bladder. In the kidneys, the Ming Menor gate oflife, the pilot light ofthe body,when swqmped by dampness, continuesto burn, though lower, but its wamingaction turns the dampness to danp heat.This not only produces damp heatbladder symptoms such as frequent,urgent, painfirl or burning urination andpain in the low back, the ministerial fireof the Ming Men may break upwardsand lead to heat symptoms in the upperbody, usually in the stomach channel,such as mouth ulcers (the stomachchannel traverses the gums), nausea orvomiting and numbness or tinglingaround the mouth. This numbness mayalso apply to the hands and toes. Thetoes are also traversed by the stomachchnnnsl anfl 1hs fingers by the stomach'scompanion large intestine channel. Also,a weakened spleen cannot providesufficient blood to fill the blood vessels,leading to internal wind, whichmanifests as numbness and tingling.Nausea and vomiting may also be duesimply to spleen weakness (withpossible complicity from the liver). Allthese are PI side effects.

PI's may cause rashes or dry, itchyskin, even hives. This can be frominternal wind and possibly damp heatdispersing into the surface ofthe body.Intensely cold medicinals takenregularly tend to cool the body's core,driving heat to the surface, known astrue cold, false heat. All this caninterfere with the body's externalprotective mechanisms, which can leadto easy sunburning, another PI sideeffect. Tbste changes can manifeet withPI's, and the spleen governs the abilityto taste by its function of opening intothe mouth. PI's can apparently also

produce heart disease symptoms,though I do not know specifics. Bothspleen and kidney dysfunction can leadto heart dysfunction, especially over thecourse ofchronic illnegs. In the case ofAIDS patients, their deep-seated andcomplicated patterns of illnesspredispose them to strong side effectsas their previously unbalanced energiesare wrenched further out of line bysuper-toxic medicinals.

Also, PI's interact poorly with anti-convulsants such as phenytoin,carbamazepine and phenobarbitol.From a Chinese medicine perspective,anti-convulsants calm internal wind.Since PIs can produce internal wind (see

above), it is no wonder these two classesof drugs disturb each other's function.

Those AIDS victims whose spleensare strongest and whose heat symptomsare most prominent should benefit themost from PI's. Conversely, those whosespleens are weakest (read "fatigued"here) will suffer the moet from sideeffects. These individuals will manifestpatterns of weakness or vacuity. Thosewith relatively strong spleens willmanifest patterns of excese due to abattle between a relatively strongimmune system and a virulentopponent. Weak spleens cannot toleratecold medicinals (or energetically coldfoods) at all.

Just as we in Chinese medicine havebeen able to detemine the energetics ofmyriad herbs, foods, vitamins, aminoacids and a wide asgortment of drugs,including Valium, Prozac and manyothers, we can figure out proteaseinhibitors as well as the reversetranscription inhibitors and new AIDSdrugs (these other drugs, thoughdifferently acting chemically, no doubthave at least somewhat similarenergetic actions to PI's). And when wedo figure them out in more depth, wewill know how to make use of them. Ofcourse, people like me won't be legallyable to use them, and those who canprobably will not listen to advice fromgomeone like me.

But at least well understand the sideeffects and who can best tolerate thedrugs. Maybe someday East and Westreally will meet and patients will at lastbe firlly gerved.

Joseph Garner, Dipl.Ac., CH (NCCA)fire Valley Clinic10565 N. Tatum Blvd., Suite 8-115Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253 USA602-381-0800Fax 602-381-0054

Our BelovedAnimals:John Bailey

Feline Urolithiasis/Urological Syndrome

Editor:This veterinary case is about my ovrn

cat, John Bailey. He is a large, 12 year-old, neutered tabby. He had one courseof vaccinations (rabies, distemper, etc.)when I frrst got him, at around fivemonths of age. John Bailey was entirelyhealthy urltil 2r/z years ago when Inoticed one morning that he wasstraining, and finally, painfully, passedseveral drops of bloody urine. Hereceived antibiotics from theveterinarian, who informed me thaturinary tract blockage and concomitantbacterial infection in male cats is notuncornrnon. He also said that completeurethral blockage is considered anemergency because the animal can diewithin 24 hours of the blockage fromuremia. Apparently, once the urethra isentirely blocked the situation does notreverse itself because inflammation andstraining cause increased tissueswelling and thus more blockage. Inthese cases, it is my underslillding thatthe vet needs to remove the blockage bycatheterization or surgery.

In John Bailey's case, antibioticsalone saw him through tJris episode. Ialso altered his diet according to thestandard recommendations for thisproblem (the primary goal here is tokeep dietary magnesium to a specifiedminimum number of milligrams perday). But over the course of the following1-U2 years he had three more episodes,each one requiring antibiotic treatment.Bythis time fd become aware that theeeepisodes occured within several daysafter I returned home from trips awayof a week or more in duration. So Iassumed that this was an emotionalstregser for him, and would activate thispropensity. When I began treating mypatients for chemical miagms last yearand noticed the consistent impressiveresults, I decided to see if this might behelpful for John Bailey's recurrentproblem. In truth, I was also losingpatience with the housekeepingunpleasantries created by theseepisodes, which generally includedseveral days of urinary incontinence.

