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Essential Clinical Experience of Famous Contemporary Doctors, p. 180.
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Wang Luo Zhen 1985 A Compilation of the "Study of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels" (Qi Jing
Ba Mai Kao Jiao Zhu), Shanghai Science Publishing House, p. 1. The "Study of the Eight
Extraordinary Vessels" itself by Li Shi Zhen was first published in 1578.
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Spiritual Axis, p. 120.
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E. De Giacomo 1991 Rivista Italiana di Medicina Tradizionale Cinese (Italian Journal of
Chinese Medicine) no. 3, p. 10.
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Plate 5-1
Asthma case history: woman, 35.
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Plate 5-2
Asthma case history: man, 33.
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Figure 5-3
Mode and site of action of anti-allergy agents, bronchodilators and corticosteroids.
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Figure 6-1
Antigen-antibody reaction in allergic rhinitis.
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Wang Luo Zhen 1985 A Compilation of the "Study of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels" (Qi Jing
Ba Mai Kao Jiao Zhu), Shanghai Science Publishing House, Shanghai, p. 89. The "Study of the
Eight Extraordinary Vessels" itself was written by Li Shi Zhen and first published in 1578.
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Another interesting connection between the Kidneys and rhinitis could be observed in the use by
some Chinese doctors of injection of cortisone in the point BL-12 Fengmen with far fewer
side-effects than in a systemic administration of cortisone. If we view cortisone as a kind of
"Kidney tonic", it would make sense to inject it in the point BL-12 which expels Wind and
spreads Defensive-Qi in the Exterior.