Acute and Chronic Inflammation slide 144

Pitta disorders – heat and wetness

Chrohic Inflammation is somewhat Vata

Vata is destructive pain

Amavata – inflammation with toxins

• Insufficient digestion
• Incompletely digested food absorbed by the lymph system
• Incomplete processed RASA absorbed by lymph
• Affects all doshas
• Contaminants lodged in the joints

 

HOT WET INFLAMMATORY HERBS

Turmeric

Arnica – internally can be used internally, promotes tissue re-healing

Amla – slow acting

Triphala

What to do?

Reduce short term discomfort

Facilitate healing

Reduce long term tissue damage

Can reduce Lupus  symptoms in 3 weeks

 

Anti-Inflammatory Herbs

Turmeric, Wild Yam, Licorice, green vegetagles, ginkgo, Omega 3 oils, flaxseed

Baical skullcap – because of the content of flavinoids 4 to 10 grams a day.

4 grams per day because it is very bitter.  It is very yellow because of its flavinoid content.

Pycnogenol

Works very well for inflammatory conditions – made from Maritime Pine Bark. Because of high flavinoid content.  Grapeseed extract has the same flavinoids and lots cheaper.

Licorice root

Mimics cortisol

 

Aloe and Marshmallow is not specific for inflammation and may treat other thigns the patient has.

BONE HEALTH

7% of the body mass DRY – FAT FREE is 7%  Bone mineral about 5% of body mass.

Clarissa says ITM Pynogentol bottle for $30

Human body has 1 KG of Calcium – 20% of bone mass is Calcium

1 KG Phosporus in body.

80% water

50% connective tissue

Bone Compostion

Osteoporosis

Condition of Bone Mineral Loss.  Estrogen is important in depositing minerals into the bone.

Female hormone herbs help. Wide variety of phyto estrogen

Calcium issues – excess and deficiency in America is common

Magnesium deficiency is more common

2000 mg/day Calcium 1000mg /  Magnesium 500 mg

KP uses Calcium Citrate Malate almost exclusively

Calcium Hydroxyapatite is the natural calcium in the bone.  First to show a reversal of Osteoporosis

Calcium Carbonate NO – this is chalk.  Requires acid medium in the stomach, hard to use.  Most people don’t have an acid stomach.

Fibromyalgia FMS

Wide spread muscular pain and fatigue.  Not easy to diagnose.  Mysterious disease – large interconnected group of disabling conditions.  IBS is highly overlapping with Fibromyalgia – 70% have IBS, but not every IBS has Fibromyalgia

Chronic depletion – chronic mineral deficiency.18 points of diagnosis, need to have 11 of them.

PITTA man 37 years old: Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.

2% of population has FMS

Dr. Andrew Weil says is is more like 5%

5% in genral medical practice

1% of British and Scandinavia

7-10x more in women

10-30% of all Rheumatology consultations in North America.

Median age at onset 29 – 37 yrs old

Main symptom is PAIN

FMS is a disease of the nervous system, not the muscular… biochemical disorder, not treatable with massage or acupuncture – doesn’t last.

Restless Legs, Fibro-fog – confusion

Same as CFIDS

Sleep Issues slide 172

3AM is the magic awakening time.  – use KAVA or L-Theanine

Virus / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Magnesium, Ribose, Vitamin D

If you take one thing, it should be Magnesium.  Start with a bowel tolerance of Magnesium for 3 weeks.

Magnesium is what makes Green Vegetables Green.

Dr. Katz from YALE had 100% resolution with 10 magnesium IVs – all reduced in pain, 70% no longer FMS

Ribose is in food and made in our bodies.  Similar study had 100% IV resolution

15gm of Ribose sugar per day.  Body can’t burn it as energy – goes directly to your cells to generate ATP.  Tastes sweet, tastes weird.

CALMS is very stool loosening.

Magnesium Glycinate is the least stool loosening.

Ribose in a smoothie.  Some people take it by the teaspoon.  Ribose does not effect blood sugar levels.

There is no way to estimate an ideal ratio of Calcium and Magnesium

If you took the Herbalism courses and Nutritional Therapy courses you will have a good portion of a Naturopathic degree, not counting the Bodywork, etc.

Determine if the person has a virus

 

XU Duan – Chinese Teasel – Arnica of Chinese medicine.  A real work horse means to fix that which is broken.

Good for traumatic injury 15 grams a day powder or tea – powder is best.

Dipsacus Root

It nips the sinews

Vitamin D

Strong association pain syndromes

Recent study 1 in 4 chronic pain patients have low serum Vitamin D

KP takes 7,000 UI per day

Nexrutine is a Chinese Herb Phellodendron amurense – Extract Amur cork tree bark

Very good.  Inhibits the COX-2 gene w/o inhibiting the COX-1

Asprin inhibits both COX-1 and COX-2

Nexrutine has broader use for inflammation Huang Bai is the Chinese Name can find in the Chinese Herb store.  High in Berberine.  Berberine is not well extracted in tea, therefore the powder is better.

Faster pain relief than Naproxin

9% in study reported beneficial effects pain reduction &/or inflammation increase in mobility, flexibility

Magnesium is profoundly anti-inflammatory of cardiovascular, and muscles

John Myers- Physician invented Myer’s Cocktail

Dr.Gaby reversed engineered the formula and introduced it at Bastyr naturopathic college.  The Vitamic C causes the IV drip to sting a bit.

Formula is readily available on the Internet.

Magnesium chloride

calcium,

Vitamin B complex

Vitamin C

Works for extreme pain.  Must be done at a slow drip because Magnesium too much will cause your heart to stop.  Tahoma Clinic in Kent, WA teach people to do their own Magnesium IV – the kit is $5

$75 when a nurse does it for you.  Takes 20 minutes – total of one hour with a butterfly needle.  Need 10 injections at twice a week for 5 weeks.

37 ml (about 7 tsp) of nutrient solution

People can take these supplements by mouth, but it is stool loosening. Takes time to build up the Magnesium in your body over time.