Motor System Disorders

Separate A and B

A: Kidney deficiency (i.e. osteo), also Bi Zheng without pathogenic factor

Principle of Treatment - Tonify B: Bi Zheng (Wind/Cold/DamPulse - arthritis), pathogenic factors involved

Principle of Treatment – Expel and Tonify

Common syndromes Retrograde Spondylitis

– (A), usually in males, Kidney deficiency Seniors Arthralgia

– (A) and/or (B) Seniors Osteoporosis

– (A) Hip Arthopathy – (A), Spleen corresponds to hip

Treatment Tonify Kidney (Du Zhong, Sang Ji Sheng) *When tonifying Kidney Essence and/or Marrow, one must tonify Qi and blood Promote blood circulation (Dang Shen, Hong Hua) #1 – hip fractures #2 – ankle fractures

Herbs for pain: Ge Gen – neck/upper back Sang Zhi – elbow/wrist Fang Ji – lower leg/knees Shi Hu – hips Jiang Huang – shoulders Niu Xi – ankles Du Zhong – low back Gou Ji – mid/low back Wei Ling Xian – whole body (tendons) Qin Jiao – whole body (muscles) Hai Tong Pi – whole body (skin/muscles) Bu Gu Zhi – whole body (bones) Gu Sui Bu – whole body (bones) Xu Duan – whole body (bones)

Chronic pain: Quan Xie (scorpion) – nerve pain Wu Gong (centipede) – spinal pain Di Long (earthworm) – muscle pain Jiang Can (sick silkworm) – muscle pain Tu Bei Chong (cockroach) – muscle pain *more pain = more Liver *tablets or capsules are preferred (must take long term)  

Prevention Dry brush painful area daily Diet

1. slow calcium loss (more vitamin D, Mg, P, Cu, Zn)

- consume less coffee, alcohol, sugar

2. get more calcium (bone soup, almonds, tofu, soymilk, dairy, sardines, spirulina

Exercise Yoga (softball), swim, walk, Tai Ji, Qi gong, dancing, meditation