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Xie Zhongxiang a.k.a. Ryu Ryuko |
Tou Di Sakugawa |
Sokon Matsumura |
Aragaki Seisho |
Li Qing Yuan |
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Above are six Scholar - Warriors from Taiwan and Okinawa - Click on their images to read a brief biography about each of them
Ancestral Arts
At White Crane Medicine the goal is to bring you the best of the past natural therapy and combining it with the most thoroughly researched forms of alternative therapy. This section of the White Crane Medicine site is dedicated to the arts of the past, or Ancestral Arts. Unfortunately, many once great therapies in China and Okinawa have been pushed aside for more modern medicines. They do however still exist, you just need to search for them.
In recent years great efforts have been applied toward studying the centurians (people who live to 100 years of age) in China and Okinawa. It is a documented certainty that Okinawa is home to the longest lived people on the planet. Thanks to brothers Bradley and Craig Willox in association with Makoto Suzuki and their book The Okinawa Program, we have a glimpse into the reasons why these Okinawans reach such great heights of longevity. The key determinent is not a magic pill, it is the continual use of specific lifestyle factors that make the difference between aging gracefully and having an un-timely demise.
This is not some form of well wishing for better health, the information presented on this site is measured by modern bio-medical science. More importantly, it has also stood the test of time, not just profit based studies and large scale duplication. These medicines have been passed down from master to student over millenia, and now they have re-surfaced as an incredible form of prevention and treatment for illness.
Let us start with White Crane Medicine's Rooster Crowing Powder.
"For health and long life take these herbs daily when the rooster crows at day break "
This herbal formula has proven to be incredibly effective in clinical trials for a variety of diseases. My martial art system uses a modified version of Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang as a daily supplement. Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang has been used in a very dynamic range in China and Taiwan. This particular formula has been shown to help the body fight off cancer, work with chronic fatigue, correct aenemia and a host of other problems. Please see the abstracts at the bottom of this page for more details of it's proven effects.
At White Crane Medicine our Rooster Crowing Powder is hand prepared a packaged into pills. Bellow are the ingredients in our formula, please remember that the art of Traditional Chinese Medicine is in it's balence, though the ingredients are listed the proportions are not.
Mandarin Pinyin English Huang Qi Radix Astragali Membranacei Ren Shen Radix Ginseng Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis Zhi Gan Cao Honey-fried Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis Dang Gui Radix Angelicae Sinensis Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Shen Ma Rhizoma Cimicifuqae Chai Hu Radix Bupleuri Gui Zhi Ramulus Cinnamomi This formula is a wonderful "pick me up" to an already healthy person, as well as a good tonic to the chronically ill. It is important that you get a proper diagnosis before taking such a formula, however it is very safe long term if prescribed by an experienced T.C.M. Doctor.
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang is a very commonly tested TCM herbal formula. Below are several studies that have been done on this formula. I hope you find these studies encouraging, if you have any questions feel free to contact us through the site.BU ZHONG YI QI TANG (BZYQT) inhibits tumor growth, increases immunity and pilot clinical study to assess the efficacy of BZYQT in combination with biochemotherapy
Shen Chien-Chong
Chang Gung University
The objective of this study was to test the efficacy and toxicity using BZYQT in addition to chemotherapy on patients with metastatic melanoma. We evaluated the results from both clinical and laboratory aspects.
Clinically 50%(2/4) patients achieved tumor regression. One patient, Mr. Liu, achieved more than 50% tumor regression in his lung. 25 %(1/4) patients had tumor progression. Side effects were chemotherapy related: fever(75%) thrombocytopenia(50%), fatigue(50%) and BZYQT-related skin itching, activity of peripheral blood was increased in 50%(3/6) patients. LAK activity was increased in 33%(2/6) patients. In particular NK and LAK activities were not increased in one case, despite of his positive clinical response. More cases need to be tested to confirm this observation.
In the laboratory, we compared the NK and LAK activities with and without BZYQT. NK or LAK activities were increased in 66.7%(6/9) patients when the concentration of BZYQT was adequate (10-1~10-3mg/ml). No change of NK and LAK activities was seen in 33.3%(3/9) patients. However, high concentration (1mg/ml) of BZYQT inhibited their activities. Moreover, significant proliferation of PBMCs were observed in 22.2% (2/9) patients at high concentration of BZYQT.77.8%(7/9) PBMC were inhibited by high concentration of BZYQT. Therefore, BZYQT was able to regulate the growth and activity of immunocytes. However, high concentration of BZYQT may inhibit their activities. This may give us further indications toward BZYQT's therapuetic window.
We have only enrolled 9 patients so far. However, we have concluded that BZYQT may increase the activities of NK and/or LAK. The was no significant increase of the side effects on top of chemotherapy. We need more cases to confirm this conclusion.A study of the Chinese herbal medicine Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang for sperm motility in male infertility
Chinese medicine has been treating infertility successfully for thousands of years. The evaluative method of sperm motility most used is the microscopic motility index analysis, and it was used in this clinic study. This method often limited to the subjective judgement of the technician. In laboratary semen analysis is mainly divided to the transmembrane migration method and computer assisted semen analysis. Transmembrane migration method is more objective, simple, and based on numbers. In computer assisted semen analysis a computer assists in detailing analysis of sperm motility.
The aim of this study was to evalute Chinese herbal medicine's effectiveness in treating male infertility. The examination was divided into laboratary and clinic study.
The laboratory material and method was the transmembrane migtation method while usingcrude extracts of Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang which were divided into five concentrations: 5 mg, 1.0 mg, 0.1mg, 0.01 mg and 0.001 mg/ml.
The clinic study selected ten cases asthenospermia. According to diagnostic methods of chinese medicine, Spleen and lung deficiency syndrome given by Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Kidney Yang deficiency syndrome given by Wu Tzu Yen Tzung Wan, Kidney Yin deficiecmy syndrome given by Zou Gui Wan, and then made statistical analysis of pre and post treatment values. The experiment results showed that in the abnormal sperm groups, there were statistical significance changes and in the normal sperm groups were not. Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang concentration with 1.0 mg, 0.1 mg, and 0.001 mg/ml can stimulate and improve low sperm motility. However, in the above three formulas they were all equal in effect.
The abnormal sperm group's exposure one hour into BZYQT's stimulation was the most and significant, except 5 mg/ml cocentration.
The study's results of ten asthenospermia's motility, were all increased significantly.
The study found that chinese herbs can rapidly increase sperm percentage and may also re-activate static sperm.
BU ZHONG YI QI TANG (BZYQT) inhibits some tumors growth and pilot study to assess the mechanism of BZYQT in vitro cell lines and Qi Deficiency mice model
Jiann-Jong Shen
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University
The objectives of this project are: to screen for anticancer activity of BZYQT on established cancer cell lines, to establish Qi deficiency animal model, to develop a lung cancer model of Qi deficiency, and to treat the Qi deficiency mice with BZYQT. This study found that BZYQT was able to inhibit the growth of NPC, lung cancer and renal cell carcinoma cell lines in vitro. After swimming for five days BALB/c mice were inoculated with Line-1 lung cancer cells at the hind leg intramuscularly. Ten days after inoculation tumor masses could be observed at the injection site. Tumors grew rapidly in 10 days. The mice in this study became deceased at a maximum of 50th days. Tumor metastases was observed in the lung, liver, heart and brain. We also found that tumor growth was delayed after treatment with BZYQT. The survival of the tumor-bearing mice was prolonged. In the future we may study the effect of BZYQT on the prevention of lung cancer as well as treatment for NPC, RCC and other malignancies.
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