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Kevin Dai L.Ac. E-mail: dragondxq@gmail Website: AcupuncturePeople

Kevin Dai L.Ac. E-mail: dragondxq@gmail.com Website: www.AcupuncturePeople.com. The origin and development of Chinese herbs The Connotation of Chinese Herbs Caution & Contraindications Herbs Property Compatibility of Chiness Herbs Modern Research.

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Kevin Dai L.Ac. E-mail: dragondxq@gmail Website: AcupuncturePeople

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  1. Kevin Dai L.Ac. E-mail: dragondxq@gmail.com Website: www.AcupuncturePeople.com

  2. The origin and development of Chinese herbs • The Connotation of Chinese Herbs • Caution & Contraindications • Herbs Property • Compatibility of Chiness Herbs • Modern Research

  3. The origin and development of Chinese herbs • Primitive Societies (2100 B.C.) • Xia, Shang & Zhou Dynasty ( The Slavery: 2000 B.C. ~ 200 B.C.)

  4. Qin & Han Dynasty ( The Feudal age: 221 B.C ~ 220 A.C. ) • One of the four classic books • 5 Taste: Sore Salt Sweet Bitter Spicy • Temperature characteristics (Qi): Cold Heat Warm Cool • The principle of using poison herbs: • Cold disease  hot herbs; Heat dis.  Cold herbs

  5. IV. Tang Dynasty (581 A.C. ~ 907 A.C. ) <<Tang Materia Medica>> (844) First medicine codex which was edited by the government First illustrated materia medica Herb name + illustrate + explanation Original habitat Harvest season Ren shen (ginsenoside ) : August Different part Ma Huang: ephedrine

  6. 道家经典《道藏》曾把霍山石斛、天山雪莲、三两人参、百二十年首乌、花甲茯苁、深山灵芝、海底珍珠、冬虫夏草等列为中华“九大仙草”，且霍山石斛名列之首。

  7. V. Ming Dynasty (1368 ~1644 B.C.) • << Grand Materia Medica >> ( Ben Cao Gang Mu ) Darwin: Chinese Cyclopaedia

  8. Modern Era ( 1949 ~ ) • << Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Substances >> • Almost each province has it’s own college

  9. The Connotation of Chinese Herbs • 1. Treat patient as a whole • 2. We exactly use which properties of the herb ?! • 3. What is the combination of herbs?

  10. Cautions

  11. Cautions toPregnant Women

  12. Contraindications • Contraindications of herb combination • Contraindications of food taking • Contraindications to pregnant women • Modern Research about Chinese Herbs’ Contraindications

  13. Certain foods can have adverse effects on the herbal therapy In Ancient books

  14. Certain foods can have adverse effects on the herbal therapy • Tea • Cold, Greasy or Spicy food • Daykon4.Raw Food

  15. Contraindications toPregnant Women

  16. Discussion • Chinese herbs + Western Medicine • How to diagnose herbal-related poisoning ?

  17. Herb Property • 1. Four Characters • 2. Five Taste • 3. Channels of Entry • 4. lifting, lowering, floating and sinking

  18. Herbs Property 1. Four Qi ( The temperature Characteristic ) 2. Clinic Practicing <A> Treating cold syndrome with hot-natured drugs (or heating the cold) Treating heat syndrome with cold-natured drugs ( or cooling the heat) <B> Identify the “Real cold syndrome with fake heat syndromes” or “Real heat syndromes with fake cold syndromes” <C> According to the development of disease to choose proper herbs <D> Treating both heat & cold symptoms with both cold & hot natured drugs

  19. Herb Property 2. Five Taste

  20. Herb Property 3. Channels of Entry Herb agents target specific channels within the body to effect a change in that channel

  21. Herb Property • 4. lifting, lowering, floating and sinking Varying disease often appear to bear a tendency to move upward, downward, towards the exterior or the interior. Corresponding to the above, the direction of actions of medicinal herbs on human body also have the lifting, lowering, floating and sinking distinction

  22. Compatibility of Chinese Herbs– Herb Pairs • 1. Mutual reinforcement （相须） • 2. Mutual assistance （相使 ） • 3. Mutual restraint or detoxication（相畏 or相杀） • 4. Mutual Antagonism （相恶） • 5. Mutual Incompatibility （相反）

  23. 1. Mutual reinforcement （相须） • That is, two or more ingredients with similar properties and effects are used in combination to reinforce each other’s action

  24. 2. Mutual assistance （相使 ） • That is, Chinese medicinal herbs that are not certainly similar but have some relationship in the aspect of medicinal properties and actions are used in combination, in which one herb is taken as the dominate factor and the others as its assistants to raise its therapeutic effects.

  25. 3. Mutual restraint or detoxication（相畏or相杀） • That is, mutual restraining effect of different medicines to weaken or neutralize each other’s harmfulness, such as toxicity or side-effects.

  26. Mutual Antagonism (相恶) The ability of two substances to minimize or neutralize each other’s positive effects

  27. Mutual Incompatibility (相反) Cause side effects or toxicity if use together

  28. Modern research and traditional Chinese medicine • Research about the chemical ingredients of herbs • To give scientific evidence about how to harvest, collect & storage herbs • Quality identification • Improve the traditional processing herb method • Support to make new patent medicine

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