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CapsuleMay 2011

CapsuleMay 2011

What are the features of Chinese Medicine intervention on oncology? (Treatment of tumors)

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Renowned Chinese Medicine Practitioner specialized in bone setting

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No life without enzymes! P.4

ACU-EXPRESS P.5

From the Desk of the CEO P.6

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Prof. Chow Ching Fung, RCMPGeneral Practice DivisionMiLOC Pulse – Wan Chai

Dr. Wendy Wong , RCMPGeneral Practice DivisionMiLOC Pulse – Wan Chai

Mr. Yiu Kai Tim, RCMPGeneral Practice DivisionMiLOC Pulse – Wan Chai

Mr. Lam Tat Hing, RCMPBone-setting Division

MiLOC Pulse – Wan Chai

Prof. Su Jin, RCMPGeneral Practice Division

MiLOC Pulse - Jordon

Mr. Hui Chiu Wah, RCMPBone-setting DivisionMiLOC Pulse - Jordon

Prof. Hsieh Ching Liang, Consultant

MiLOC Pulse – Jordon

Mr. Chan Chi Hang, RCMPGeneral Practice Division

MiLOC Clinics - Jordon

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What are the features of Chinese Medicine intervention oncology (Treatment of tumors)?CM oncology has been a long history, especially in the past 30 years, it has been rapidly developed. It has enhanced the quality of life, and prolonged the life expectancy especially of those cases where the patients are not fit for operation, radiation therapy or chemotherapy. It includes end stages with metastalsis from post operation and post radiation recurrence. Through Chinese medicine treatment, not only the symptomatic improvement, but also the life prolonged. It is amazing to observe that, in some cases, size of malignancy reduces and even dismisses with only the effect of Chinese Medicine herb.In this new era, quality of life and lifespan is the golden standard of prognosis of oncology. In this case, Chinese medicine can play an important role in the treatment of cancer.The advantages of Chinese Medicine are supplemen-tary to western medicine as mentioned:

HolismIn Chinese Medicine, holistic intervention is applied on cancer patients as did in parents of other diseases. Under the theory of Chinese Medicine, lesion is not only in confronting position, but also in complemen-tary position with body. The progress and prognosis of incurable diseases are in proportionately associated with the defense mechanism against tumor in our bodies. Intervention on localised lesion would not achieve full recovery purpose. Therefore, holistic approach from Chinese medicine on incurable disease is not only for localised lesion, but also the defense mechanism against tumor in our body as a whole. So, it is the thought of reinforcing the healthy qi and elimi-nating the pathogenic factors’. According to ‘Internal Classic’, struggle between healthy qi and pathogenic qi, Chinese medicine theory states, pathogenesis can be explained as struggle between healthy qi and patho-genic qi. All pathogenic factors can be classified as ‘pathogen’ which include qi stagnation, blood stasis,

heat toxin, dampness, congealing phlegm and psycho-logical shock. ‘healthy qi’ is in our body, including congenital health and acquired immune system. As mentioned as Internal Classic, healthy body is not prone to pathogen while pathogen would only infect body lacking healthy qi. Hence, only unhealthy body suffers from diseases.

Pattern identificationPattern identification is the main guideline of Chinese medicine treatment as well as the principle of treat-ment. With different bodies and different locations of diseases, every condition will be individualised into unique ‘pattern identification’ under different stages and clinical manifestations. In this way, therapeutic method is identified and hence are the suitable prescriptions. For example, for liver cancer, if the pattern identification is blood stasis due to qi stagnation, the treatment should be activating blood and resolving stasis and softening hardness and dissipating binds.

Samuel Lam

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Brief Introduction of Mr. HuiStudying Chinese Medicine acupuncture and manipu-lation therapy since year 1989, graduated in Bachelor of Chinese Medicine in year 1955 - Mr. Hui is dedicated to manipulation therapy. Through years of study and clinical practice of bone setting, Mr. Hui was keen to further pursue advance clinical skills. Therefore, he studied integrative therapy in the early 2000, and he successfully combined both techniques to be his unique therapy, including acupuncture, tui na, pain relief by activation of blood and resolved stasis, herb prescriptions and joint reduction manipulation.

How common is knee pain in Hong Kong? It is known that elderly women usually or occasionally suffer from knee pain.According to personal clinical experience, among the elderly women, seventy percent of them can have knee pain. Even worst, around ninety percent of them seen in geriatric medical service. The remaining ten percent are not without knee pain but just suffers from other minor joint problems. Hence, it is obvious that how serious is the problem of knee pain.

Why is the problem of knee pain among elderly men less serious than that of elderly women? It is because men have higher muscular proportion than women. Hence, the higher muscular proportion, the better the quantity of motion and hence protection to joint, men play the major role in physical works.

What is the aetiology of knee pain in female?

Females get lower muscle proportion than males. Hence, females are less tolerant in physical works, walking, standing up, hunkering and even sitting. Problem of knee pain gets worsen with high heel shoes, carrying heavy things and handling heavy domestic works. These are the factors contributing to chronic strain on the knee. Hence, in order to relieve knee pain due to regular movement, patients should make a balance on their daily activities such as walking, standing up, sitting and hunkering, as well as relaxing exercises. For those with knee pain for long time, it is better for them to receive suitable treatment, together with the above-mentioned methods, in order to achieve better outcomes.

In my clinical experience, I invented a new treatment for knee, with reference to some gentle exercises. It is found to be effective in pain relief and therapeutic purpose. Due to the limitations by description in words, it is better to have seminars to demon-strate how such treatment is applied. Interested parties are welcomed to pay attention on the dates of the seminar.

