The ABC+D Lesson Two Approach - The School of Modern Herbal...
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The ABC+D Approach
With Steven Horne, RH(AHG)
Lesson Two
Balancing Biological Terrain
Mental & Emo,onal Stress
Nutri,onal Deficiencies
Physical Trauma
Toxic Overload
Body Systems Biological Terrain
Cons,tu,on
Coughs
Backache
Acne
Hair Loss
Gout
Insomnia
Weight Gain
PMS
Fever
Cons,pa,on
Eczema
Hay Fever
Asthma Indiges,on
Cancer
Arthri,s
Anemia
Cramps
Ulcers
Heart Disease
Psoriasis
Hepa,,s
MS
Biological Terrain
• The internal environment — the lymphatic fluid in which cells live
• Can be likened to the soil in which a plant grows
• The health of the soil determines the health of the plant
• As long as biological terrain is balanced, cells will be healthy
Three Factors in Biological Terrain
• Heat and Cold – Metabolic Rate
(“speed” of metabolic activity)
• Dampness and Dryness – Tissue Density (ratio
of fluid and mineral balance)
• Tension and Relaxation – Tissue Tone (muscle
tension and flow of secretions)
Six Directions of Action
• Remedies Affecting Metabolic Rate – Stimulate (Speed up metabolism or “heat”) – Sedate (Slow down metabolism or “cool”)
• Remedies Affecting Tissue Density – Moisten (Lubricate and soften hard tissue) – Dry (Remove excess fluid from tissue)
• Remedies Affecting Tone – Constrict (Increase tone, reduce secretion) – Relax (Relax spasms, increase secretion)
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Metabolic Rate
• Think of metabolic rate as moving forwards or backwards
• If the body is too far forward (hot) you need to cool it down
• If the body is too far back (cold) you need to warm it up
Metabolic Rate Factors
• Complexion (red or pale)
• Temperature (hot or cold)
• Tongue (red or pale) • Pulse (fast or slow) • Function (hyper or
hypo) • Mucus (white, clear or
discolored) • Craving for hot or cold
foods • Preferring hot or cold
environments
Irritation (Heat)
• Increased metabolic rate, elevated temperature
• Classic inflammation and fever
• Restlessness, excitement, hyperactivity
• Associated with summer, daytime, yang and fire
Classic Symptoms of Inflammation
• Heat – Elevated body
temperature • Swelling
– Fluid retention in the tissues
• Redness – Red color to the
tissues • Pain
– Acute or sharp pain
Irritation (Heat) Indications
• Complexion (red, flushed) • Temperature (hot, feverish) • Tongue (bright red, pointy) • Pulse (rapid, floating or
superficial) • Function (hyperactive conditions) • Mucus (clear, thin) • Craving for cold drinks • Feeling feverish or hot
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Health Problems Involving Irritation
• Acute injuries (bumps, sprains, abrasions, burns)
• Fevers • Sore throat • Earache • Pain after injury,
surgery, etc.
• Ulceration • All inflammatory
(itis) diseases – Arthritis – Bronchitis – Tonsillitis – Appendicitis – Laryngitis – Etc.
Remedies for Tissue Irritation
• Antioxidants • Sour tasting
herbs – Organic acids – Bioflavinoids
• Mucilaginous herbs applied topically
Herbal Remedies for Irritation
• Acai • Bilberry • Cranberry • Elderberry • Elderflower • Hawthorn • Lemon • Lycium
(wolfberry or gogi berry)
• Mangosteen • Peach leaf and
bark • Raspberry • Rose Hips • Sea Buckthorn • Wild Cherry • Willow Bark • Yarrow • Yellow Dock
Other Remedies for Irritation
• Vitamin C • Citrus
Bioflavinoids • Co-Enzyme Q-10 • Orange juice
Depression (Cold)
• Lowered metabolic rate, reduced temperature
• Cool, pale, sluggish
• Reserved, quiet, hypoactive
• Associated with winter, night-time, yin and water or earth
Chronic “Low Grade” Inflammation
• Tissue is under active but appears “hot” due to infection and petrifaction
• Dark red or purplish color to tissues
• Heat coupled with fatigue and weakness
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Depression (Cold) Indications
• Complexion (white, pale) • Temperature (cool) • Tongue (pale) • Pulse (slow and deep) • Function (hypoactive conditions) • Mucus (white, thick) • Cravings for warm food and
drinks • Lacking physical warmth, feeling
easily chilled or fatigued
“False Heat” Indications
• Complexion (bluish, purple) • Temperature (cool but with “hot
spots”) • Tongue (dark red, purplish) • Pulse (rapid but weak) • Function (hypoactive with
infection) • Mucus (yellow or green)
Health Problems Involving Depression
• Aftermath of injury (bruises, chronic swelling, etc.)
