Damp/phlegm and dry?

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As a beginner I have come to a question with a client. This person has been

on prednisone for a long time and has definite heat, deficient heat, yin

def. and is basically dried up (def jin ye, etc.), however he also has signs

of dampness and phlegm, probably because the prednisone makes his internal

environment so nice for a yeast type overgrowth. Tongue is red with thick

coat and even large plaques of white, most scrapes off pretty easily. Pulse

fast, slippery, empty. Where would one start to treat him? I have figured

to really reduce heat and def. heat along with yin nourishing (I think the

heat is the root, what he has been treated for in WM too and the prednisone

adds more heat and stagnation and now he is yin def and dried up). However,

I seem to feel the yin nourishing may add to the dampness and phlegm.

 

Thanks for quick ideas to guide me along.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Chinese Medicine , " Brian Harasha "

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As a beginner I have come to a question with a client. This person has

been on prednisone for a long time and has definite heat, deficient

heat, yin def. and is basically dried up (def jin ye, etc.), however he

also has signs of dampness and phlegm ..... Tongue is red with thick

coat and even large plaques of white, most scrapes off pretty easily.

Pulse fast, slippery, empty. Where would one start to treat him?

 

Hi Brian

My best teachers - also very effective practitioners - always say to

clear excess first, and once you and the patient see and feel a

difference, begin the nourishing.

The excess heat will be much easier to clear than the great challenge

in a Yin Xu case - co-existing Phlegm or Damp.

Your patient will feel so much better just to have some of that heat

cleared... calmer, better sleep, less inflammation etc

Perhaps use acupuncture to clear excess heat and to gently move a bit

of Qi, and then herbs, diet, lifestyle to address the Phlegm/Damp/Empty

Heat?

 

Margi

www.luminahealth.com.au