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Here is some more non-TCM info on the use of alternatives in treating

post-operative conditions. It does not go into any great detail on

anything, but just lists some treatments as well as listing

contraindications.

 

http://www.tnp.com/encyclopedia/condition/626/259/

 

I want to call your attention to the use of ginger for post-operative

nausea. The results of the studies have been mixed, in some cases the

ginger helping and in one study actually hurting. The reason for these

mixed results is that researchers are not considering TCM properties.

Ginger is an herb with warming energy. Raw ginger has warm energy; dried

ginger has hot energy. Giving ginger alone for nausea should only be done

with people who are Cold. Give ginger by itself to a person who is too Hot,

and it's adding Heat to Heat and making problems worse. The reason for the

mixed results is that researchers failed to restrict study groups to just

people who were suffering from Cold. When they gave it to a person who is

too Hot, it aggravated certain problems.

 

In TCM raw ginger is classified as an herb to warm the Exterior. Dried

ginger is an herb to warm the Interior. In order to correctly study ginger,

researchers - in addition to considering if subjects are Cold, Hot, or

Neutral - also need to consider the form of the ginger used - raw or dried.

The properties of the ginger (and its uses) will differ according to if the

ginger is raw or dried.

 

Victoria

 

 

 

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