• General poor circulation
• Poor digestion • Low blood
pressure
• Chronic infections
• Depression • All “hypo”
conditions – Hypothyroid – Adrenal fatigue – Sluggish bowel – Sluggish liver
Remedies for Tissue Depression
• Fragrant herbs – Essential oils
• Pungent (spicy) herbs – Resins – Alkamindes – Glucosinolates
Herbal Remedies for Depression
• Black pepper • Capsicum • Cinnamon • Clove • Dill • Fennel • Garlic • Ginger • Horseradish
• Juniper Berries • Mustard • Nutmeg • Oregano • Peppermint • Rosemary • Sage • Thyme • Watercress
Other Remedies for Depression
• B-Complex – Niacin – B-12
• Chocolate • Coffee • Essential oils
(applied topically)
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Metabolic Rate
Irritation • Red • Hot • Acute, watery
discharge • Tongue red,
elongated • Pulse rapid • Acute
inflammation • Restless, irritable,
excited
Depression • Pale • Cold • Thick, white
discharge • Tongue pale or
purplish • Pulse slow • Chronic infection • Tired, discouraged,
depressed
Balancing Metabolic Rate Irritation
Remedies • Sour tasting fruits
and plants, containing: – Organic acids – Antioxidants – Bioflavionids
Depression Remedies
• Aromatic and pungent herbs, containing – Volatile oils – Resins – Alkamindes – Sulfur compounds
Tissue Density
• Think of tissue density as moving to the right or left
• If the body is too far right (dry) you need to moisten tissues and make them softer
• If the body is too far left (wet) you need to dry tissues and make them firmer
Tissue Density Factors
• Appearance (puffy or sunken, dry)
• Feel (spongy or hard) • Tongue (swollen or withered,
dry) • Pulse (full, slippery or thin) • Mucus (abundant, congested or
absent) • Resistivity (high or low)
Stagnation (Wet)
• Excess fluids, insufficient electrolytes
• Swollen, spongy or puffy tissues
• Sluggish, slow, yielding
• “Swampy” condition in tissues
Stagnation Indications
• Appearance (puffy, bloated) • Feel (spongy, water logged) • Tongue (swollen, damp) • Pulse (full, slippery) • Mucus (abundant, congested) • General (edema, swollen lymph
nodes, acute congestion)
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Health Problems Involving Stagnation
• Edema (water retention)
• Swollen lymph nodes
• Respiratory congestion
• Acid reflux • Sinus
congestion
• Fluid around the heart
• Pneumonia • Most skin
disorders • General malaise • Polyps, cysts
Remedies for Stagnation
• Bitters – Alteratives – Blood purifiers – Laxatives – Diuretics
• Some salty tasting herbs – Alteratives
Herbal Remedies for Stagnation
• Alfalfa • Barberry • Black walnut • Blue Flag • Burdock root • Cascara Sagrada • Celandine • Chickweed • Cleavers • Culver’s Root • Dandelion • Echinacea
• Fringetree • Goldenseal • Myrrh Gum • Nettle Leaf • Oregon Grape • Pau D’Arco • Poke Root • Red Clover • Sarsaparilla • Toadflax • Yellow Dock • Yucca
Other Remedies for Stagnation
• Potassium • Natural Salt • Water • Liquid
Chlorophyll
Atrophy (Dry)
• Insufficient fluids, excessive electrolytes
• Dry, withered, hardened tissue
• Hard, inflexible, rigid
• Mineral deposits • Toxins inside the
cells
Atrophy Indications
• Appearance (sunken, dark, wrinkled)
• Feel (hard, stiff, dry) • Tongue (withered, dry, cracked) • Pulse (thin, weak, deep) • Mucus (deficient or hardened) • General (degenerative disease,
advanced aging)
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Health Problems Involving Atrophy
• Hardening of the arteries
• Calcium deposits and calcification
• Osteoarthritis • Osteoporosis • Wrinkles • Dry, scaly skin
• Alzheimer's disease
• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Wasting diseases
• Type II Diabetes • Emphysema • Tumors • Kidney failure
Remedies for Atrophy
• Sweet herbs – Polysaccharides – Some glycosides
• Oily herbs – Essential fatty acids
• Mucilaginous herbs – Mucilage – Gums – Pectin
• Some salty herbs
Herbal Remedies for Atrophy
• Aloe Vera • Astragalus • Burdock • Chickweed • Comfrey • Cordyceps • Dulse • Ginseng, Korean
or American • Ho Shou Wu • Irish Moss
• Kelp • Licorice Root • Marshmallow • Mullein • Nettle Leaf • Plantain • Reishi
Mushrooms • Saw Palmetto • Slippery Elm • Wild Yam
Other Remedies for Atrophy
