Preliminary Exploration into TCM Cognition on AIDS and Its Treatment

　　
AIDS is a disease that HIV takes advantage of transient deficiency of human body and invades, such as frequent sexual intercourse to consume vital Qi, which leads to Kidney deficiency and cannot preserve essence, the deficiency of vitality causes pathogen-evil invasion, the appears fatigue, fever, night sweat, diarrhea, and lymphadenopathy etc. It could be treated with Panax ginseng rubra. Atrctylodes macrocepha, Glycrrhiza uralensis, Poria cocos, Astragalus membranaceus, Rhmannia glutinosa, Holboelia laetifolia, Semiequilegia adoxoides, Hedyotis, Diffusa, etc., to replenish the vital Qi, and nourish the body fluid, enhance the immune function, as well as to supplement with the acupuncture at Zusanli (ST36), Guanyuan (KN4), Gaohuang (BL43), Dazhui (DUl4), etc. to Strengthen the defense function of the body.

In HIV latent period, it would lead to the vital Qi gradually consumpted and become insufficient, the pathogenic period emerges. At this time, it might diagnose according to three Energizer Syndrome Differentiation and treat in upper energizer Lung was affected by the evil, Which causes Lung fluid being insufficient, cough and dyspnea appears, then treated with Panax Quinquefolium, Glehnia littoralis, Holboelia lactifoli, Houttuynia cordata, Folia isatis tinctoria to moisten the Lung and strengthen the body resistance. In middle energizer it formed Spleen and Stomach asthenia, anorexia, wasting, diarrhea appears, then treated with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Dolichoris album, Holboelia lactifolia, Hedyotis diffose, Semiaquilegia adoxoides to replenish the asthenia of Spleen-Stomach. In lower energizer it formed Kidney deficient and Liver in excess, the trembling, hyperspasm, convulsion, and dementia etc. appears, then treated with Rhmannia glutinosa Praparata, Cornus officinalis, Lycium barbarum, Holboelia lactifolia, Hedyotis diffusa, Semiaquilegia adoxoides, etc. To nourish the Kidney and suppress Liver hyperfunction.

Further progression, severe and critical Stag appears, the constitution extremely exhausts, the opportunistic infection emerges, such as pneumonitis Carinei pneumonia (PCP), toxoplasmosis, in this stage, no only is the immune function markedly lowered, the Qi-blood extremely deficient, together with the emerge of blood stasis, Qi Stagnation, phlegm turbid, at the same time of elevation of immune function, and recovering the vitality one should be adopted activating blood, resolving phlegm and clearing heat principle, and treated with Panax quinquefolium, Holboelia 1actifolia, Hedyotis diffusa, Isatis tinctoria, Semiaquilegia adoxoides etc, or and fresh gecko, fresh Agkistrodon acutus, fresh Eupolyphaga sinensis, Paris polyphylla, Calculus bovis, Manis pentadactyla, dung beetle, black ants. The above ingredients and pulverized swallowed to rescue the severest illness and seek for therapeutic effect.

By Liu Guanjun