Life Advice of TCM

Life Advice

NAME OF CLIENT :	Mark
GENDER :	Men
AGE :	25
DATE :	21 - AUG - 2008
Diagnosis of TCM	Cough in evening

By answering the questionnaire in '' Between heaven and earth '' , The relationships of the five elements play an important role in maintaining a balanced lifestyle. the five elements theory

remains relevant in promoting health.

Understanding the relationships between the elements is the first step to achieve a harmonious balance in nature and life.

a ) The behavioural patterns belongs to Fire ,the fire patterns in this client can be found obvious characteristics :

• Happiness emptional
• Volatility
• Make friends with each other
• Powerful and energetic
• Ability to lead and inspire others,sensitive to feelings of others,optimistic and spontaneous,Creative

b) By pattern diagnosis from diet :after inquiring food formula he prefer to intake the cold nature of food as follows:

	Energy generated	intake food / drinks
Yin	Cold	Bamboo shoot, banana,crab,grapefruit, kelp, lettuce, muskmelon, persimmon, salt, seaweed, star fruit, sugar cane, watermelon
Yin	Cool	Cucumber, bean curd, chicken egg white, common button mushroom, oyster, radish, spinach, strawberry, wheat, wheat bran, cream, cheese, ice cream , cola
Balanced yin and yang	Neutral	Corn, cabbage (Chinese), carrot, chicken egg yolk, duck, grape, honey, milk, oyster, peanuts, rice, pork, potato, pumpkin, radish leaf, Japanese mushroom, sweet rice, sweet potato,white fungu, sugar, yellow soybean.
Yang	Warm	Chicken,coconut, garlic, ham, leaf mustard, leek, shrimp
Yang	Hot	Pepper,cottonseed, ginger (dried), soybean oil, red and green pepper.

c ) By Pulse diagnosis : rapid / slippery ; during this winter season ,a change of season causes the rate, rhythm, volume and tension of the pulse

to vary ,in general , sunk pulse in winter , but the client have a rapid and floating pulse the abnormal pulse from the normal.

2. No any medical history and laboratory reports as references , before this treatment the client had taken some herb medicine and

western medicine(eg. panadol )

3. The activity of daily record

7:00 AM -- wake up and take a bath
7:20 AM -- breakfast
7:50 AM -- defecation
8:10 AM -- go to school
8:40 AM -- 15:00 PM study at school (12:30 PM lunch time)
15:30 PM --- go home and have some desserts or some cold drinks
16:30 - 17:30 -- exercise ( twice per week )
18:20- 19:00 PM --- dinner time
19:30 - 22:00 PM -- do home work and play computer game a little while
22:00 ~ 23:00 PM -- go to bed (sleeping)

4. Regarding the individual constitution and life style after diagnosis confirmation , we take some life advice as follows:

a . Proper eating habit and a balanced diet
eating style : slight fast , hot /cold mixed , play computer after eating
- suggestion : try to eat slowly first and increase chew timing during eating period
- balance diet : do not intake more cold drinks/foods in order to prevent cough getting worse .

b. Prpoper activities and sleep
- suggestion the lateral posture of sleep(face toward right hand) will be helpful and healthy , on the other hand ,
the life day activity still regular and normal

c. Proper lifestyle in current season ( eg. Winter)

• It is advisable to eat more food with bitter flavors and reduce salty flavors, in order to reduce the work load of

the kidneys.Since eating too much hard, glutinous, uncooked and frozen food damage the spleen and stomach

• Winter is cold; and many living things slow down to save energy while some animals hibernate. It is the time

when yang qi becomes latent and yin qi dominates. It's the season when man conserves energy and builds
strength as a prelude to spring. People now have hearty appetites and a lower metabolic rate, enabling absorbed
nutrients to be stored more easily. Appropriate greasy food should be consumed in order to retain warmth.
According to the five elements theory in TCM, winter corresponds to the kidneys which are highly active in winter
and its astringent properties have an active storage function that help save energy.

d. Proper posture and exercise

keep your spine aligned and prevent unnecessarily bent or twisted postures, all of which can contribute to your comfort when standing,

sitting or moving around. Typing can be hazardous to the delicate tendons of your wrists: a correctly shaped keyboard can prevent

carpal tunnel syndrome and associated pain.

