Interstitial Cystitis, Herb Therapy

by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

Clinical observation:

Urinary urgency, frequency and lower abdominal pain

not caused by infections or tumors.

The auto-immune dysfunction has been suspected as

the main cause of interstitial cystitis. There is no

established traditional treatment for interstitial cystitis.

Usually supportive treatments are being used.

A drug called  Suplatast Tosilate  (IPD-1151T), a TH2 cytokine inhibitor, made by Taisho Pharmaceutical (大正制药株式会社)﹐

the second largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has

been tried on interstitial cystitis patients and has produced

beneficial result.  This points to the possibility that auto-immune dysfunction can be the main cause of interstitial cystitis.

The author has had good success in correcting the auto-immune dysfunction with certain combinations of qigong training.

Other syndromes caused by auto immune dysfunction include asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, non infection chronic inflammation of prostates,  non infection chronic fatigue, lupus, scleroderma, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), etc.

Herb therapy

Prescription:

lu dou tang (mung bean soup) regularly to maintain health

of bladder.

Warning: Lu dou tang and liu wei di huang wan are not

suitable for shenyangxu IC sufferers.

After syndromes have subsided, shenyangxu (kidney yang deficient) IC sufferers can use jin gui shen qi wan or shi quan da bu tang to improve health.

Note:

Phaseolus aureus is the botanical name for mung bean

or lu dou.

lu dou tang:

Raise about 30 grams of mung bean and 3 grams of chen pi.

Simmer in about 1200 c.c. of water for 1 hour. Use as porridge.

(Warning: this soup is not suitable for kidney yang deficient

patients). It is suspected that most IC sufferers may of

kidney yang deficient.

Avoid consuming:

 spicy food, sugar or fruit juices, coffee, chocolate, alcohol,

 and avoid products containing ephedra (ma huang), ephedrine

 or pseudoephedrine.  If the body is shenyangxu (kidney yang

 deficient) type, avoid food high in potassium, like citrus,

 bananas, mung bean sprouts, grapes, spinach, and mustard

 green.

 Important: Click here to see explanation of formulae in

 Traditional Chinese medicine page.

 If auto-immune dysfunction is suspected  qigong therapy

can be used as main therapy if other methods fail.

jin qian cao, (Lysimachia nummularia L.)

Properties: acrid, cool, bitter and non toxic.

Uses: rid of infection, promote urination, inhibition coughing,

for jaundice, for stones in kidneys or bladders, spitting of

blood, skin rash. 

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hu po (fossil of amber)

is the fossil of  rosin of pine trees.

Uses: rid of blood clots, calming, for epilepsy, insomnia,

blood in urine, to promote urination.

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Chen pi

Chen pi is the dried and semi fermented peel of citrus reticulata Blanco, citrus tangerina Hort. et Tanaka,  or citrus erythrosa Tanaka

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間質性膀胱炎

大正製药株式会社(Taisho Pharmaceutical )所製造消炎药甲磺司特(Suplatast Tosilate)　為白细胞介質抑制劑，作為支氣管哮喘、過敏性鼻炎及特應性皮炎治療藥已經上市。

早期的臨床研究结果已經表明，本品對間質性膀胱炎有治療效果。由此臨床研究﹐可推及間質性膀胱炎主要致病原因可能是自體免疫機能過敏。

本文作者曾經以辯証法配合幾種氣功減輕自體免疫機能過敏﹐相當有效。

自體免疫機能過敏可引起各種症狀﹔包括﹕哮喘﹐類風濕關節炎﹐非感染性前列腺炎﹐非感染性長期疲倦﹐紅斑性狼瘡﹐硬皮病﹐自發性血小板減少紫瘢等。

處方﹕

車前草15 克﹐ 金錢草15克﹐紫草15克﹐

土茯苓15克﹐白花蛇舌草10克﹐琥珀粉3克(另包)﹐

白芍10克﹐赤芍10克﹐甘草10克﹐澤瀉10克﹐

丹皮10克﹐茯苓10克﹐桂枝3克。

先將各藥(除琥珀粉)用水洗淨。各藥連同琥珀粉

加水六大碗﹐煎成兩碗。每日一劑 分三次溫服。

連用7 至15 劑。痊癒後。腎陰虛者可用六味地黃

丸和綠豆湯 調理。

須避免用﹕辣椒﹐香料﹐咖啡﹐酒精﹐巧克力﹐

可可﹐麻黃﹐含麻黃素之西藥。

體質屬於腎陽虛型者 少吃高鉀食物﹔如柑桔﹐柚﹐

西柚﹐香蕉﹐葡萄﹐菠菜﹐芥菜, 等。

如懷疑是自體免疫機能致病﹐可用氣功治療。

金錢草

性味： 味辛苦，性寒，無毒。

功效： 清熱，利尿，鎮咳。治黃疸、結石、

吐血、溼疹。

紫草

屬紫草科多年生草本植物。根入藥，有活血、涼血、

清熱解毒、利尿、滑腸等功效

琥珀

琥珀為古代松科植物的樹脂埋藏地下經久凝結而成。

功用﹕散瘀止血；鎮驚安神，治驚風癲癇，驚悸失眠；

利水通淋，治血便血尿。