Mr. Hui

Renowned Chinese Medicine Practitioner specialised in bone setting

- Hui Chiu Wah Gonarthrosis

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No life without Enzymes!

Enzymes are the key to life. We destroy all the digestive enzymes in our food by over cooking and baking, and thus the body has to draw the necessary enzymes to digest this dead food from the body organs which in turn become unbalanced. Enzymes in general deliver nutrients, carry away toxic wastes, digest food, purify the blood, deliver hormones by feeding and fortifying the endocrine system, balance cholesterol and triglyceride levels, feed the brain while causing no harm to the body. All of these factors contribute to the strengthening of the immune system. Fortunately eating raw food and/or taking enzyme supplements can help to restore our health.

There are two major enzyme systems in the human body. One is digestive and the other is metabolic. The digestive enzymes help break down all of the food that we eat so that it can be absorbed by the body. The metabolic enzymes help to run all of the systems of the body from respiratory system to the nervous system.

When your food is poorly digested, you absorb nutrients that aren't fully broken down or used. This causes many problems. Because your immune system will attack and defend your body against partially digested foods that gets into the bloodstream. The immune system doesn't recognize it as food. It sees a toxic invader, and destroys the food. When this happens you don't get the benefit of that food, and you weaken your immune system by using it in a role it shouldn't be involved in.

In other words, you are using the immune system and metabolic enzymes daily to clean the bloodstream of undigested food particles, instead of having their full strength used to protect and repair your body.

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Yong-quan (湧泉穴)

Location: Beneath the second and third toes, in the depression at the upper part of thenar.

Operation: Pressing the acu-point of each foot with thumb in circular patterns for at least 36 turns at medium speed will present with numbness and distending sensations.

Function: One of the effective acu-points to enhance sleeping quality and help with insomnia. By such stimulation a sense of warmth shall present in abdomen which clams the nervous system.

Acu-Express

Soup

Yong-quan (湧泉穴)

Albizia Flower Dried Longan Soup (合歡花圓肉湯)

Ingredients:A. Albizia Flower (合歡花) 18.75g B. Gorgon Fruit (芡實) 30g C. Dried Longan (圓肉) 11.25g D. Carrots (紅蘿蔔) 300gE. Pork Shank (豬展 ) 300g

Preparation:1. Dice and wash the pork shank and carrots;2. Wash all other ingredients;3. Combine all ingredients into a pot and add enough water;4. Bring to a boil over high heat;5. Reduce heat to low and cook for two hours;6. Season with salt.

Function:Blood nurturing and tranquilizing, relaxing and calming central nervous system which helps with sleeping problems.

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Established with an aim of delivering world-class TCM health care solutions, MiLOC is making remark-able growth every day - acknowledged globally. The PLUS Stock Exchange (PLUS-SX) London, announced the nominations for the PLUS Awards 2011 and ‘MiLOC’ have been nominated for PLUS IPO of the Year.

One of MiLOC’s goals is to grow and acquire companies that have great potential, satisfied customers and a strong employee base and bring them to the next level. Locally, MiLOC’s recent acquisition with the ‘Jordan Clinic’ is the proof of its firm growth ambitions.

New Addition to MiLOC’s Panel of Professional AdvisorsWhile we continue to strengthen our advisory panel as our entrenched asset, I welcome Mr. Philip Tan and Dr. Wendy Wong on board - new addition to our panel of advisors. This is indeed a progressive move, one that is synchronising industry expertise to one platform.

Mr. Philip TangMalaysian national Mr. Philip Tang is an experienced banker. He has 32 years of banking and finance experience internationally. He worked in various cities around the globe: Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Brunei, Jakarta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Port Mosby, Nairobi, San Francisco, Amsterdam and several cities in China, Shanghai, Beijing, Ningbo, Suzhou and Guangzhou. Mr. Tang worked in commercial banking, retail banking, micro finance, corporate finance and banking, merchant and investment banking, corporate advisory, company rescue and restructuring, private equity exercise, merger and acquisition and fund management, all bottom-line driven activities. Hence, he is exposed to various industries and disciplines.

Mr. Tang’s expertise managed to rescue several accounts in Bangkok involving property development and spiral steel pipe manufacturing. Finally the bank

was turned around from a loss making concern to a profitable one.

Apart from his rich experience, Mr. Tang is equally talented in education and languages. He has various qualifications and is a member of different associations and councils. He has substantial knowledge of several languages, which makes him a diversified person.

Dr. Wendy WongDr. Wendy Wong is a RCMP who received her professional training in Hong Kong. She further pursued a PhD study at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). She has devoted herself in the clinical research and development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), while following her mission to help further develop TCM in Hong Kong.

During her doctorate study, she specialised in the outcome measurement of TCM under the supervision of Prof. Cindy Lam, director of the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care (FMPC) at the University of Hong Kong. Upon the completion of her PhD, she took a job at the School of Chinese Medicine of HKU specializing in evaluation of the effect of electro-acupuncture on major psychological depression. But with inborn interest in primary care service research, she decided to return to FMPC for her further career development.

MiLOC and she share the same vision on the key role of Chinese Medicine in the primary care setting. Therefore, she is determined to contribute to the establishment of a management system that helps govern the Chinese Medicine practice, and hence build up a standard that both patients and practitioners could follow.

I hope you enjoyed reading this version of the newsletter.

With appreciation,Michael Ong

CEO

FROM THE DESK OF THE CEO

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CapsuleMay 2011

Chief Medical Advisor: Prof Chow Ching FungGroup Publisher: Michael OngEditor: Taz B.Design: Keynes TsangFor Enquiries: MiLOC Group Limited, 12/F Yue Xiu Building, 160 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong KongCorporate Communications: media@miloc.com

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