Pain is a symptom of postural misalignment and muscular dysfunction, how to correct posture as follows :

• Is there more weight on the left or right foot?
• Does the weight bare on the inside or outside of your feet?
• Are you back on your heels or on the balls of your feet?

Sugestion :
The first thing is to put your feet straight and only hip width apart (4-5" or 10cm). Keep you stomach relaxed and continue to breathe from

you abdomen. Now do the following:

• Pinch your shoulder blades together - moving them down and back - and release. Repeat X30
• Make BIG circles with your shoulders forwards. Repeat X30 and X30 Backwards
• Now squeeze and release your bum (or butt) cheeks. Repeat X60

e. E.Q management
As these are generalizations, but are helpful as guidelines:

A person with High EQ:

• Expresses his feelings clearly and directly with three word sentences beginning with "I feel..."
• Does not diguise thoughts as feelings by the use of "I feel like...." and "I feel that...." sentences.
• Is not afraid to express her feelings
• Tends to feel optimistic, but is also realistic, and can feel pessimistic at times.
• Does not internalize failure.
• Is not dominated by negative emotions such as: Fear, Worry, Guilt, Shame, Embarrassment, Obligation, Disappointment, Hopelessness,

Powerlessness, Dependency,

• Victimization, Discouragement

A person with Low EQ:

Doesn't take responsibilities for his feelings; but blames you or others for them.

• Can't put together three word sentences starting with "I feel..."
• Can't tell you why she feels the way she does, or can't do it without blaming someone else.
• Attacks, blames, commands, criticizes, interrupts, invalidates, lectures, advises and judges you and others.
• Tries to analyze you, for example when you express your feelings.
• Often begins sentences with "I think you..."
• Sends "you messages" disgused as "I feel messages" For example, "I feel like you ...

f. Personal development in mind and spirit

• Due to the client have fire elements activity predominantly leads to consume over qi , in the meantime , lung qi still deficiency as well ,

depends on Five element theory of TCM

• , Fire(Heart) will overacting metal(Lung) , thus cough will getting worse in night time(yin predominant)

• Suggesting:

keep calm down 30 minutes when coughing , in order to regulate and smooth the flow of qi at lung
Do exercise of ba duan jing , it can promote the qi and blood circulation in the lung meridian,if possible .

g.Health maintenance by TCM regarding medical history and Lab. report , it is better if you can make a short-term ,
medium and long-term advice e.g. Acupuncture , Moxibustion ,remedial diet.
Due to the client have no Lab. report as this matters, according to the symptoms remaining , make a definite advice for him :

• short-term advice(acupuncture): select the acupoint to treat his chief complaint symptom(cough)
  
• medium advice (remedial diet):to provide the databases available of Energetics of Vegetable / Fruits , A knowledge of food energetics can deeply

supplement a practitioner's ability to help their clients and this article sets out to provide guidelines for giving dietary advice and working successfully

with food(see chart A , chart B)

5.What actions will you take to promote the compliance of your client with your advice on the individual's life style ?

• Proper diet : to follow the remedial diet to prevent illness is the best treatment ,remedial diet for individual's constitution, taste and flavour ,

minimum side effect and toxicity, convenience.
"Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food" , Healthy eating and keep balance your diet .

