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Treatment options
Hi,
My test results:
12/21/06: HEP B PCR QUANT = 107000 IU/ML
03/19/07: HEP B DNA, ser/plas, PCR = 100316 IU/ML
02/29/08: HEP B DNA, ser/plas, PCR = 487165 IU/ML
ALT AST
03/19/07: 31 27
10/29/07: 87 49
11/30/07: 123 50
12/31/07: 34 29
02/29/08: 46 36
Questions: What does the change trend mean? Should medication treatment start? What medication to start with? What dosage? How long should I prepare to stay on that medication? What side effects to expect? What is the monthly cost? Thank you for your feedback.
My test results:
12/21/06: HEP B PCR QUANT = 107000 IU/ML
03/19/07: HEP B DNA, ser/plas, PCR = 100316 IU/ML
02/29/08: HEP B DNA, ser/plas, PCR = 487165 IU/ML
ALT AST
03/19/07: 31 27
10/29/07: 87 49
11/30/07: 123 50
12/31/07: 34 29
02/29/08: 46 36
Questions: What does the change trend mean? Should medication treatment start? What medication to start with? What dosage? How long should I prepare to stay on that medication? What side effects to expect? What is the monthly cost? Thank you for your feedback.
Summary: As related by patient himself:“2000, I was diagnosed with acute hepatitis and type B hepatitis, till 2006 I had been treated by western medicine, I visited many hospitals, some of them famous, but my condition kept getting worse, March 2006 I was second time in emergency for 2 months, March to Oct 2006 I was basically between two hospitals. Oct 2006, I felt hopeless. Aug 2006 some friend introduced Dr. Liu's book to me but I did not take notice. Oct 2006 I had nothing else to hope for, I was referred for liver tranplantation. My lab readings kept flaring, I thought of the book. I would give it a try. In 20 days, my symptoms alieviated, continued using Dr. Liu's method, March 2007 all test readings better, ALT from 200 to normal, DNA 107 to normal. 2000 to 2006 I spent at least 400,000 in hospitals, to use Dr. Liu's method, at most 30,000 a year plus I was cured!
If HBVers needing liver transplantation can be cured, can't HBVers not needing it be helped too?
2000年，我得了亚急性重肝炎和乙型重症肝炎，到2006年为止，我一直用西医治疗，全国各地也走了不少地方，进过好多著名的医院，但病情一直在发展。
2006年3月，我亚急性重症肝炎第二次发作，经过两个多月的抢救以后，2006年3月到10月，基本上都是北京302医院和哈尔滨医科大学两地来回跑。我就是想求证一下，有没有其他的治疗方案，而他们的治疗方案就只是"四法合一"。我跟你说啊，在2006年10月，我基本上已经绝望了。
2006年8月的时候，我接触过刘太医谈养生的书。早期朋友介绍时，只是简单说，按他的方法喝一些肉汤，用一些中药调理就能达到治病的效果，当时在我思想中没有建立起这个概念，就没有听进去。因为按照我的情况，我的经济条件，我日常的营养不会缺失，所以当时没有采用。到2006年的10月，因为经过半年多的治疗，指标不但不降，而且反弹，心里挺遭的，认为自己是不是不行了。有了这种思想，才想起朋友推荐的书。
抱着试试看的态度，按那办法实行。结果在20天当中，症状有了明显的改善。我以前还有痔疮和肛裂的毛病，而且是多年的顽症，大夫已经建议手术切除治疗，因为当时光这个肝病就很痛苦了，就没注意用手术治痔疮和肛裂，想不到喝了不到20天的肉汤，痔疮真的就好了。要是不用这个方法，痔疮和肛裂的手术就是早晚的事，现在这一刀我就不用挨了。通过这个现象，我就觉得他的方法可行，有用。但能不能达到治疗肝病的效果，当时我不敢想。
