Topic: Had my first accupuncture appointment yesterday. Very good!
bcb1200
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So...I'm stalled at 90-95% and have a few remaining symptoms left. I think they are mainly Bart related.
To help clear things quickly, support my liver, and maintain overall health, I decided to try accupuncture.
There is a guy local to me who is "fairly" lyme literate. He mainly knows the "mainstream" treatments, but prefers alternative. He knows a lot about how lyme works / attacks various parts of the body.
His daughter came down with lyme 3 years ago and had a terrible time. She had the classic symptom of a swollen knee with some other symptoms. Was on antibiotics for 2 months and got 75% there.
So, he then started treating her with traditional Chinese medicine. Tried some herbs, which helped, but didn't fix. Then he used some sort of herbal, Chinese plaster / poultice that had some sort of herbs in it. He said they put in on her daughter's knee at bedtime. The next morning her knee was 100% normal! I guess his daughter said she had to get up to pee about 5 times in the middle of the night (she usually never goes at night), so it was obvious that she was detoxing something.
Anyway..it has been 3 years and she is still fine. 100%.
He thinks he can help clear my remaining symptoms (with my traditional abx treatment that I"m on) and also support my liver and GI tract. He took a look at my tongue and stated that my tongue indicates I've had GI issues for a long time.
Felt pretty good today. Figure it can't hurt and several thousand years of Chinese medicine can't be wrong.
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penguingirl
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Is this guy in Boston or where in MA?
I love acupuncture so been trying to find a lyme literate acupunturist..
Can you please PM with his info?
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please PM info--looking for a good acupuncutist in MA... thanks!
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steve1906
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I'm also from Ma. please PM me...Thanks!!!
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Lauralyme
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Moxibustion is also great......increasing the white blood cell count thus making the immune system stronger to fight the infection.
I agree, over a thousand years ago they were curing diseases without drugs.
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