1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808545203321

Autore

Lahans Tai

Titolo

The geology of the modern cancer epidemic : through the lens of Chinese medicine / / Tai Lahans, Cornerstone Cancer Clinic, Washington, USA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2013]

�2013

ISBN

981-4436-32-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 538 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

616.994071

Soggetti

Medicine, Chinese

Pollution - Health aspects

Tumors - Etiology

Tumors - Treatment

Cancer - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Dedication; Endorsement; Foreword; Introduction; The Importance of Cancer Prevention; The Internal/External Mechanisms of Disease; Historical Underpinnings; The Great Chain of Being; Responsibility; Chapter One: Water - The San Jiao; Water and Africa; Water Around the World; Fish; The World's Largest Hydraulic Civilization; Water and Erosion; Water Quality - Petrochemicals, Fertilizers, and Pesticides; Water Depletion; Water Safety; Water and Plastics; The Law of Ceaseless Cycles; A New Consciousness; Chinese Medicine; Etiological Factors in Cancer Pathogenesis; 1. The Emotions

2. Dampness and Phlegm Accumulations 3. Toxic Heat Pathogens, Latent Pathogenic Factors, and Fire Poisons; 4. Organ Deficiencies; The San Jiao and the Source; Modern Analogs; The San Jiao and Osteopathy; The San Jiao and Neuropharmacology; The San Jiao and Cancer Etiology; Some Conclusions; References; Chapter Two: Air - Lung Cancer; Introduction; Epidemiology and History; The Medium is the Messenger - Air Pollution; Examples; Lung Patterns and Cancer Prevention; The Lung-liver Relationship and Smoking Cessation; Lung



Pathologies; Blood Stasis Patterns; Yang-deficient Lung Patterns; Asthma

Conventional Medicine Structural Signs and Acupuncture Interventions in Asthma; Classical Theory and Asthma; Blood Stasis Patterns; Yang Deficiency Asthma; Wind Spasm as an Additional Mechanism in Asthma; Yin Fire Asthma; Binding Phlegm; Cold Phlegm; Hot Phlegm; Lung Qi Deficiency with Phlegm; Lung and Kidney Qi Deficiency with Phlegm; Cough and Phlegm; Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Emphysema; Rules of treatment; Conclusion; References; Chapter Three: Earth - Colorectal Cancer; Introduction; Colorectal Cancer; Mechanisms of CRC; Some solutions; Chinese Medicine

Spleen Patterns in DetailSpleen-Yin deficiency; Spleen Yin deficiency with heat in the bladder; Stomach Yang deficiency with heat in the chest; Stomach Yang deficiency with water stagnation; Spleen Yang deficiency with severe spleen Yin deficiency; Spleen deficiency and liver excess; Spleen deficiency with liver excess and blood stasis; Spleen deficiency with lung excess; Spleen deficiency with kidney Yang deficiency; Irritable bowel syndrome;  inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, crohn's disease; Type II diabetes; Conclusion; References; Chapter Four: Yin and Qi - Breast Cancer

Introduction The Problem; Some Examples; Drive-Shame Binds; Interpersonal Need Shame Binds; Purpose Shame Binds; Results; Chinese Medicine; Depression; Emotional Constraint; Anxiety; Insomnia; Conclusions; External Influences; Known Links to Breast Cancer Causation; General; Known Links to Breast Cancer; Ionizing Radiation; Chemicals; Xenoestrogens; Polyvinyl chloride; Pesticides; Cosmetics and Personal Products; Solvents; Aromatic Amines; 1,3-Butadiene; Probable Links to Breast Cancer Causation; DDT/DDE and PCBs; PAHs; Dioxin; Ethylene Oxide; Possible Links to Breast Cancer; Heptachlor

Triazine Herbicides

Sommario/riassunto

Cancers are on the rise across the world. Except for viral-based cancers, overall cancers are diseases that may be preventable. This book looks at the many levels of determined, probable, and possible causation for several common cancers. These causes include realities found in culture, anthropology, sociology, politics, the environment, agriculture and food, beliefs, and the modern lifestyle. These realities are filtered through the perennial science of Chinese medicine - an ecological system of knowing and understanding the human body as it relates to the world around us.The book covers lung