我经过一年多的治疗过程，完全按照他书上的方法，包括我去天津咨询刘太医。我去过两次，拿一些肝病的问题和他探讨。别的我不敢说，最起码我有了治疗的信心，有信心战胜乙肝。我从2006年12月份开始喝这个汤，后来成为他的会员。开始吃专科药是2007年的1月份，到07年的3月，指标开始全面回落，2006年的10月到12月期间，在我没有用药的情况下，只喝肉汤，喝开胃汤，指标就在回落。当时肝功200多。我最严重的问题是乙肝病毒的指标比较高，病毒检测DNA分析我是107，我抗病毒治疗4年多，始终没有正常过。但是到2007年3月，就已经正常了。又隔了3个月，我复查的时候全部正常。
"十一"长假以后，我又做了一个全面的体检，重点是对我的乙型肝炎。通过将近1年的喝汤保养后，有一项指标得到明显的改善。现在检查，发现包膜光滑，这说明我的肝脏在修复当中。患乙型肝炎，身体是很虚弱的，脸色发青。现在这个症状得到了很大的改善，脸开始红润了，发青发暗的症状已经基本消失。
从目前结果来看，别的病我不敢说，起码对乙型肝炎，他让我建立了治疗的信心。2007年6月，那个时候我真的以为自己不行了，甚至有做后事的打算了。通过这一年多的保养，我已经很有信心。他这套书，养生、治病都谈的很好，这么多年来积累了的生活常识，包括他介绍的一些方法和经验，我认为也是有一定道理的。
当前有一些报纸、媒体说刘太医是虚假的，是为了卖药。我认为不是那样的。因为申请他的会员，包括买专科药都是非常费劲的，要填十项内容，不知哪写错了，他就不理你，你怎么申请他也不批，让你使用中国的市场药物替代。他要是为了卖药，没必要给自己找那么多麻烦。说实在的，能用上他的药的只是很少数的人，绝大部分人他让你养生，他本身就不主张用药为主。
到目前我坚信他的治疗，我已经经过6年的治疗经历，病例到哪都可以调来，包括北京302都有我的病例。为什么说他的方法好？因为是不是好的方案或药物，只有病人通过治疗，感觉舒服了那才叫好。如果越治越难受，连饭都吃不下去，那方案肯定有问题。我觉得这句话说得很对：作为一个病人在求诊的过程中，千万不要盲目治疗。病要靠自己去摸索，去亲身去感受它，不能大夫说好你就认为好，只有病人的感受那才是最可靠的。这是我最大的感受。
我在治疗过程当中受过很多痛苦，我始终认为这都是药物反应，在这以后才见到希望。我当初身体很虚弱，吃刘太医的专科药，感觉非常平和，没有那些西药的剧烈反应，而且指标在逐渐改善。我们一定要注意自身感受，治疗越来越舒服，才说明这个方法有效，这是我通过治疗获得的最大收获。
我把在医院治疗的费用和刘太医的治疗费用作一个比较。用他的专科药，果汁、肉汤所有的都加到一起，1年3万块钱，最多了。以前住一个月医院，还要吃药打针，每年至少5、6万元，如果赶上发急重症，可能还要住两个月的院。我现在在哈医大已经是个老病号了，他们都知道，从2000年到2006年，把40万元交给医院了。现在治病，比以前低了很多，专科药1个月也就700多块钱，每天加上肉汤、果汁四五十块钱，就这么个状况。
记得第二次急症进医院，大夫已经建议我换肝了。经过抢救以后，症状逐渐缓解，换肝的方案才取消。2006年的6月，我到北京XX住院治疗了一个月，302的方案和哈医大的方案几乎一致——"四合一"：抗病毒降酶保肝，我基本是在哈尔滨XXXX和北京XX医院这两个医院就医，因为这都是在西医里治疗肝病比较权威的，在哈尔滨，XXXX是权威的医院，在全国，XX医院又是权威的。我就抱着试试看的态度，如果不好用，证明你的方法不好使，我再用其他方法。事实证明这两个权威医院的方法确实不好使，整得我都绝望了。
没用刘太医的方法之前，我就以为我得的是绝症，医院的水平是全国最高的，医生也尽力了，我是绝症没法治。现在的事实不是那回事，我这个病没那么糟，是这些权威医院方法不对，他们要是采用刘太医的方法治，我不敢说他们能治一个好一个，起码不会这么糟，XXXX和XX医院的治疗水平能比现在提高一大截。
刘太医的方法确实好用。我有两个弟弟，他们去年一个小孩，前年一个小孩，喝了刘太医说的萝卜山楂水，身体可棒了，别人得流感他们的孩子没事，非常好用。我们全家在我的感染下都在用这个方法保健养生。
我的七姐，今年63岁，在喝汤之前就是典型老年人的面色，精力不旺盛了。喝了一年多的汤以后，面色红润，用她自己的话说，劲儿使不完。在我们聚餐的时候她经常极力推荐这些方法。她喜欢练太极拳、太极剑，我现在体育锻炼方面还差点，刚开始恢复阶段，不能做激烈运动。我姐始终坚持锻炼，现在她状态非常好，我感觉她不但没变老，反而年轻了，面部皱纹都平展了，这是我亲友中坚持比较好的。
我是让病给吓怕的，我推荐给朋友的刘太医的书，有五六十套了，以前不敢推荐，因为没用过，我用过之后，把好多书送给朋友，还有锅，虽然钱不多，可是送什么也不如送健康。
If HBVers needing liver transplantation can be cured, can't HBVers not needing it be helped too?
2000年，我得了亚急性重肝炎和乙型重症肝炎，到2006年为止，我一直用西医治疗，全国各地也走了不少地方，进过好多著名的医院，但病情一直在发展。
2006年3月，我亚急性重症肝炎第二次发作，经过两个多月的抢救以后，2006年3月到10月，基本上都是北京302医院和哈尔滨医科大学两地来回跑。我就是想求证一下，有没有其他的治疗方案，而他们的治疗方案就只是"四法合一"。我跟你说啊，在2006年10月，我基本上已经绝望了。
2006年8月的时候，我接触过刘太医谈养生的书。早期朋友介绍时，只是简单说，按他的方法喝一些肉汤，用一些中药调理就能达到治病的效果，当时在我思想中没有建立起这个概念，就没有听进去。因为按照我的情况，我的经济条件，我日常的营养不会缺失，所以当时没有采用。到2006年的10月，因为经过半年多的治疗，指标不但不降，而且反弹，心里挺遭的，认为自己是不是不行了。有了这种思想，才想起朋友推荐的书。
抱着试试看的态度，按那办法实行。结果在20天当中，症状有了明显的改善。我以前还有痔疮和肛裂的毛病，而且是多年的顽症，大夫已经建议手术切除治疗，因为当时光这个肝病就很痛苦了，就没注意用手术治痔疮和肛裂，想不到喝了不到20天的肉汤，痔疮真的就好了。要是不用这个方法，痔疮和肛裂的手术就是早晚的事，现在这一刀我就不用挨了。通过这个现象，我就觉得他的方法可行，有用。但能不能达到治疗肝病的效果，当时我不敢想。
