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Geology Of The Modern Cancer Epidemic, The: Through The Lens Of Chinese Medicine
(2013)
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Abstract
Cancers are on the rise across the world. Except for viral-based cancers, overall cancers are diseases that may be preventable. This book looks at the many levels of determined, probable, and possible causation for several common cancers. These causes include realities found in culture, anthropology, sociology, politics, the environment, agriculture and food, beliefs, and the modern lifestyle. These realities are filtered through the perennial science of Chinese medicine — an ecological system of knowing and understanding the human body as it relates to the world around us.The book covers lung, colorectal, breast, prostate, and virally-caused cancers. It interweaves conventional medical knowledge of these cancers with modern realities of everyday life we all live, and with Chinese medicine interpretations and strategies for treating probable pre-cancerous conditions. This makes it a book that is useful for the practitioner of Chinese medicine. It is also useful for the patient suffering a cancer diagnosis in terms of survivorship and for other medical practitioners who wish to understand how integrated care for cancerous diseases and conditions may relate to Chinese medicine and prevention.The final chapters of the book are dedicated to finding answers for a cure for cancer through making connections between how we live, what we believe, the environment we are creating based on those beliefs, and the social and political mechanisms we now have in place that keep us from change and, therefore, from the cure for cancer.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | ix | ||
| Dedication | v | ||
| Endorsement | vii | ||
| Foreword | xiii | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| The Importance of Cancer Prevention | 1 | ||
| The Internal/External Mechanisms of Disease | 6 | ||
| Historical Underpinnings | 7 | ||
| The Great Chain of Being | 13 | ||
| Responsibility | 15 | ||
| Chapter One: Water — The San Jiao | 21 | ||
| Water and Africa | 22 | ||
| Water Around the World | 25 | ||
| Fish | 27 | ||
| The World’s Largest Hydraulic Civilization | 29 | ||
| Water and Erosion | 31 | ||
| Water Quality — Petrochemicals, Fertilizers, and Pesticides | 34 | ||
| Water Depletion | 36 | ||
| Water Safety | 38 | ||
| Water and Plastics | 39 | ||
| The Law of Ceaseless Cycles | 41 | ||
| A New Consciousness | 43 | ||
| Chinese Medicine | 46 | ||
| Etiological Factors in Cancer Pathogenesis | 49 | ||
| 1. The Emotions | 49 | ||
| 2. Dampness and Phlegm Accumulations | 53 | ||
| 3. Toxic Heat Pathogens, Latent Pathogenic Factors, and Fire Poisons | 54 | ||
| 4. Organ Deficiencies | 55 | ||
| The San Jiao and the Source | 56 | ||
| Modern Analogs | 59 | ||
| The San Jiao and Osteopathy | 59 | ||
| The San Jiao and Neuropharmacology | 60 | ||
| The San Jiao and Cancer Etiology | 62 | ||
| Some Conclusions | 65 | ||
| References | 65 | ||
| Chapter Two: Air — Lung Cancer | 75 | ||
| Introduction | 75 | ||
| Epidemiology and History | 75 | ||
| The Medium is the Messenger — Air Pollution | 77 | ||
| Examples | 78 | ||
| Lung Patterns and Cancer Prevention | 84 | ||
| The Lung–liver Relationship and Smoking Cessation | 84 | ||
| Lung Pathologies | 88 | ||
| Blood Stasis Patterns | 89 | ||
| Yang-deficient Lung Patterns | 90 | ||
| Asthma | 92 | ||
| Conventional Medicine | 92 | ||
| Structural Signs and Acupuncture Interventions in Asthma | 95 | ||
| Classical Theory and Asthma | 97 | ||
| Blood Stasis Patterns | 99 | ||
| Yang Deficiency Asthma | 101 | ||
| Wind Spasm as an Additional Mechanism in Asthma | 104 | ||
| Yin Fire Asthma | 106 | ||
| Binding Phlegm | 109 | ||
| Cold Phlegm | 110 | ||
| Hot Phlegm | 110 | ||
| Lung Qi Deficiency with Phlegm | 111 | ||
| Lung and Kidney Qi Deficiency with Phlegm | 111 | ||
| Cough and Phlegm | 111 | ||
| Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Emphysema | 112 | ||
| Rules of treatment | 119 | ||
| Conclusion | 120 | ||
| References | 123 | ||
| Chapter Three: Earth — Colorectal Cancer | 131 | ||
| Introduction | 131 | ||
| Colorectal Cancer | 139 | ||
| Mechanisms of CRC | 142 | ||
| Some solutions | 144 | ||
| Chinese Medicine | 148 | ||
| Spleen Patterns in Detail | 153 | ||
| Spleen-Yin deficiency | 153 | ||
| Spleen Yin deficiency with heat in the bladder | 155 | ||
| Stomach Yang deficiency with heat in the chest | 155 | ||
| Stomach Yang deficiency with water stagnation | 156 | ||
| Spleen Yang deficiency with severe spleen Yin deficiency | 156 | ||
| Spleen deficiency and liver excess | 157 | ||
| Spleen deficiency with liver excess and blood stasis | 157 | ||
| Spleen deficiency with lung excess | 157 | ||