• Water • Salt • Essential Fatty
Acids – Fish oils – Olive, flax and hemp
seed oils – Evening primrose oil
• Fat-soluble vitamins – Vitamin D3 – Vitamin K2 – Vitamin E – Vitamin A
Tissue Density
Stagnation • Damp, swollen • Soft and spongy • Excess mucus
production • Swollen, damp
tongue • Heavily coated
tongue, often yellowish
• Pulse full, slippery
Atrophy • Dry, wrinkled • Brittle and hard • Dry lungs, mouth
and sinuses • Shriveled, cracked
tongue • Dry tongue, little or
no coating • Pulse thin, feeble
Balancing Tissue Density Stagnation Remedies
• Bitter herbs, alteratives and blood purifiers, containing: – Bitter compounds – Alkaloids
• Salty tasting herbs, containing – Mineral salts
Atrophy Remedies
• Mucilaginous herbs, containing: – Mucilage, gums – Pectins
• Sweet and tonic herbs, containing: – Glycosides – Polysaccharides
• Oily herbs, containing: – Essential fatty acids
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Tissue Tone
• Think of tissue tone as moving up or down
• If the body is too far up (tense) so that flow of fluids and movement are blocked you need to relax the tissues
• If the body is too far down (relaxed) so that fluids are leaking you need to tighten the tissues
Tissue Tone Factors
• Muscle Tension (cramps, spasms or flaccid)
• Pulse (wiry, tense or flaccid) • Flow (alternates between
arrested and flooding or constantly leaking)
• pH (over acid or over alkaline)
Constriction
• Spasm, cramps, rigidity
• Alternating, variable conditions
• Jerky, sudden, unpredictable
“Wind” Disorders
• Flow of fluids and movement in the body is regulated by muscles
• When muscles become exhausted they spasm, blocking flow and movement
• As they open, they can release “dammed up” fluids
• These alternating conditions are called “wind disorders”
Constriction Indications
• Muscle Tension (cramps, spasms and convulsions)
• Pulse (wiry and tense) • Flow (alternates between arrested
and flooding) • pH (over acid) • General (migrating or shooting
pains, conditions that alternate or “come & go”)
Health Problems Involving Constriction
• Alternating fever and chills
• Alternating diarrhea and constipation
• Pains which migrate from one part of the body to another
• Menstrual cramps
• Muscle spasms • Colic • Sharp pains • Asthma • Heart attack • High blood
pressure
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Remedies for Constriction
• Antispasmodic Herbs – Acrid herbs – Nervines
• Magnesium
Remedies for Constriction
Herbs • Agrimony • Black Cohosh • Blue Vervain • California Poppy • Chamomile • Kava Kava • Lavender • Lobelia • Valerian • Wild Yam
Other • B-Complex • Magnesium
Relaxation
• Excess secretion, loss of fluids
• Loose, spongy, lacking tone
• Relaxed, non-resistant
Relaxation Indications
• Muscle Tension (flaccid muscles) • Pulse (full and flaccid, slow) • Flow (fluids “leak”) • pH (over alkaline) • General (bleeding, excessive
drainage or loss of fluids, tissues too porous)
Health Problems Involving Relaxation
• Leaky gut syndrome
• Chronic diarrhea • Urinary
incontinence • Night sweats • Chronic sinus
drainage
• Bleeding cuts • Weeping sores • Heavy
menstrual bleeding
• Internal bleeding
• Hemorrhoids • Varicose veins • Bleeding gums
Remedies for Relaxation
• Astringents – Tannins
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Herbal Remedies for Relaxation
• Bayberry Root Bark
• Blackberry root • Butcher’s Broom • Calendula • Collinsonia
(Stone Root) • Eyebright • Geranium Root • Goldenseal • Green tea
• Horsechestnut • Horsetail • Lady’s Mantle • Red Raspberry • Rose hips • Sage • Uva Ursi • White Oak Bark • Witch Hazel • Yarrow
Other Remedies for Relaxation
• Calcium • Vitamin C • Bioflavinoids • Colloidal
Minerals
Tissue Tone
Constriction • Tension, cramps • Flow inhibited,
alternatives between arrested and flooding
• Sharp, shooting or stabbing pains
Relaxation • Flaccid, spongy • Flow constant,
leaks, drips • Swollen tissue,
bleeding or oozing
Balancing Tissue Tone Constriction
Remedies • Acrid-tasting
herbs, with antispasmodic action
• Relaxing nervines • Magnesium
Relaxation Remedies
• Astringent herbs, containing: – Tannins
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