我经过一年多的治疗过程，完全按照他书上的方法，包括我去天津咨询刘太医。我去过两次，拿一些肝病的问题和他探讨。别的我不敢说，最起码我有了治疗的信心，有信心战胜乙肝。我从2006年12月份开始喝这个汤，后来成为他的会员。开始吃专科药是2007年的1月份，到07年的3月，指标开始全面回落，2006年的10月到12月期间，在我没有用药的情况下，只喝肉汤，喝开胃汤，指标就在回落。当时肝功200多。我最严重的问题是乙肝病毒的指标比较高，病毒检测DNA分析我是107，我抗病毒治疗4年多，始终没有正常过。但是到2007年3月，就已经正常了。又隔了3个月，我复查的时候全部正常。
"十一"长假以后，我又做了一个全面的体检，重点是对我的乙型肝炎。通过将近1年的喝汤保养后，有一项指标得到明显的改善。现在检查，发现包膜光滑，这说明我的肝脏在修复当中。患乙型肝炎，身体是很虚弱的，脸色发青。现在这个症状得到了很大的改善，脸开始红润了，发青发暗的症状已经基本消失。
从目前结果来看，别的病我不敢说，起码对乙型肝炎，他让我建立了治疗的信心。2007年6月，那个时候我真的以为自己不行了，甚至有做后事的打算了。通过这一年多的保养，我已经很有信心。他这套书，养生、治病都谈的很好，这么多年来积累了的生活常识，包括他介绍的一些方法和经验，我认为也是有一定道理的。
当前有一些报纸、媒体说刘太医是虚假的，是为了卖药。我认为不是那样的。因为申请他的会员，包括买专科药都是非常费劲的，要填十项内容，不知哪写错了，他就不理你，你怎么申请他也不批，让你使用中国的市场药物替代。他要是为了卖药，没必要给自己找那么多麻烦。说实在的，能用上他的药的只是很少数的人，绝大部分人他让你养生，他本身就不主张用药为主。
到目前我坚信他的治疗，我已经经过6年的治疗经历，病例到哪都可以调来，包括北京302都有我的病例。为什么说他的方法好？因为是不是好的方案或药物，只有病人通过治疗，感觉舒服了那才叫好。如果越治越难受，连饭都吃不下去，那方案肯定有问题。我觉得这句话说得很对：作为一个病人在求诊的过程中，千万不要盲目治疗。病要靠自己去摸索，去亲身去感受它，不能大夫说好你就认为好，只有病人的感受那才是最可靠的。这是我最大的感受。
我在治疗过程当中受过很多痛苦，我始终认为这都是药物反应，在这以后才见到希望。我当初身体很虚弱，吃刘太医的专科药，感觉非常平和，没有那些西药的剧烈反应，而且指标在逐渐改善。我们一定要注意自身感受，治疗越来越舒服，才说明这个方法有效，这是我通过治疗获得的最大收获。
我把在医院治疗的费用和刘太医的治疗费用作一个比较。用他的专科药，果汁、肉汤所有的都加到一起，1年3万块钱，最多了。以前住一个月医院，还要吃药打针，每年至少5、6万元，如果赶上发急重症，可能还要住两个月的院。我现在在哈医大已经是个老病号了，他们都知道，从2000年到2006年，把40万元交给医院了。现在治病，比以前低了很多，专科药1个月也就700多块钱，每天加上肉汤、果汁四五十块钱，就这么个状况。
记得第二次急症进医院，大夫已经建议我换肝了。经过抢救以后，症状逐渐缓解，换肝的方案才取消。2006年的6月，我到北京XX住院治疗了一个月，302的方案和哈医大的方案几乎一致——"四合一"：抗病毒降酶保肝，我基本是在哈尔滨XXXX和北京XX医院这两个医院就医，因为这都是在西医里治疗肝病比较权威的，在哈尔滨，XXXX是权威的医院，在全国，XX医院又是权威的。我就抱着试试看的态度，如果不好用，证明你的方法不好使，我再用其他方法。事实证明这两个权威医院的方法确实不好使，整得我都绝望了。
没用刘太医的方法之前，我就以为我得的是绝症，医院的水平是全国最高的，医生也尽力了，我是绝症没法治。现在的事实不是那回事，我这个病没那么糟，是这些权威医院方法不对，他们要是采用刘太医的方法治，我不敢说他们能治一个好一个，起码不会这么糟，XXXX和XX医院的治疗水平能比现在提高一大截。
刘太医的方法确实好用。我有两个弟弟，他们去年一个小孩，前年一个小孩，喝了刘太医说的萝卜山楂水，身体可棒了，别人得流感他们的孩子没事，非常好用。我们全家在我的感染下都在用这个方法保健养生。
我的七姐，今年63岁，在喝汤之前就是典型老年人的面色，精力不旺盛了。喝了一年多的汤以后，面色红润，用她自己的话说，劲儿使不完。在我们聚餐的时候她经常极力推荐这些方法。她喜欢练太极拳、太极剑，我现在体育锻炼方面还差点，刚开始恢复阶段，不能做激烈运动。我姐始终坚持锻炼，现在她状态非常好，我感觉她不但没变老，反而年轻了，面部皱纹都平展了，这是我亲友中坚持比较好的。
我是让病给吓怕的，我推荐给朋友的刘太医的书，有五六十套了，以前不敢推荐，因为没用过，我用过之后，把好多书送给朋友，还有锅，虽然钱不多，可是送什么也不如送健康。
Summary: Male patient, born 1940, a western doctor May 8 1993, felt right ear plugged, thought it was otitis media, treated accordingly, worsened, Jan 7 1994 diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, much radiation, Feb 7, 1995, difficulty swallowing, April 27 1995, contacted Dr. Liu again, started Liu method, no recurrence in two years, now in 60s, but radiation resulted in brain damage, what a pity for a western doctor!
If non-HBVers can get nasopharyngeal carcinoma, can't HBVers get it too? Why not kill all the birds with one stone?
