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The medicinal use of cacao, or chocolate, both as a primary remedy and as a vehicle to deliver other medicines, originated in the New World and diffused to Europe in the mid 1500s. These practices originated among the Olmec, Maya and Mexica (Aztec). The word cacao is derived from Olmec and the subsequent Mayan languages (kakaw); the chocolate-related term cacahuatl is Nahuatl (Aztec language), derived from Olmec/Mayan etymology. Early colonial era documents included instructions for the medicinal use of cacao. The Badianus Codex (1552) noted the use of cacao flowers to treat fatigue, whereas the Florentine Codex (1590) offered a prescription of cacao beans, maize and the herb tlacoxochitl (Calliandra anomala) to alleviate fever and panting of breath and to treat the faint of heart. Subsequent 16th to early 20th century manuscripts produced in Europe and New Spain revealed >100 medicinal uses for cacao/chocolate. Three consistent roles can be identified: 1) to treat emaciated patients to gain weight; 2) to stimulate nervous systems of apathetic, exhausted or feeble patients; and 3) to improve digestion and elimination where cacao/chocolate countered the effects of stagnant or weak stomachs, stimulated kidneys and improved bowel function. Additional medical complaints treated with chocolate/cacao have included anemia, poor appetite, mental fatigue, poor breast milk production, consumption/tuberculosis, fever, gout, kidney stones, reduced longevity and poor sexual appetite/low virility. Chocolate paste was a medium used to administer drugs and to counter the taste of bitter pharmacological additives. In addition to cacao beans, preparations of cacao bark, oil (cacao butter), leaves and flowers have been used to treat burns, bowel dysfunction, cuts and skin irritations.
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PMID:Food of the gods: cure for humanity? A cultural history of the medicinal and ritual use of chocolate. 1091 25

A 70-year-old man came to the Access to Primary Care Clinic at the Interim LSU Public Hospital because he had been told at another hospital that he needed a kidney doctor. The patient had a history of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes mellitus, long-standing kidney disease, an above the knee amputation on the left, gout, a possible coronary stent procedure five years ago, and recently poor appetite and inability to care for himself. He had a long history of medical noncompliance and was taking no medications when he came to the hospital. He denied all cardiac symptoms, including chest discomfort. He was admitted to hospital because of a blood pressure of 240/110 mmHg, a serum creatinine of 6.0 mg/dL, and an estimated glomerular filtration rate of 11 mL/min - i.e., chronic kidney disease, stage V. His electrocardiogram was read by the computer as normal (Figure 1).
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PMID:ECG of the month. Electrocardiogram in a man with chronic kidney failure. ECG is abnormal and indicative of heart disease. 2336 95

Mufangji Decoction is a famous herbal formula from Synopsis of Golden Chamber. However,it is easy to be misunderstood due to so its unique compatability. The syndromes treated by Mufangji Decoction included the following aspects:(1) in terms of modern medicine,it could be used to treat acute and chronic heart failure,heart failure aggravated by lung infection,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease acute episode,pulmonary heart disease,bilateral pleural effusion,acute attack of gout,rheumatic fever,rheumatoid arthritis,and rheumatoid arthritis;(2) in terms of symptoms,it could be used to treat asthma,chest tightness,wheeze impacting prostration and dyspnea impacting sitting posture; gastric distention; dark face,cyanotic,and mitral valvular face; edema of head and extremities; dry mouth,thirsty,unwilling to wear thick clothes,intolerance of heat,and irritable; fatigue,shortness of breath,poor appetite,constipation,less urine,yellow color,poor response to diuretics,and diuretic resistance; fast heart rate,which is hard to be controlled by Western medicine and has no response to Zhenwu Decoction; dark red tongue,dry tongue with yellow fur,rapid pulse,or deep tight pulse. In emergency and severe cases,Yang deficiency and fluid retention are normal syndromes of heart failure,while Yang deficiency,fluid retention,and heat are metamorphic syndromes of heart failure,which possessed complex mechanisms of pathophysiology; the mechanisms of Shaoyin heat-conversion syndrome is similar to Yang deficiency,fluid retention,and heat syndrome; the reason of application of gypsum in Mufangji Decoction shall be further studied; the " empty" and " real" in modified Mufangji Decoction are physical signs,rather than pathogenesis.
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PMID:[Mufangji Decoction formula tracing and its effect on emergency and severe cases]. 3098 62