Guest guest Posted March 29, 2001 Report Share Posted March 29, 2001 uh oh ... why is the digest suddenly coming in as an attachment? I don't open attachments. Thanks! Pat ____________________ Pat McElroy, CRS Your Realtor For Life 919-653-2626 800-950-3010 PatMcElroy ____________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 MOXA RULES... use MOXA for ALL categories of Illness whether hot or cold, whether excess or difficiency, whether mild or severe, whether distal or local. COLD - moxa dissipates cold by it's warmth HEAT - moxas vents pent up fire DEFICIENCY - moxa-fire forces the qi within water to rise EXCESS - moxa fire consumes stagnated materials PHLEGM, DAMP - moxa's heat-qi moves fluids and makes them flow smoothly Moxa will NEVER lead to weakness or deficiency. In old chronic diseases for which herbal treatment is inadequate.....use the strength of moxa fire to force the old chronic disease out by it's roots. Richard In a message dated 7/19/2004 10:35:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, zrosenbe writes: Why would you be cautious using moxa with phlegm? If it is cold or damp phlegm, moxa is probably the best therapy one could use! On Jul 19, 2004, at 3:52 AM, susie wrote: > I differentiate with the pulse - A phlegm pulse is usually wiry on the > 2nd > and 3rd positions on right and the tongue has a sandpapery or rough > coating, > it has raised parts. > Like you I would be cautious about Moxa with phlegm. > Regards > Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 I differentiate with the pulse - A phlegm pulse is usually wiry on the 2nd and 3rd positions on right and the tongue has a sandpapery or rough coating, it has raised parts. Like you I would be cautious about Moxa with phlegm. Regards Susie Message: 6 Sun, 18 Jul 2004 06:31:30 -0700 " homi kaikobad " <aryaone Re: Phlegm Vs Damp How does one differentiate? The phlegm pulse should be slippery, but at times scripture describes it as wiry. Clinically, both look perilously the same, but one may moxa the damp to dry it, and not the phlegm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Why would you be cautious using moxa with phlegm? If it is cold or damp phlegm, moxa is probably the best therapy one could use! On Jul 19, 2004, at 3:52 AM, susie wrote: > I differentiate with the pulse - A phlegm pulse is usually wiry on the > 2nd > and 3rd positions on right and the tongue has a sandpapery or rough > coating, > it has raised parts. > Like you I would be cautious about Moxa with phlegm. > Regards > Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Moxa is great! However, I work in a crowded medical bldg, so I use liquid moxa because the other residents will think you're smoking pot, or whatever...... The liquid moxa costs about $10 for a 4-oz bottel ,which lasts about 2-3 months. You apply 2-3 coats to the affected area (it's watery), needle according to your tx plan, and aim the heat lamp on the area. I've never had a complaint, from the patients, or the local neighbors/cops!!! Ultimately, it's probably 50% of the intensity of pure moxa applied directly to the skin, but it's a compromise. JG --- acudoc11 wrote: > MOXA RULES... > > use MOXA for ALL categories of Illness > whether hot or cold, > whether excess or difficiency, > whether mild or severe, > whether distal or local. > > COLD - moxa dissipates cold by it's warmth > HEAT - moxas vents pent up fire > DEFICIENCY - moxa-fire forces the qi within water to > rise > EXCESS - moxa fire consumes stagnated materials > PHLEGM, DAMP - moxa's heat-qi moves fluids and makes > them flow smoothly > > Moxa will NEVER lead to weakness or deficiency. > > In old chronic diseases for which herbal treatment > is inadequate.....use the > strength of moxa fire to force the old chronic > disease out by it's roots. > > Richard > > > In a message dated 7/19/2004 10:35:31 AM Eastern > Daylight Time, > zrosenbe writes: > Why would you be cautious using moxa with phlegm? > If it is cold or > damp phlegm, moxa is probably the best therapy one > could use! > > > On Jul 19, 2004, at 3:52 AM, susie wrote: > > > I differentiate with the pulse - A phlegm pulse is > usually wiry on the > > 2nd > > and 3rd positions on right and the tongue has a > sandpapery or rough > > coating, > > it has raised parts. > > Like you I would be cautious about Moxa with > phlegm. > > Regards > > Susie > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Chinese Medicine , " " <zrosenbe@s...> wrote: > Why would you be cautious using moxa with phlegm? If it is cold or > damp phlegm, moxa is probably the best therapy one could use! > > in Japan, moxibustion is separately licensed from needle therapy. There are several examples of famous practitioners who only used moxibustion, and treated all conditions, including infectious diseases, with moxa. rh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 The first text my teacher, Michael Broffman, gave me to study back in the mid-seventies was an exclusively moxabustion text, and I learned how to do moxa before needling. As you point out, moxabustion can be used to treat almost any condition. On Jul 19, 2004, at 8:26 AM, kampo36 wrote: > Chinese Medicine , " " > <zrosenbe@s...> wrote: >> Why would you be cautious using moxa with phlegm? If it is cold or >> damp phlegm, moxa is probably the best therapy one could use! >> >> > > in Japan, moxibustion is separately licensed from needle therapy. > There are several > examples of famous practitioners who only used moxibustion, and > treated all > conditions, including infectious diseases, with moxa. > > rh > > > > > Membership requires that you do not post any commerical, swear, > religious, spam messages,flame another member or swear. > > > http://babel.altavista.com/ > > > and > adjust accordingly. > > If you , it takes a few days for the messages to stop being > delivered. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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