病人男性，1940 年出生，中山医学院附属医院医生。1993年5月8日，感觉右耳闭塞。在本院检查，怀疑中耳炎。穿刺抽液2次，无效。又肌肉注射青霉素，治疗两个月之久，无效。同年12月，出现头痛，口服止痛药片能够暂时缓解。1994年1月7日，在该院进行鼻咽部活检，诊断为鼻咽鳞癌三级。病人和家属，马上和我联系，要求使用[控岩散]。但是要求提供详细处方，防止出现毒付作用。被我拒绝以后，病人在该院采用根治性放疗。共36次64天，鼻咽部肿块消失，头疼缓解。同年 8月3日，出现右眼复视，外展障碍。CT扫描报告：蝶鞍区骨质疏松，右侧卵园孔扩大，边缘模糊，海绵窦区模糊，颈动脉鞘区致密。本院考虑：放疗以后颅底复发，右侧前组颅神经损伤。再采取放疗。共27次38天，颅神经损伤仍未恢复。
1995 年2月7日，在该院复查，发现病人吞咽困难，伸舌偏右，右侧舌肌萎缩。3月27日，头疼，声音嘶哑，右耳流浓，双侧颈部软组织纤维化，右侧颅神经损伤；给予消炎对症治疗。4月21日头疼加剧，昏睡，右眼视力明显下降，右下肢无力。CT颅脑扫描报告：放射性脑坏死。这是由于癌的包围圈已经破坏，癌的小血管已经形成，而手术放疗化疗是再破坏，因此越治越坏。
1995年4月27日，病人家属再次和我联系，希望我想办法。我认为这个病人的最好结局，可能是植物人，因此拒绝治疗。但是家属表示，只要有一口气活着，也愿意终身陪伴。看来夫妻感情是深厚的。于是，先喝加味[开胃汤]，喝牛筋汤，同时嘱在该院给予克脑迷、激素、能量合剂、甘露醇脱水、吸氧、防止褥疮等治疗。经过23天，家属来电话说，病人能说饿了，能够吃肉了，马上邮寄[控岩散]。五个月以后，病人能够起床，被人扶着走路了。两年以后，鼻咽癌没有复发。这是再建了癌的包围圈，又消除了癌的小血管形成的结果。只是完全痴呆了，每天只是傻吃傻喝。至今病人60多岁了。一个西医如此余生，太可惜了。
If non-HBVers can get nasopharyngeal carcinoma, can't HBVers get it too? Why not kill all the birds with one stone?
病人男性，1940 年出生，中山医学院附属医院医生。1993年5月8日，感觉右耳闭塞。在本院检查，怀疑中耳炎。穿刺抽液2次，无效。又肌肉注射青霉素，治疗两个月之久，无效。同年12月，出现头痛，口服止痛药片能够暂时缓解。1994年1月7日，在该院进行鼻咽部活检，诊断为鼻咽鳞癌三级。病人和家属，马上和我联系，要求使用[控岩散]。但是要求提供详细处方，防止出现毒付作用。被我拒绝以后，病人在该院采用根治性放疗。共36次64天，鼻咽部肿块消失，头疼缓解。同年 8月3日，出现右眼复视，外展障碍。CT扫描报告：蝶鞍区骨质疏松，右侧卵园孔扩大，边缘模糊，海绵窦区模糊，颈动脉鞘区致密。本院考虑：放疗以后颅底复发，右侧前组颅神经损伤。再采取放疗。共27次38天，颅神经损伤仍未恢复。
1995 年2月7日，在该院复查，发现病人吞咽困难，伸舌偏右，右侧舌肌萎缩。3月27日，头疼，声音嘶哑，右耳流浓，双侧颈部软组织纤维化，右侧颅神经损伤；给予消炎对症治疗。4月21日头疼加剧，昏睡，右眼视力明显下降，右下肢无力。CT颅脑扫描报告：放射性脑坏死。这是由于癌的包围圈已经破坏，癌的小血管已经形成，而手术放疗化疗是再破坏，因此越治越坏。
1995年4月27日，病人家属再次和我联系，希望我想办法。我认为这个病人的最好结局，可能是植物人，因此拒绝治疗。但是家属表示，只要有一口气活着，也愿意终身陪伴。看来夫妻感情是深厚的。于是，先喝加味[开胃汤]，喝牛筋汤，同时嘱在该院给予克脑迷、激素、能量合剂、甘露醇脱水、吸氧、防止褥疮等治疗。经过23天，家属来电话说，病人能说饿了，能够吃肉了，马上邮寄[控岩散]。五个月以后，病人能够起床，被人扶着走路了。两年以后，鼻咽癌没有复发。这是再建了癌的包围圈，又消除了癌的小血管形成的结果。只是完全痴呆了，每天只是傻吃傻喝。至今病人60多岁了。一个西医如此余生，太可惜了。
'Alternative' Medicine Is Mainstream
The evidence is mounting that diet and lifestyle are the best cures for our worst afflictions.
By DEEPAK CHOPRA , DEAN ORNISH , RUSTUM ROY and ANDREW WEIL
In mid-February, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the Bravewell Collaborative are convening a "Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public." This is a watershed in the evolution of integrative medicine, a holistic approach to health care that uses the best of conventional and alternative therapies such as meditation, yoga, acupuncture and herbal remedies. Many of these therapies are now scientifically documented to be not only medically effective but also cost effective.
Martin Kozlowski
President-elect Barack Obama and former Sen. Tom Daschle (the nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services) understand that if we want to make affordable health care available to the 45 million Americans who do not have health insurance, then we need to address the fundamental causes of health and illness, and provide incentives for healthy ways of living rather than reimbursing only drugs and surgery.
Heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer and obesity account for 75% of health-care costs, and yet these are largely preventable and even reversible by changing diet and lifestyle. As Mr. Obama states in his health plan, unveiled during his campaign: "This nation is facing a true epidemic of chronic disease. An increasing number of Americans are suffering and dying needlessly from diseases such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, asthma and HIV/AIDS, all of which can be delayed in onset if not prevented entirely."
The latest scientific studies show that our bodies have a remarkable capacity to begin healing, and much more quickly than we had once realized, if we address the lifestyle factors that often cause these chronic diseases. These studies show that integrative medicine can make a powerful difference in our health and well-being, how quickly these changes may occur, and how dynamic these mechanisms can be.