• Regular activities (from day and night)to keep moving but do not overstudy, overwoking to prevent consumption of yang qi (especially in winter season).
• Purify the mind ,spirit to control desire and follow the simple lifestyle (yin - yang balance)

A : The Energetics of Fruit /Vegetables

Food	Temp	Flavour	Route	Tonifies	Regulates
Alfalfa Sprout	neutral	bitter, salty	K,LI	yin, blood	D, T, W
Artichoke	cool	bitter, salty, sweet	GB, Liv	yin, blood	QC, T, W
Asparagus	cold	bitter, sweet	K, L	yin	D, H
Aubergine	cool	sweet	LI, Liv, S, St, U		BC, H
Bamboo Shoot	cold	sweet	LI, L, St		D, H, W
Beetroot	neutral	sweet	H, Liv	blood
Black Fungus	neutral	sweet	LI, St
Broccoli	cool	bitter, pungent
Cabbage	neutral	pungent, sweet	LI, St
Caper	warm	bitter, pungent			BC, C, D
Carrot	neutral	sweet	Liv, L, S		QC
Cauliflower	cool		LI, S, SI
Celery	cool	bitter, sweet	Liv, St		D, H, W
Chicory	cool	bitter	GB, Liv		W
Chinese Cabbage	neutral	sweet	LI, St		D, H, W
Courgette	cool	sweet
Coriander Leaf	warm	pungent	L, S		B, C
Cucumber	cool	sweet	LI, S, St		H, T
Daikon (Mouli)	cool	pungent, sweet			D, P
Dandelion Leaf	cold	bitter, salty, sweet	GB, Liv, S	blood	H, W
Kale	warm	bitter, sweet	L, St
Kelp	cool	salty	B, K, Liv, St	yin, blood	T, W
Kohlrabi	neutral	bitter, pungent, sweet			BC, C, D
Leek	warm	pungent, sweet	Liv		BC, C
Lettuce	cool	bitter, sweet	LI, St		L, H, W
Marrow	cool	sweet
Mungbean Sprout	cold	sweet	LI	yin	H, T
Mushroom (button)	cool	sweet	LI, L, SI, St		P, QC, T
Mustard Leaf	warm	pungent	L, St		BC, C, P
Nori	cold	salty, sweet		yin	HP
Olive	neutral	sour, sweet	L, St		T
Onion	warm	pungent	L		BC, C, D, T
Parsnip	warm	pungent, sweet	Liv, L
Pepper	warm	pungent	St		BC
Plantain	cold	sweet	LI, SI	yin	H, P
Potato	neutral	sweet	K, S, St	yin, qi	H
Pumpkin	neutral	sweet	L, S		D
Radish	cool	pungent, sweet	L, St		D, P, QC, T
Scallion	warm	bitter, pungent	H, LI, L		BC, C, D
Seaweed	cold	salty	K, St	yin	H, P, T, W
Shiitake mushroom	neutral	sweet	St	qi	P
Spinach	cool	sweet	LI, St	blood
Sring Onion	warm	pungent	L, St
Squash	warm	sweet	S, St	qi	C, QC
String Bean	neutral	sweet	K, S	yin
Sweet Potato	warm	sweet	K, S	yin, qi	C
Swiss Chard	cool	sweet	LI, L, S, St		H, T
Tomato	cold	sour, sweet	Liv, St	yin
Turnip	neutral	bitter, pungent, sweet	St		BC, C, D, H, T
Water Chestnut	cold	sweet	L, St	yin	H, P
Watercress	warm	bitter, pungent	LI, L, S, St	blood	P, QC, T, W
White Fungus	neutral	sweet			D
Yam	neutral	sweet	K, L, S	yin, qi

B:

ABBREVIATIONS
Route		Action
L	Lung	QC	promotes Qi Circulation
LI	Large Intestine	BC	promotes Blood Circulation
St	Stomach	H	counteracts Heat
S	Spleen	C	counteracts Cold
H	Heart	D	counteracts Damp
SI	Small Intestine	W	drains Water
B	Bladder	P	resolves Phlegm
K	Kidney	T	removes Toxins
Pe	Pericardium
GB	Gall Bladder
Liv	Liver
U	Uterus