So I gave my new method a try. I useda proxy muscle-tester (a pereon) and

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received the infomation viaAK (appliedkinesiology) that, for starters, thisproblem was related to a distempern iagm, a nd. adistemper vaccine miasm.I was to treat the vassine -iagm first,with three doseg of Distemper Vaccine30C once a week for three weeks. SoJohn Bailey, who was well at the time,received this treatment without anyapparent aggravationg at the end ofApril 1997. Then, about a month later,he becnme completely blocked, strainingand straining repeatedly, withoutexpelling even a drop of urine. AKindicated that now he needed thedistemper miasm cleared, and so I gavehim one dose of Distemperinum 200C.At this point he'd been unable to passany urine for over 12 hours. I went tothe store and returned home again inless than 10 minutes, and he had left asizeable puddle on the livingroom floor!I was quite surprised at how quickly thisremedy had worked, and was interested

to see that distemper* and thedistemper vaccine might be related tothis coynrnon condition in male cats. Herecovered from tJris incident without -to my delight-residual dribbles or otherhitches involving excessive laundering.

John Bailey remained well for a littleover a month, but then I carne home onenight late from work and he didn't runat break-neck speed to his food dish likehe usually does. Instead he walked upto me, sat at my feet and let out a pitifulmeow. He acted lethargic and lookedoddly bloated, and I knew immediatelythat he was seriously ill. He hadurinated on my bed and had left anunhealthy-looking, pasty, grayish bowelmovement on the bed, too. He refusedto eat, and repeatedly strained tourinate butwasn't able to pass anything.When he tried to ryelk, he'd stagger alittle, and bumped into the furniture. I'dnever seen him this ill, and knew he hadtobe treated quickly. Myneighbor acmssthe street was still up, and I muscle-tested her for John Bailey. He needed aremedy in the "Uremia" section of theRepertory: Carbolic Acid 200C. I gave

him this remedy at about 1:00 am andleft him lanng on some towels, lookingdopey and miserable. I hoped I wasn'tbeing terribly irresponsible for notrushing him to the 24-hour emergencyvet seryice. The next morning he wasalive, looking a bit more alert, but stillunable to urinate and still rcfuging toeat. He remained on the floor andwouldn't stand up. I ueedAK again, andthis time it was indicated that he neededtreatment for an ahtifreeze miasm. Thespecific remedy needed was EthyleneGlycol, which is the highly toxic, sweet-tasting gubstance in antifreeze thatani-als like. Ethylene glycol comprises957o of antifreeze, and it is particularlytoxic to the nephrons of the kidneys.Some of the signs of ethylene glycolpoisoning are anuria, ataxia andanorexia.

So, who has Ethylene Glycol in theirhomeopathic pharmacy? Well, untilJune oflast year f certninly didn't haveit. But, as luck would have it, I'd orderedit for a cat a patient had brought in -another cat with chronic urinary tractproblems. So I had thieobecure remedyon hand, which was quite a relief. I gaveJohn Bailey one dose of Ethylene Glycol200C at about 12 noon. Nothing seemedto change all afternoon and evening. Ianxiously muscle-tested for him severaltimes during that day, and received theinformation that nothing else needed tobe done. All day he lay on the floorwithout moving, looking bloated,pathetic and miserable. Finally, ataround 11 pm that night I checked himagain, and saw that about a fourth ofthe towel he was layingon wag wetwithurine. I was thrilled, even though he stilllooked no better. I put another largetowel under him, and went to bed. Thenext morning I woke up feelingapprehensive and wondered if I'd havea dead cat on the floor. I got upreluctantly, and to my relief and delightJohn Bailey was trotting across theliving room floor to greet me, and then,true to form, ran to his food bowlexpectantly. He ate his chow ravenously.Both towelg he'd been layrng on weretotally saturated with urine.

I'his episode occurred in July of 1997 .

Since thenJohn Baileyhas had no otherurinary tract problems. I no longer havehim on a special diet. I went on a two-month trip away from home last fall,beginning in mid-October, and thehouse-sitter reported no urinary tractproblems, and there were none after Ireturned. I was away for a week atChristmastime, and again there was no

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In taking a hintlsight view of thiecase, I think that John Bailey hadseverd miasms that were all impingingprimarily on his urinary tract. Eachlayer had to be cleared before thegerecurrent illnggsss were no longer apropensity. It is my gueas that JohnBarley bad, h)nrited,a distenper niasn.lbe presenee ofthis miasm predisposedhirn to aaquirirq a diatemper vaccinemiasn when he wae vacsinateal. Andonce the aop" two layers, the distemperlayere, were treated, then theunderlying ethylene glycol layer couldmanifest with great inteneity and withgreat clarity in a way it neven had before.The Carbolic Acid wae most likelynecessary because ofthe severity oftheillness causedby tlre antifreeze miasm.Cartolic Acid can be called for in casesof extreme prostration, uremia andstupor. Exbeme sensitivity to snell canalso be a symptom of people who needit. It iE intereeting that carbolic acid isa coal tar distillate, aleo called phenol.It can algo be made synthetically.Phenol** ia the parent-substance ofmany highly toxic chemicala, ruch asnaphthol, pentachlorophenol and theherbicide 2,&D. therefore, it is possiblethat the homeopathic preparation ofphenol, i.e. Carbolic Acid, will bevaluable in the treatment of certaint1ryes of nultiple chemical eensitivity.there is a case of chemical sensitivifincluded in the 1992 IFH ConferencePrdceedings that was treatedauccessfully with CarbolicAcid. In JohnBaile/s case, once the rapid progressionof chemically-induced (presumed)Lidney failure was halted by CarbolicAcid, then the predispoeing cause - ttreethylene glycol miasm - could beh.eat€d.***

Linda Showler, NDP.O. Bor 466630 Flont StreetPort lbwngend, Washington 98368 USA360-385-1145

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