Topic: acupuncture and chinese meds-have they helped anyone?
Nal
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I have an appt with a chinese medicine dr this week for a consult. He is someone that a friend recommended to me.
Ive never gone this route before but I am hoping it will help some with the gastritis and Lyme both.
What do you all think?
Nancy
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map1131
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Funny thing Nal. Last week when you posted about all the test results being negative and not knowing where to turn next for your horrible stomach....I thought about accupunture and chinese medicine.
Did I send you private message? I really think they might be able to help. Chinese medicine is facinating to me. I actually did accupunture and herbs back in 2001. My guy wasn't chinese, just had been there and studied under some of the masters.
My problem was, he would work so hard on me for 60-90 minutes and have me feeling so good and then I would go back to the high stress office and within 2 hrs it was as if I'd never been worked on.
He probably kept me working for as long as I did. I started looking for him about a year ago and he had gone back to China for more studies.
I'm sure he'll probably do herbs too. Hopefully, he'll get that tummy of yours calmed down. Traditional medicine hasn't been able to answer your problem, so go for it.
Pam
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Andie333
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Hey, Nancy,
I've been getting weekly acupuncture treatements for over a year; it's part of my treatment I've found invaluable.
While I see my LLMD every 4-8 weeks, the acupuncturist is able to adjust my weekly treatments to whatever my current symptoms happen to be. Same thing is true for the Chinese herbs.
Each week, she gives me a new herbal "tea," and that, too, is adjusted to my current symptoms.
Because the entire oriental system is so different from Western medicine, she also comes at my symnptoms from an entirely new perspective.
I should also add that she works in full concert with my LLMD.
Andie
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Foggy
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Unfortunately, both were not helpful for me and yet more money down the tubes. Trial and error type of scenario.
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Hello, I have been doing tuina (Chinese massage) and Chinese herbs for over a year now. They have helped me a great deal with symptom relief. I have also herxed from some of the herbal combinations.
Chinese medicine requires a professional who really knows what he or she is doing. The first acupuncturist I went to was a waste of money, but the guy I go to now is fantastic.
If you do not feel results in your first several visits, then I would suggest finding someone else. Also, make sure they spend time with you and ask you lots of questions. The acupuncturists who just run in, stick you with needles, and run out are not going to do you any good.
Let us know how it goes.
Take care, Ms. Myo
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I am am acupuncturist and practitioner of Chinese herbal medicine. Lyme Disease is a bit baffling from the Chinese medicine perspective, like it can be from the conventional medicine perspective. Before I got sick myself, I treated some patients who in hindsight I am certain had Lyme disease and did not know it. They were my hardest patients to treat. I was good at helping their symptoms, but true relief was sometimes elusive, and other strange symptoms would come up. Now after having experienced the disease in my own body. I have a much clearer grasp of how to treat Lyme with Chinese herbs. You may want to pass this on to your practitioner. The best methods in Chinese medicine to treat Lyme are to clear blood stasis, transform phlegm-fire, clear toxic heat in the blood, and warm the body. Treating deficiencies are secondary to treating these excess patterns. The practitioner can choose which of these methods to emphasize at each session. The deficiencies that are the most important to treat are usually kidney yang and kidney qi deficiency. Your acupuncturist will comprehend what I just wrote here.
Farah
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Nal
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Thanks a bunch Farah! I will definately pass this on to him when I see him tomorrow.
Nancy
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-Chuck Swindoll Posts: 1594 | From Colorado | Registered: Jan 2005
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As usual we are all diff. respond to treatment diff.
For me I enjoyed, cost felt was too much for what I got in return. Went to the top in area.
Suggest Bowen Treatment, less expense, & time, amount you need. I was in the 1st AMA study of 20 for FM.
I can tell you all of us had good reaction except for do not let them roll over occipital area. We all got extreme headaches, mine worse, Cluster for 5 days. Was almost afraid to go back, but did since I said would do study. BTW/ went in as total skeptic.
3rd treatment did something showed on computer my energy went from 100 to over 1000 after.
Normally on way home all want to do is get there. Next thing found myself making 1 stop after other on way home without the usual price to pay.
It lasted 2 mo. better than many alternative things have tried. Also message, gets the lymph system moving. Why you may feel like crud after. Have always said if had my could afford morning & night message therapist. Feel would do a lot better. Nothing wrong with acupuncture for me just too pricey, have to do it regular, not worth it in end. Unless I was Rich. Then OK. IMHO Kerry
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