My First Entry....Chinese Patterns of Disease

There is so much to say and teach. It took me months to put together Pawhealer.com. I have been sure that people will love the site, how can they not? But as time has gone on and it has got bigger and bigger, and as I entered in all those Chinese names and patterns....I have become worried.

I wonder and hope that people will be able to understand a very important concept which is; disease just does not occur alone as a single symptom... in other words, can I get the point across that for every disease, there are many other signs and symptoms surrounding the disease? Am I a good enough instructor that I can teach people to understand that these signs and symptoms must be witnessed to ensure that they as the pet owner will select the correct formula for their beloved pooch?

Before I continue, let me give an example of what I am trying to articulate....Lets say a dog has the disease "itchy skin". Chinese medicine now looks for a pattern that surrounds the chief compliant of "itchy skin". Many questions will then be asked about the surrounding skin; is the skin dry or purulent, is the pets fur greasy or dry, is there hair loss and so forth. We will ask about bowel movements, appetite thirst, behavior and many other questions that do not seem to relate to the original compliant. But in the big picture, all these pieces of information provide us with clues that will lead us to diagnose a Chinese pattern of disease.

This is because Chinese medicine looks at the individual as an organic whole. Let me digress by going back to our example, this itching does not happen in a vacuum; it is a simply the result of the disruption of the pets physiological homeostasis and it is now being manifested as a branch symptom. This itching is a warning sign, the actual root of the problem must be determined or the disease will continue to run its course and progress.

At this point I would like to add that is is beauty of Pawhealer.com, because there is not another site like it, Pawhealer.com an original if I do say so myself. This is because every pet site that is about herbal healing only offers a one solution fits all for a pet's chief complaint. I am sure these remedies work, but I will bet you, that by matching the chief complaint with the actual surrounding symptoms, and by using the classical Chinese herbals offered by Pawhealer.com the outcome will be twice as effective. I am not taking personal credit for this claim. Chinese herbals have been around for thousands of years, I just copy the information into a format that I hope can be somewhat understood.

Thats it for today, tomorrow I will talk about the actual patterns and symptoms of each pattern.