Overview
Pathological Varieties for Ulcerative Colitis
Clinic Classification of Ulcerative Colitis
The Dilemma of Treatments for UC
Chinese Herbs Can Induce and Maintain Remission of UC
Discussion
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a type of experienced medicine and has been used in clinical for a couple thousand years. TCM uses the Yin or Yang to represent the body’s balance – such as positive or negative, deficiency or sufficiency, to guide its clinic treatment; that is a theory or academic topic for doctors to discuss. For example, the most people with UC are diagnosed with Kidney Yang deficiency.
The intention is to help people with UC and focus on how to cure their disease rather than to simply stop the diarrhea.
In the past 13 years, 64 people suffering from UC were observed as they were treated with Chinese herbal therapy. The results are reported as follows:
In order to evaluate the clinic situation of people with UC and observe the herbal therapy results, the people with UC are analyzed according to the classification of severity.
64 people with UC are diagnosed by endoscopic examination, biopsy, blood and stool tests; 59 females and 5 males with an average age of 31.4 years old were observed and divided into 4 groups according to their severity.
(1) Mild cases: The diarrhea is less than 3 times a day with or without slight bloody and mucous stool. No fever and increased pulse beat rate complication. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in normal range. 8 cases.
(2. Moderate cases: Clinic manifestation shows between mild and severe cases. 21 cases.
(3) Severe cases: Frequency of diarrhea is more than 6 times a day with obvious mucous and bloody symptoms present. Body temperature is higher than 92 degree F.; pulse beat rate is faster than 90 per minute, ESR > 20 mm/hour and hemoglobin < 100 g/L. 35 cases.
(4) Serious complications: Massive bleeding, severe dehydration, acute dilatation, perforation of colon, etc. 0 cases.
1. Formula composition:
Six-Gentleman decoction with Aucklandia and Amomum, plus,
Radia Ginseng (ren shen), Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Sclerotium Poriae Cocos, Honey-fried Radix Glycyrrhizin Uralensia, Pericarpium Citri Reticulate, Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae, Fructus Amomi, Radis Aucklandiae Lappae, etc.
Total 25 kinds of herbs, some herbs are precious and hard to manage.
2. Preparation:
Place one package of herbs in a cookware pot and add 3 (8 oz.) cups of water.
Cook with high heat until preparation is boiling, turn the heat down to medium low;
cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Pour the liquid off into a container (preferably a thermos) and reserve the herbs in the original cookware.
Add another 2 cups of water to herbs and boil as above for the second boil.
Add the liquid from the second boil to the container and mix with the preparation from the first boil.
Preferably glass or Corning ware cookware should be used. Stainless steel is acceptable, but avoid copper or iron.
3. Intake:
Drink all the juice (preparation) in one or one and half day(s). Preparation can be divided into portions; take it 2 to 3 times a day. Drink the juice before meals, adding honey, sugar or sugar substitute as you wish. If not kept in a thermos, the juice should be kept in the refrigerator and warmed before drinking.
During the herbal treatment, avoid eating ice drinks or other frozen liquids, sea or raw foods. Recommend cooking vegetable and meat soups; warm or easily digested foods.
In order to avoid withdrawal side effects, people with UC can continuously take the drug the doctor descript. The herbs can independently cure UC.
Results from Herbal Therapy with the time course:
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Before therapy After therapy (weeks, months & year)
# of cases ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 w. 4 w. 6w. 8w. 10w. 12w. 16w. 6 m. 1 yr
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Remission 0 1 4 7 11 23 31** 28** 39** 8***
Mild 8 7 14 21 23 25 21 16 1 0
Moderate 21 25 30 25 21* 14 8 5 0
Severe 35 31 18 11 9 2*
Serious 0
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*4 cases continuously on their herb therapy. ** Part of cases ended their herb therapy
*** Irregularly take herbs when mucous stool presents.
From above scale, about 30 % improvement occurs in 4 weeks and 50% in 8 weeks of the herb treatment.
#21. The patient had to deal with diarrhea throughout the course of her illness. The worst time though was a six-week period when the patient was diagnosed with UC.
The patient has to go to the bathroom ten, fifteen, even twenty times a day with fresh blood and mucous diarrhea evident. She would have to stay in the bathroom all day long; it was very hard to deal with the lack of control in her life. Her body height is 5 ’4” and she only weighed 82 pounds. She lost nearly 20 pounds in two months.
The patient was afraid because her doctor recommended she take steroids and advised her to think about removal of her colon. Fortunately, she decided to take herb therapy.
Two weeks later, her diarrhea was reduced from 12 times a day to 3 times a day without abdominal crampy pain. Two months after using herb therapy, her bowel movement occurred once a day. Up to now, two years later, she controls the disease well and has regained 20 pounds of her body weigh.