HIV/AIDS

Question 1

How is HIV transmitted?

Answer 1

• Sex with an infected person

- Needlestick injury or sharing needles

Question 2

What is the general course of symptoms appearing following infection?

Answer 2

Approximately 2-4 weeks may start to see flu-like symptoms. However some people may not have symptoms at all. May not have any symptoms for years but still carry the virus and can still transmit the virus to other people. Incubation period is up to 180 days (6 months). Therefore you have to test up to 6 months after your exposure to make sure that you are clear.

Question 3

Symptoms of HIV/AIDS

Answer 3

• Fatigue
• Low grade fever
• Weight loss
• Night sweats
• Dry cough
• Diarrhea
• Swollen glands
• Memory loss
• Confusion
• Depression
• Low immune system

Question 4

How long can a virus live on a surface if there is organic matter?

Answer 4

Two weeks or more

Question 5

What are the three stages of HIV infection?

Answer 5

1. Initial
2. Secondary
3. Conceptive

Question 6

What category does HIV/AIDS fall into under 4 levels? 6 stages?

Answer 6

4 levels: Wen Bing Warm disease
(Wind, heat, dampness)
6 stages: Shaoyang syndrome

Question 7

Initial stage symptoms?

Answer 7

• Lymph nodes swollen
• Flu like symptoms
  (Wei Qi Fighting pathogenic factors)

Question 8

Treatment during initial stage

Answer 8

Tonify zheng qi
Clear xie qi
Move qi and blood

Question 9

What are the chief organs to monitor

Answer 9

Kidney and SJ

Question 10

POT during initial stage?

Answer 10

Move fluid
Clear fire
Resolve accumulation

Question 11

Herbs during initial stage?

Answer 11

Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Drain yin, Soothe liver, Regulate qi

Yi Qi Tang Rong Tang
Nourish blood

Question 12

Secondary stage symptoms

Answer 12

Zheng Qi damaged

• Weight loss
• GI Disturbance
• Diarrhea
• Impotence
• Lack of libido
• Lassitude
• SOB
• CD4 reduction
• Cold in lower body, heat in upper body
• or cold inside, hot outside

Question 13

Secondary stage POT?

Answer 13

Support yang w/ moxa

Question 14

Herbs for Secondary stage?

Answer 14

Er Xian Tang

Shen Qi Wan

Question 15

Chief organs for Secondary stage?

Answer 15

KD, SP, LU

Question 16

Tertiary or Conceptive stage symptoms

Answer 16

Multiple bacterial and viral infections of multiple organs.

Question 17

Chief organs of conceptive stage?

Answer 17

SP, LU, KD (also LI, HT, LV)

Question 18

What are some types of opportunistic infections?

Answer 18

Pneymocystosis
Cytomegalovirus
Herpes simplex
Herpes zoster
Mycobacterium
Kaposi sarcoma

Question 19

POT for conceptive stage?

Answer 19

Treat essence (jing), yin and yang at the same time.
Tonifying and astringent herbal (consolidate). 
May have internal heat that goes to blood level, need herbals that cool the blood.

Question 20

Chief complaints in conceptive stage?

Answer 20

Yang qi xu, also toxic heat, blood stasis, shen disturbance (worry, fear like a cloud hanging over)

Question 21

Basic points to moxa

Answer 21

Moxa ST36, UB43, RN4, RN8, DU4, DU14

Question 22

SP Xu and Blood Xu points

Answer 22

RN12, SP6, UB20/21

Question 23

Kidney Jing Xu points

Answer 23

KI3, UB23

Question 24

Kidney Yin Xu

Answer 24

KI3, KI7, HT6, UB23

Question 25

Kidney Yang xu points

Answer 25

Heavy moxa, RN4, RN8, DU4

Question 26

LU yin Xu

Answer 26

LU7, LI4, UB13

Question 27

Sore throat

Answer 27

KI6, LU7, LU10, bai lao

Question 28

Shen disturbance and insomnia

Answer 28

Du20, Yintang
HT6, HT7, Sishencong
Some points around KI, KI24, 25

Question 29

Auricular

Answer 29

Shenmen, endocrine, KI, LU, SP, treatment once or twice a week, retain for 15-20 minutes

Question 30

What can acupuncture help HIV/AIDS patients with?

Answer 30

Increased energy level
Improved sense of well-being
Less cloudy
Less abdominal cramps
Diarrhea
Sweating
Improve appetite, help weight gain
Prolong life span and quality of life