Many people tend to think of breakthroughs in medicine as a new drug, laser or high-tech surgical procedure. They often have a hard time believing that the simple choices that we make in our lifestyle -- what we eat, how we respond to stress, whether or not we smoke cigarettes, how much exercise we get, and the quality of our relationships and social support -- can be as powerful as drugs and surgery. But they often are. And in many instances, they're even more powerful.
These studies often used high-tech, state-of-the-art measures to prove the power of simple, low-tech, and low-cost interventions. Integrative medicine approaches such as plant-based diets, yoga, meditation and psychosocial support may stop or even reverse the progression of coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, prostate cancer, obesity, hypercholesterolemia and other chronic conditions.
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that these approaches may even change gene expression in hundreds of genes in only a few months. Genes associated with cancer, heart disease and inflammation were downregulated or "turned off" whereas protective genes were upregulated or "turned on." A study published in The Lancet Oncology reported that these changes increase telomerase, the enzyme that lengthens telomeres, the ends of our chromosomes that control how long we live. Even drugs have not been shown to do this.
Our "health-care system" is primarily a disease-care system. Last year, $2.1 trillion was spent in the U.S. on medical care, or 16.5% of the gross national product. Of these trillions, 95 cents of every dollar was spent to treat disease after it had already occurred. At least 75% of these costs were spent on treating chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes, that are preventable or even reversible.
The choices are especially clear in cardiology. In 2006, for example, according to data provided by the American Heart Association, 1.3 million coronary angioplasty procedures were performed at an average cost of $48,399 each, or more than $60 billion; and 448,000 coronary bypass operations were performed at a cost of $99,743 each, or more than $44 billion. In other words, Americans spent more than $100 billion in 2006 for these two procedures alone.
Despite these costs, a randomized controlled trial published in April 2007 in The New England Journal of Medicine found that angioplasties and stents do not prolong life or even prevent heart attacks in stable patients (i.e., 95% of those who receive them). Coronary bypass surgery prolongs life in less than 3% of patients who receive it. So, Medicare and other insurers and individuals pay billions for surgical procedures like angioplasty and bypass surgery that are usually dangerous, invasive, expensive and largely ineffective. Yet they pay very little -- if any money at all -- for integrative medicine approaches that have been proven to reverse and prevent most chronic diseases that account for at least 75% of health-care costs. The INTERHEART study, published in September 2004 in The Lancet, followed 30,000 men and women on six continents and found that changing lifestyle could prevent at least 90% of all heart disease.
In Today's Opinion Journal
That bears repeating: The disease that accounts for more premature deaths and costs Americans more than any other illness is almost completely preventable simply by changing diet and lifestyle. And the same lifestyle changes that can prevent or even reverse heart disease also help prevent or reverse many other chronic diseases as well. Chronic pain is one of the major sources of worker's compensation claims costs, yet studies show that it is often susceptible to acupuncture and Qi Gong. Herbs usually have far fewer side effects than pharmaceuticals.
Joy, pleasure and freedom are sustainable, deprivation and austerity are not. When you eat a healthier diet, quit smoking, exercise, meditate and have more love in your life, then your brain receives more blood and oxygen, so you think more clearly, have more energy, need less sleep. Your brain may grow so many new neurons that it could get measurably bigger in only a few months. Your face gets more blood flow, so your skin glows more and wrinkles less. Your heart gets more blood flow, so you have more stamina and can even begin to reverse heart disease. Your sexual organs receive more blood flow, so you may become more potent -- similar to the way that circulation-increasing drugs like Viagra work. For many people, these are choices worth making -- not just to live longer, but also to live better.
It's time to move past the debate of alternative medicine versus traditional medicine, and to focus on what works, what doesn't, for whom, and under which circumstances. It will take serious government funding to find out, but these findings may help reduce costs and increase health.
Integrative medicine approaches bring together those in red states and blue states, liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, because these are human issues. They are both medically effective and, important in our current economic climate, cost effective. These approaches emphasize both personal responsibility and the opportunity to make affordable, quality health care available to those who most need it. Mr. Obama should make them an integral part of his health plan as soon as possible.
Dr. Chopra, the author of more than 50 books on the mind, body and spirit, is guest faculty at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ornish is clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Mr. Roy is professor emeritus of materials science at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Weil is director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine.
The evidence is mounting that diet and lifestyle are the best cures for our worst afflictions.
By DEEPAK CHOPRA , DEAN ORNISH , RUSTUM ROY and ANDREW WEIL
In mid-February, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the Bravewell Collaborative are convening a "Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public." This is a watershed in the evolution of integrative medicine, a holistic approach to health care that uses the best of conventional and alternative therapies such as meditation, yoga, acupuncture and herbal remedies. Many of these therapies are now scientifically documented to be not only medically effective but also cost effective.
Martin Kozlowski
President-elect Barack Obama and former Sen. Tom Daschle (the nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services) understand that if we want to make affordable health care available to the 45 million Americans who do not have health insurance, then we need to address the fundamental causes of health and illness, and provide incentives for healthy ways of living rather than reimbursing only drugs and surgery.
Heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer and obesity account for 75% of health-care costs, and yet these are largely preventable and even reversible by changing diet and lifestyle. As Mr. Obama states in his health plan, unveiled during his campaign: "This nation is facing a true epidemic of chronic disease. An increasing number of Americans are suffering and dying needlessly from diseases such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, asthma and HIV/AIDS, all of which can be delayed in onset if not prevented entirely."
The latest scientific studies show that our bodies have a remarkable capacity to begin healing, and much more quickly than we had once realized, if we address the lifestyle factors that often cause these chronic diseases. These studies show that integrative medicine can make a powerful difference in our health and well-being, how quickly these changes may occur, and how dynamic these mechanisms can be.
