Aplastic Anemia - Basics

Aplastic anemia involves fatigue, frequent infections, bleeding and other symptoms.  It may arise spontaneously or from chemotherapy, radiation, or other drug/chemical exposures.  From a TCM perspective it may involved spleen blood deficiency or other heat in the blood diagnoses, but yin deficient autoimmune factors are also common.

Aplastic Anemia - Diagnostic Patterns

The Chinese Medicine treatment of aplastic anemia generally involves arriving at the appropriate TCM diagnosis or pattern. This pattern within the individual is what treatment is based on not the general condition (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).

The following patterns may represent the underlying contributing factors for the development of aplastic anemia:

Aplastic Anemia - Tam Healing and Tongren Therapy Protocols

Tong Ren Therapy is the energy healing/medical qi gong aspect of the Tam Healing System. The areas of focus for aplastic anemia that we would use in Tong Ren techniques form the basis for our acupuncture treatments as well. Generally you would mix these primary points with points specific to the patients underlying TCM pattern and then our tuina (medical massage) would be largely focused on these points as well.

The following Tam healing and tong ren therapy protocols may be used with aplastic anemia:

• Tam Healing and Tong Ren Therapy for Aplastic Anemia