The pathology: The particle consists of a genome wrapped up
in two layers of protein. When the virus infects a cell the polymerase makes
copies of genome and the cells is tricked into using these to make the proteins
that the virus needs. Particularly, VP35 and VP24 prevent interferon, a class
of molecule that alerts the immune system from being made. The sugars on the
virus’s outside make it hard for other parts of the immune system to get to
grips with; the virus makes infected cells produce more glycoprotein than it
needs for its coats, with the surplus simply secreted into the bloodstream.
Antibodies which would otherwise attack the virus stick to this decoy protein
instead.
Immune cells which
the virus attacks in the bloodstream early on carry attacks in the blood stream
early on carry the infection to the liver, the spleen, and lymph nodes.
Symptoms may manifest themselves in a day or two or may wait weeks. Eventually
the virus’s spread triggers an immune overreaction known as a cytokine storm.
Blood vessel walls become leaky, blood pressure and core temperature drop,
organs fail and the body goes into shock. Some of the sick weather the storm,
but most who survive infection do so by never getting to its direst straits.
Some do not succumb at all. Some infected but never fallen ill.
The epitome of Ebola
symptoms: Ebola’s patient can feel like the flu or other illnesses. Symptoms
show up 2 to 21 days after infection and usually include:
• High fever
• Headache
• Joint and muscle aches
• Sore throat
• Weakness
• Stomach pain
• Lack of appetite
As the disease gets
worse, it causes bleeding inside the body, as well as from the eyes, ears, and
nose. Some people will vomit or cough blood,
have bloody diarrhoea, and get a rash.
In Chinese Medicine
theory, it is categorized as 热毒疫，Bleeding is corresponding to the theory of 热入血分, 迫血妄行 (heat invaded the blood phase, forcing blood
off course). TCM diagnoses it as a
combination of endotoxin derived from
heat(热毒), internal stasis of
dampness heat（湿热）, blood stasis（血瘀） ;As the virus attacks immune system, particularly, It further weaken
spleen（脾） and kidney（肾）, in TCM terms,
resulting deficiency in Yin and Yang（阴阳两虚）. The following prescription
is in accordance with the rules of treatment of the diagnosis above:
鲜马齿苋1两 (Fresh Purslane herb) 川黄连5钱(Golden thread) 生大黄3钱（后下）(Rhubarb)制附子3 钱 (Prepared common
monkshood daughter root)) 硫黄2 分(Sulfur) 灶心土1 两(Furnace Soil) 川厚朴3 钱 (Officinal magnolia
bark) 佩兰3钱(Fortune eupatorium
herb) 乌梅6钱 (Smoked plum) 肉豆蔻3 钱 (Semen Myristicae) 漂白术5 钱 (Largehead
Astractylodes Rhizome) 淮山药5 钱 (Common yam rhizome) 京赤芍3 钱 (Red Peony root) 淡干姜3 钱(Zingiber Dried
Ginger) 粉葛根5 钱 (Kudzuvine Root) 单桃仁3钱 (Peach seed) 晚蚕砂3钱 (Silkworm
Shit) 东阿胶5 钱(烊化)(Gelatin)( melting by heat) 牡丹皮3 钱 (Tree peony bark) 净连翘5 钱 (Weeping forsythia
capsule)和 杭白芍 6 钱,(White peony root)
I posted the
prescription on social media, but was given short shrift and brushed aside. I
think there are several reasons for what happens the way it is.
One, we all pedestal
authority, worship mainstream institution preponderantly as beyond doubt, other
non-mainstream sources are slighted.
Two, culture
differences on taking risk: The American culture to taking drug (Medicine) is
more conservative; prefer FDA approval by rigorously tested and yielding
positive results. It is good, but comes at a high price.
Three, the prevalent
trends is towards discovery of new vaccine, seeing this path as the only way
out of taming the epidemic.
There is nothing
egregiously bad for the reasons I mentioned. It is all about choices we have,
and the circumstances we are in. For example, WHO allowed untested drug for
use, it is the circumstances determine the choices at hand and calibrated a
seemingly unethical decision hopefully to ameliorate the situation.
We makes grave
mistake without spanning the full gamut if we are obstinate to rule out every
possibility of finding viable solution passing through the crucible. This can happen to us because we have little
knowledge of certain treatments; we have warped opinion of it, we disregard
every avenue in the experiments in the discovery process. All those are not
science. Many of the time, these kinds of behavioural distortions imbue our
thinking; it becomes hindrance to great discovery due to our ignorance.
Why I think my
prescription worth a second look?
It is a credible
choice among current treatments. Mainstream medical treatments have yet come
out with anything proclaimed efficacious; it is worth spending the resources on
something may serendipitously cut the mustard.
The solution is
relatively cheap and affordable to many Africans compared to many Western
drugs.
At present, there is
an ethical conundrum that too many patients chasing for paucity of unproven
drugs available. To whom are to give first? (The situation may change soon, but
most vaccine are untested) With this prescription, there is a ready source of
supplies to go round for all patients. Restriction of human movements is futile
to resolve the root cause but just control the spread and it elicits incessant
other social and economic problems, It is hell-bent to quickly finding an
efficacious solution, key to preventing
things run amok.
I don’t claim it is
hundred per cent efficacious, there is no perfect drug even proven by
authority, those who study medicine probably assent to this point. Much of the
drawing from this prescription is: it is based on thousand years of empirical
experiments and also I have no skin in the game.