Many people tend to think of breakthroughs in medicine as a new drug, laser or high-tech surgical procedure. They often have a hard time believing that the simple choices that we make in our lifestyle -- what we eat, how we respond to stress, whether or not we smoke cigarettes, how much exercise we get, and the quality of our relationships and social support -- can be as powerful as drugs and surgery. But they often are. And in many instances, they're even more powerful.
These studies often used high-tech, state-of-the-art measures to prove the power of simple, low-tech, and low-cost interventions. Integrative medicine approaches such as plant-based diets, yoga, meditation and psychosocial support may stop or even reverse the progression of coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, prostate cancer, obesity, hypercholesterolemia and other chronic conditions.
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that these approaches may even change gene expression in hundreds of genes in only a few months. Genes associated with cancer, heart disease and inflammation were downregulated or "turned off" whereas protective genes were upregulated or "turned on." A study published in The Lancet Oncology reported that these changes increase telomerase, the enzyme that lengthens telomeres, the ends of our chromosomes that control how long we live. Even drugs have not been shown to do this.
Our "health-care system" is primarily a disease-care system. Last year, $2.1 trillion was spent in the U.S. on medical care, or 16.5% of the gross national product. Of these trillions, 95 cents of every dollar was spent to treat disease after it had already occurred. At least 75% of these costs were spent on treating chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes, that are preventable or even reversible.
The choices are especially clear in cardiology. In 2006, for example, according to data provided by the American Heart Association, 1.3 million coronary angioplasty procedures were performed at an average cost of $48,399 each, or more than $60 billion; and 448,000 coronary bypass operations were performed at a cost of $99,743 each, or more than $44 billion. In other words, Americans spent more than $100 billion in 2006 for these two procedures alone.
Despite these costs, a randomized controlled trial published in April 2007 in The New England Journal of Medicine found that angioplasties and stents do not prolong life or even prevent heart attacks in stable patients (i.e., 95% of those who receive them). Coronary bypass surgery prolongs life in less than 3% of patients who receive it. So, Medicare and other insurers and individuals pay billions for surgical procedures like angioplasty and bypass surgery that are usually dangerous, invasive, expensive and largely ineffective. Yet they pay very little -- if any money at all -- for integrative medicine approaches that have been proven to reverse and prevent most chronic diseases that account for at least 75% of health-care costs. The INTERHEART study, published in September 2004 in The Lancet, followed 30,000 men and women on six continents and found that changing lifestyle could prevent at least 90% of all heart disease.
In Today's Opinion Journal
That bears repeating: The disease that accounts for more premature deaths and costs Americans more than any other illness is almost completely preventable simply by changing diet and lifestyle. And the same lifestyle changes that can prevent or even reverse heart disease also help prevent or reverse many other chronic diseases as well. Chronic pain is one of the major sources of worker's compensation claims costs, yet studies show that it is often susceptible to acupuncture and Qi Gong. Herbs usually have far fewer side effects than pharmaceuticals.
Joy, pleasure and freedom are sustainable, deprivation and austerity are not. When you eat a healthier diet, quit smoking, exercise, meditate and have more love in your life, then your brain receives more blood and oxygen, so you think more clearly, have more energy, need less sleep. Your brain may grow so many new neurons that it could get measurably bigger in only a few months. Your face gets more blood flow, so your skin glows more and wrinkles less. Your heart gets more blood flow, so you have more stamina and can even begin to reverse heart disease. Your sexual organs receive more blood flow, so you may become more potent -- similar to the way that circulation-increasing drugs like Viagra work. For many people, these are choices worth making -- not just to live longer, but also to live better.
It's time to move past the debate of alternative medicine versus traditional medicine, and to focus on what works, what doesn't, for whom, and under which circumstances. It will take serious government funding to find out, but these findings may help reduce costs and increase health.
Integrative medicine approaches bring together those in red states and blue states, liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, because these are human issues. They are both medically effective and, important in our current economic climate, cost effective. These approaches emphasize both personal responsibility and the opportunity to make affordable, quality health care available to those who most need it. Mr. Obama should make them an integral part of his health plan as soon as possible.
Dr. Chopra, the author of more than 50 books on the mind, body and spirit, is guest faculty at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ornish is clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Mr. Roy is professor emeritus of materials science at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Weil is director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine.
Summary: Male patient, born 1924, May 1972, back pain for no reason, worsened, June 11, gatism and lower limbs paralysis, diagnosed with malignant myeloma, radiation and chemo therapy, Jan 1995, recurrance, Feb 13 1995 started Dr. Liu's method, 6 months had some control of lower limbs, 3 years later lumps gone, in 70s now.
If non-HBVers can get malignant myeloma, can't HBVers get it too? Why not kill all the birds with one stone?