| Spleen deficiency with kidney Yang deficiency | 158 | ||
| Irritable bowel syndrome; inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, crohn’s disease | 158 | ||
| Type II diabetes | 174 | ||
| Conclusion | 188 | ||
| References | 189 | ||
| Chapter Four: Yin and Qi — Breast Cancer | 199 | ||
| Introduction | 199 | ||
| The Problem | 201 | ||
| Some Examples | 202 | ||
| Drive–Shame Binds | 209 | ||
| Interpersonal Need Shame Binds | 211 | ||
| Purpose Shame Binds | 216 | ||
| Results | 218 | ||
| Chinese Medicine | 219 | ||
| Depression | 219 | ||
| Emotional Constraint | 225 | ||
| Anxiety | 229 | ||
| Insomnia | 236 | ||
| Conclusions | 244 | ||
| External Influences | 245 | ||
| Known Links to Breast Cancer Causation | 245 | ||
| General | 248 | ||
| Known Links to Breast Cancer | 249 | ||
| Ionizing Radiation | 249 | ||
| Chemicals | 250 | ||
| Xenoestrogens | 252 | ||
| Polyvinyl chloride | 254 | ||
| Pesticides | 255 | ||
| Cosmetics and Personal Products | 256 | ||
| Solvents | 257 | ||
| Aromatic Amines | 258 | ||
| 1,3-Butadiene | 258 | ||
| Probable Links to Breast Cancer Causation | 259 | ||
| DDT/DDE and PCBs | 259 | ||
| PAHs | 260 | ||
| Dioxin | 261 | ||
| Ethylene Oxide | 261 | ||
| Possible Links to Breast Cancer | 261 | ||
| Heptachlor | 261 | ||
| Triazine Herbicides | 262 | ||
| Sunscreens | 263 | ||
| Phthalates | 263 | ||
| Food Additives | 264 | ||
| Zeranol | 265 | ||
| Electromagnetic Fields | 265 | ||
| Conclusions | 266 | ||
| The Falling Age of Puberty in Girls | 267 | ||
| What Is Happening? | 269 | ||
| Low Birth Weight and Premature Birth | 271 | ||
| Obesity and Weight Gain | 272 | ||
| Hyperinsulinism | 274 | ||
| Formula Feeding | 275 | ||
| Physical Inactivity | 276 | ||
| Family Dysfunction and Child Sexual Abuse | 277 | ||
| Television Viewing and Media Use | 278 | ||
| Environmental Exposures | 279 | ||
| Conclusions | 281 | ||
| References | 283 | ||
| Chapter Five Yin and Yang — Prostate Cancer | 301 | ||
| Introduction | 301 | ||
| Soul Murder | 306 | ||
| Hitler | 309 | ||
| Chinese Medicine | 317 | ||
| Hypertension | 322 | ||
| Treatment | 328 | ||
| Acupuncture Points | 330 | ||
| Blood-Pressure-Lowering Medications | 332 | ||
| Coronary Artery Disease | 335 | ||
| Differential Diagnosis | 336 | ||
| Chinese Medicine Patterns | 337 | ||
| Hyperlipemia or Hypercholesterolnemia | 339 | ||
| Differentiation and Treatment | 343 | ||
| Congestive Heart Failure | 344 | ||
| Etiology According to Chinese Medicine | 346 | ||
| Differentiation | 347 | ||
| Conclusions | 349 | ||
| References | 350 | ||
| Chapter Six Fire — Chronic Viral Infection and Cancer | 357 | ||
| The Public Health Crisis | 357 | ||
| The Privatization of Public Health Services | 362 | ||
| Intellectual Property Rights and Corporate Profits | 363 | ||
| Chronic Viral Infection | 364 | ||
| EBV and HPV | 364 | ||
| HCV and HBV | 366 | ||
| Chinese Medicine | 371 | ||
| Conclusions | 392 | ||
| References | 396 | ||
| Chapter Seven: Epigenetics, the Source, and the Precautionary Principle | 401 | ||
| The Ages of Civilization — The Macrocosm | 401 | ||
| Introduction — The Microcosm | 406 | ||
| The Dynamic Epigenome and Its Implications in Disease | 408 | ||
| Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals | 410 | ||
| Chinese Medicine | 415 | ||
| Thoughts | 420 | ||
| What Is Needed | 422 | ||
| The Precautionary Principle | 424 | ||
| Principles of the Precautionary Principle — the Wingspread Conference | 425 | ||
| Some Conclusions | 432 | ||
| References | 434 | ||
| Chapter Eight The Geology of Hope | 439 | ||
| Introduction | 439 | ||
| Reconnecting Science and Religion | 440 | ||
| The Now | 447 | ||
| Natural Selection for Human Agency and the Sacred | 449 | ||
| Capitalism | 450 | ||
| How do We Harness Economic Forces for Sustainability and Sufficiency? | 452 | ||
| Natural Capitalism | 453 | ||
| Modern Capitalism | 454 | ||
| The Environment | 458 | ||
| Why are We Losing? | 459 | ||
| How can the Market be Transformed Into a Benign and Restorative Force? | 460 | ||
| Moving to a Postgrowth Society | 462 | ||
| Well-Being | 464 | ||
| Corporations | 467 | ||
| Beyond Capitalism | 472 | ||
| A Profound Reorientation | 475 | ||
| Now | 477 | ||
| The Earth Charter Preamble | 480 | ||
| The Precautionary Principle Again | 481 | ||
| References | 484 | ||
| Chapter Nine Connections | 489 | ||
| What Is Health? | 489 | ||
| The Carbon-Based Economy | 494 | ||
| Corporate Culture and Globalization | 496 | ||
| Redefining the Commons | 499 | ||
| Repairing the Split Between Humanity and the Natural World | 505 | ||
| The Earth-Centered Model | 510 | ||
| Article 2. Fundamental rights of mother Earth | 511 | ||
| Article 3. Fundamental rights and freedoms for all beings | 512 | ||
| References | 513 | ||
| Addendum | 517 | ||
| Index | 521 |