent cold, latent damp, latent damp-heat, or

latent dryness. It is very interesting that the latest research

indicates viruses or external attacks may trigger diabetes type I, but

by the time diabetes develops, the pattern(s) are usually quite

complex, requiring a mixture of warm and cold, supplementing and

draining medicinals. .

As you point out, most 'anti-viral' Chinese herbs are bitter and

cold, such as chuan xin lian, but if the patient is yang or qi xu with

internal cold, such medicinals can damage the yang qi further.

Recent Chinese cases seem to discourage the indiscriminate use of cold

bitter medicinals for viral diseases.

 

 

 

On Mar 29, 2008, at 12:25 PM, wrote:

 

> i was reading about type I diabetes in taber's med dict and noticed

> that

> this is can be an autoimmune disorder caused by a virus such as

> influenza,

> mumps, rubella that causes the immune system attack on the beta

> cells. this

> got me to thinking about using anti viral herbs and tx latent heat

> in these

> patients.

>

> i'm wondering what your reaction might be to this possible tx

> strategy?

>

> i look forward to hearing your comments on this idea.

>

> kath

>

> --

>

> Oriental Medicine

> Experienced, Dedicated, Effective

>

> Flying Dragon Liniment:

> Effective pain relief for muscles & joints

> Formulated by Kath Bartlett, Traditional Chinese Herbalist

> Available at Asheville Center for , or web order at:

> https://www.kamwo.com/shop/product.php?productid=17442 & cat=0 & page=1

>

> Asheville Center For

> 70 Woodfin Place, Suite West Wing Two

> Asheville, NC 28801 828.258.2777

> kbartlett

> www.AcupunctureAsheville.com

>

>