病人男性，1924年出生，中国人民大学教员。1972年4月，无明显诱因，感觉腰背疼痛。次年3月，出现双侧肋疼。1974年1月，腰背疼痛明显加重，伴发双下肢麻木感。在校医院拍腰椎片，诊断为骨质增生，给予钙片和中药治疗。同年2月8日，因为右髋部剧疼，到北京医学院附属第三医院住院。拍片证实为右股骨粗隆间骨折。按照外伤性骨折牵引治疗6周，拍片复查无好转。此时，腰背部疼痛加重。同年6月11日，出现大小便失禁和下肢瘫痪。拍片报告：第八胸椎及椎弓根破坏。7月15日进行椎管探查减压术。术中见椎管内梗阻，肿瘤侵融到椎管内、硬膜外。遂进行第八胸椎体切除术。术后标本病理：浆细胞瘤。术后诊断：恶性多发性骨髓瘤，右股骨粗隆间病理性骨折，双下肢瘫痪。术后进行放疗化疗，病情得到长期缓解，而停止一切治疗。
经过20年，即1995年1月，病人发生鼻血，腹胀，双侧腹股沟出现2×2厘米肿块，又住进北京肿瘤医院。骨髓穿刺报告：骨髓增生，以大量骨髓瘤细胞为主。B超报告：肝内弥漫性病变。骨同位素报告：头颅的顶部、枕部、上下颌骨、左右肱骨上端、左右髋关节、股骨上端均可见放射物浓集。诊断：多发性骨髓瘤术后复发。这是由于癌的包围圈已经破坏，癌的小血管已经形成，而手术放疗化疗是再破坏，因此好坏组织都死了。肿块没有了，给人一个假像。经过20年，坏死组织恢复了活力，癌症就复发了。
1995年2月13日，病人家属和北京长城瘤科技术研究院联系。因为我住在天津家中，家属又和天津联系。我先让病人口服加味[开胃汤]，喝牛筋汤。32天以后出现饥饿感，能够吃肉了，然后口服[控岩散]。半年以后，双下肢可以自己屈膝，踝关节可以自己活动，可以自己拉着牵引绳坐在床上。三年以后，骨髓穿刺报告：涂片未见异常。CT扫描报告：全身骨骼轻度骨质疏松。至今病人已经70多岁了，可以扶双拐缓慢步行。这是再建了癌的包围圈，又消除了癌的小血管形成的结果。
If non-HBVers can get malignant myeloma, can't HBVers get it too? Why not kill all the birds with one stone?
病人男性，1924年出生，中国人民大学教员。1972年4月，无明显诱因，感觉腰背疼痛。次年3月，出现双侧肋疼。1974年1月，腰背疼痛明显加重，伴发双下肢麻木感。在校医院拍腰椎片，诊断为骨质增生，给予钙片和中药治疗。同年2月8日，因为右髋部剧疼，到北京医学院附属第三医院住院。拍片证实为右股骨粗隆间骨折。按照外伤性骨折牵引治疗6周，拍片复查无好转。此时，腰背部疼痛加重。同年6月11日，出现大小便失禁和下肢瘫痪。拍片报告：第八胸椎及椎弓根破坏。7月15日进行椎管探查减压术。术中见椎管内梗阻，肿瘤侵融到椎管内、硬膜外。遂进行第八胸椎体切除术。术后标本病理：浆细胞瘤。术后诊断：恶性多发性骨髓瘤，右股骨粗隆间病理性骨折，双下肢瘫痪。术后进行放疗化疗，病情得到长期缓解，而停止一切治疗。
经过20年，即1995年1月，病人发生鼻血，腹胀，双侧腹股沟出现2×2厘米肿块，又住进北京肿瘤医院。骨髓穿刺报告：骨髓增生，以大量骨髓瘤细胞为主。B超报告：肝内弥漫性病变。骨同位素报告：头颅的顶部、枕部、上下颌骨、左右肱骨上端、左右髋关节、股骨上端均可见放射物浓集。诊断：多发性骨髓瘤术后复发。这是由于癌的包围圈已经破坏，癌的小血管已经形成，而手术放疗化疗是再破坏，因此好坏组织都死了。肿块没有了，给人一个假像。经过20年，坏死组织恢复了活力，癌症就复发了。
1995年2月13日，病人家属和北京长城瘤科技术研究院联系。因为我住在天津家中，家属又和天津联系。我先让病人口服加味[开胃汤]，喝牛筋汤。32天以后出现饥饿感，能够吃肉了，然后口服[控岩散]。半年以后，双下肢可以自己屈膝，踝关节可以自己活动，可以自己拉着牵引绳坐在床上。三年以后，骨髓穿刺报告：涂片未见异常。CT扫描报告：全身骨骼轻度骨质疏松。至今病人已经70多岁了，可以扶双拐缓慢步行。这是再建了癌的包围圈，又消除了癌的小血管形成的结果。
Summary: Male patient, born 1924, May 1982, urinated with blood no pain, diagnosed with carcinoma of urinary bladder, surgery, radiation and chemo therapy, six months later, recurred, June 1989, extended to lungs, Sept 28, contacted Dr. Liu, started Liu method, 6 months later, all normal, now in 70s.
If non-HBVers can get carcinoma of urinary bladder, can't HBVers get it too? Why not kill all the birds with one stone?
病人男性，1924年出生，澳门东望洋斜巷华人。1982年5月，出现无痛性血尿。同年7月，在澳门山顶医院怀疑是肾结核，经过抗结核治疗仍然反复出现血尿。1986年1月23日，住进香港大学玛丽医院，诊断为膀胱肿瘤。进行膀胱肿瘤切除术。术后标本病理报告：膀胱乳头状鳞癌。术后用噻替呱冲洗膀胱。半年以后，膀胱镜复查发现：右输尿管口有一肿块约2×1厘米。给予电烙切除，然后放疗。三个月以后复查，发现肿块复发。此后，交替使用放疗化疗。
1988年6月，膀胱镜复查，发现膀胱颈部出现乳头状肿块。再次手术切除。术后用丝裂霉素灌洗膀胱。但是尿中一直有血。1989年2月，施行膀胱全切术，回肠代替膀胱。术后伤口化脓，尿道分泌物涂片找到癌细胞。
1989年5月，住进北京肿瘤医院进行放疗。缓解以后回澳门。1994年8月，出现呼吸困难，大便次数增多。在当地澳门山顶医院检查，胸部拍片：两肺散在粟粒样结节阴影，大便培养仅见奇异变形杆菌。诊断：膀胱癌术后肺转移，放射性肠炎。这是由于癌的包围圈已经破坏，癌的小血管已经形成，而手术放疗化疗是再破坏，因此越治越坏。
9月28日，病人通过传真和我联系，进行远程治疗。先嘱病人在当地医院进行支持疗法，吸氧等，同时口服加味[开胃汤] ，喝牛筋汤。直至10月13日，病人传真报告：出现饥饿感，能够吃肉了。家属从香港刘家药行取药，开始使用[控岩散]。两个月以后，病人传真报告：两肺阴影消失，大便每天1—2次。半年以后，传真报告：一切正常，只是每天的膀胱护理，十分麻烦。而且，心里十分后悔，早知道治疗癌症这么容易，何必受这么大罪，花这么多钱呢？许多病人都要发出如此的感慨，但是哪里卖后悔药呢？至今病人已经70多岁了。这是再建了癌的包围圈，又消除了癌的小血管形成的结果。
If non-HBVers can get carcinoma of urinary bladder, can't HBVers get it too? Why not kill all the birds with one stone?
