homeopathy, candida, food allergies

[Guest guest]

I admittedly have no use for NAET or any form of muscle testing, but

that is my personal opinion and one I suspect that is not shared by

the majority. As for homeopathy, I have full length articles

published on this subject and I do not recall any discussions

categorically dismissing homeopathy, which has a long distinguished

history. Homeopathy is a relevant subject in the context of TCM.

 

For instance, can we understand remedies in bian zheng terms? I

think

the answer is yes. In India, some doctors use the tridosha system of

ayurveda to select homeopathics. This is one example of using

traditional rationale to understand empirical therapies.

 

I feel the same way about candida. When we understand it according

to

TCM, we can then treat it bian zheng style. Otherwise, candida still

exists, but the treatment suggested is allopathic or naturopathic,

not

bian zheng. And it may or may not work, but this has nothing to do

with TCM per se.

 

I certainly think it is incorrect to suggest that treating candida

allopathically or naturopathically is the only option and that we

must

just adopt empirical methods from any other modality in order to

accomplish this. This just reflects a lack of depth in TCM training

at the basic level, not a failure of TCM.

 

Finally, to follow on the topic of food allergies some more, it is

interesting to consider some of the foods Paul Bergner listed last

week as the main insults to the american diet and thus likely to

interfere with herbal treatment. Sodden Wheat food, meaning yeasted

breads, noodles, etc are commonly prohibited by gu syndrome experts

and sp/st proponents, so there is certainly precedence for this.

Dairy was a commonly recognized problem food for some, but a health

tonic for others.

 

As for sugar and fat , in general, use of overly " greasy, spicy and

sweet foods " is the main dietary prohibition so oft repeated in TCM

herbal texts, so nothing new here, either. As for specific fats, the

main culprits are the processed vegetable fats, not butter or even

lard (note: the traditional chinese pig was a small lean animal

quite

unlike our modern barnyard hormone laden versions). I think these

margarines and cooking oils can be considered rancid or spoiled foods

in the traditional sense.

 

I don't think anyone on this list disputes the role of such food in

poor health and the need to adjust the diet in herbal therapy. In

fact, just to be clear about this, I consider the TCM bian zheng use

of foods and bian zheng analysis of western herbs, drugs,

homeopathic,

etc. to be part of Chinese herbal medicine and relevant to this list.

What is questionable to me is the use of various " testing " methods to

eliminate a wide range of specific foods. That has no precedent in

TCM, nor has any bian zheng explanation yet been offered.

 

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<zrosenberg@p...> wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback, Julie.

> I don't understand why anyone would think this list was 'down on'

> homeopathy or candida. . . . I personally love classical homeopathy.

> Candida is a bian bing/a disease diagnosis, categorized under

> chong/parasitic disorders in Chinese medicine. All Todd or I were

saying

> was that treating it only symptomatically won't cure it.

> As far as NAET goes. . . .I won't open that can of worm

[Guest guest]

> I admittedly have no use for NAET or any form of muscle testing, but

> that is my personal opinion and one I suspect that is not shared by

> the majority.

 

I tend to feel the same way about muscle testing, but then, I'm also the guy

who listens to a persons pulse and thinks I know something about what it is

telling me. My guess is that like the pulse, muscle testing can give some

useful information. But, I would also suspect, that like pulse diagnosis, it

takes some time to learn how to do it well. I've had different

practitioners 'muscle test' me from time to time. Some had a light touch,

that I suspected might have given them useful information. Others cranked me

around with a significant amount of pressure. It was unpleasant. And I felt

like they were trying to get my body to confirm their thoughts.

 

> I certainly think it is incorrect to suggest that treating candida

> allopathically or naturopathically is the only option and that we

> must just adopt empirical methods from any other modality in order to

> accomplish this. This just reflects a lack of depth in TCM training

> at the basic level, not a failure of TCM.

 

I think this is true and a very important point. Just because we can not get

Chinese medicine to work for something does not mean that Chinese medicine

can't do it. It might just mean that we don't yet know enough about making

it work to get it to do so. It is not that the medicine failed, but that

we failed to understand how to use it.

 

On the flip side of this, I've treated patients who were not helped with

Western medicine or naturapathic medicine, but responded to some very simple

simple Chinese medical treatment.

 

Michael

 

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