病人男性，1924年出生，澳门东望洋斜巷华人。1982年5月，出现无痛性血尿。同年7月，在澳门山顶医院怀疑是肾结核，经过抗结核治疗仍然反复出现血尿。1986年1月23日，住进香港大学玛丽医院，诊断为膀胱肿瘤。进行膀胱肿瘤切除术。术后标本病理报告：膀胱乳头状鳞癌。术后用噻替呱冲洗膀胱。半年以后，膀胱镜复查发现：右输尿管口有一肿块约2×1厘米。给予电烙切除，然后放疗。三个月以后复查，发现肿块复发。此后，交替使用放疗化疗。
1988年6月，膀胱镜复查，发现膀胱颈部出现乳头状肿块。再次手术切除。术后用丝裂霉素灌洗膀胱。但是尿中一直有血。1989年2月，施行膀胱全切术，回肠代替膀胱。术后伤口化脓，尿道分泌物涂片找到癌细胞。
1989年5月，住进北京肿瘤医院进行放疗。缓解以后回澳门。1994年8月，出现呼吸困难，大便次数增多。在当地澳门山顶医院检查，胸部拍片：两肺散在粟粒样结节阴影，大便培养仅见奇异变形杆菌。诊断：膀胱癌术后肺转移，放射性肠炎。这是由于癌的包围圈已经破坏，癌的小血管已经形成，而手术放疗化疗是再破坏，因此越治越坏。
9月28日，病人通过传真和我联系，进行远程治疗。先嘱病人在当地医院进行支持疗法，吸氧等，同时口服加味[开胃汤] ，喝牛筋汤。直至10月13日，病人传真报告：出现饥饿感，能够吃肉了。家属从香港刘家药行取药，开始使用[控岩散]。两个月以后，病人传真报告：两肺阴影消失，大便每天1—2次。半年以后，传真报告：一切正常，只是每天的膀胱护理，十分麻烦。而且，心里十分后悔，早知道治疗癌症这么容易，何必受这么大罪，花这么多钱呢？许多病人都要发出如此的感慨，但是哪里卖后悔药呢？至今病人已经70多岁了。这是再建了癌的包围圈，又消除了癌的小血管形成的结果。
Summary: Male patient, born 1972, Oct 1992, felt bump in lower right, surgery, tissue culture, seminoma, radiation and chemo therapy one month later, Feb 1993, bump again, March 4, started Dr. Liu's method, 4 months, bump reduced in size, 2 years later, bump gone.
If non-HBVers can get seminoma, can't HBVers get it too? Why not kill all the birds with one stone?
病人男性，1972年出生，新加坡巴耶黎巴华人。1992年10月，无意中发现右下腹肿块。去美国加州大学医学院附属医院检查，右下腹可触及15×10厘米肿块，表面结节状。诊断为右侧隐睾恶变，腹膜后淋巴结转移。同年11月25日，在硬膜外麻醉下，进行右侧隐睾切除术。术中发现腹腔广泛性膜粘连，腹部肿块与血管关系密切。只能进行右侧隐睾手术切除。术后标本病理：睾丸精原细胞瘤。一个月以后，进行放疗化疗。
1993年2月，又出现腹疼。回该院复查：腹部可触及22×14厘米肿块，活动受限。诊断：睾丸精原细胞瘤复发，腹腔广泛转移。病人拒绝西医治疗。这是由于癌的包围圈已经破坏，癌的小血管已经形成，而手术放疗化疗是再破坏，因此拒绝西医治疗是对的。
3月4日，病人和我联系。由于存在饥饿感，能够吃肉，马上边喝加味[开胃汤] ，喝牛筋汤，边吃[控岩散]。四个月以后，传真报告：腹腔肿块缩至4×3厘米。两年以后，腹部肿块完全消失。至今病人30多岁了，已经娶妻生子。这是再建了癌的包围圈，又消除了癌的小血管形成的结果。
If non-HBVers can get seminoma, can't HBVers get it too? Why not kill all the birds with one stone?
病人男性，1972年出生，新加坡巴耶黎巴华人。1992年10月，无意中发现右下腹肿块。去美国加州大学医学院附属医院检查，右下腹可触及15×10厘米肿块，表面结节状。诊断为右侧隐睾恶变，腹膜后淋巴结转移。同年11月25日，在硬膜外麻醉下，进行右侧隐睾切除术。术中发现腹腔广泛性膜粘连，腹部肿块与血管关系密切。只能进行右侧隐睾手术切除。术后标本病理：睾丸精原细胞瘤。一个月以后，进行放疗化疗。
1993年2月，又出现腹疼。回该院复查：腹部可触及22×14厘米肿块，活动受限。诊断：睾丸精原细胞瘤复发，腹腔广泛转移。病人拒绝西医治疗。这是由于癌的包围圈已经破坏，癌的小血管已经形成，而手术放疗化疗是再破坏，因此拒绝西医治疗是对的。
3月4日，病人和我联系。由于存在饥饿感，能够吃肉，马上边喝加味[开胃汤] ，喝牛筋汤，边吃[控岩散]。四个月以后，传真报告：腹腔肿块缩至4×3厘米。两年以后，腹部肿块完全消失。至今病人30多岁了，已经娶妻生子。这是再建了癌的包围圈，又消除了癌的小血管形成的结果。
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