gu therapy

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, "Phosphor" <phosphor@h...> wrote:

> mad cow can arise not only from eating contaminated food, but endogenously.

> after a high or prolonged fever albumin levels may drop.

really, very interesting

Albumin seems to

> prevent the degenerative process causing MC, which is protein segments

> becoming doubled over and forming into prions, this process then

being

> repeated by contact with other protein segments in a chain reaction.

albumin is certainly a yin substance

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> albumin drop after a fever - what's this in chinese terms? latent

heat in

> the blood?

some form of brewing toxin in the blood (gu toxin in my current hypothesis).

I can almost visualize the yin substance of the brain being scorched with

this latent heat, and the doubling over of protein segments like phlegm

congealing from the heat.

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> Many older people suffering dementia may have MC rather than Alzheimers.

I have heard this hypothesis. Certainly bears some consideration

since the feeding of rendered nervous system parts has been common practice

in America for decades. BTW, to avoid possible exposure to yourself

or patients who eat meat, there are some precautions. Never eat groundmeat

from any animal unless you can guarantee the butcher did not include NS

tissue. This rules out supermarket meat unless organic. So-called mechanically

separated turkey and chicken often has bits and piece of NS where meat

is separated from necks and backs.

> deficient Ki Yin?

According to Heiner Fruehauf, yin supplementation is a typical aspect

of gu therapy, emphasizing herbs like xuan shen, he shou wu, sheng di.

The latent heat will compromise yin and congeal phlegm. Both may

need to be treated.

NOTE: As always, the individual patient must be considered closely

before initiating therapy of any kind. Gu therapy is not some panacea.

For example, if the patient is not exhibiting any heat signs, then be careful

about the use of yin tonics and heat clearers. Fruehauf also describes

a cold, qi xu gu presentation. However, the approach to gu laid out

by Fruehauf has some aspects that apply regardless of pattern. This

is the us e of large doses of surface relievers like bo he and su ye.

the question that is of concern to me is when would one initiate

therapy. it would seem that by the time symptoms have set in, it

is too late. but how would d one know otherwise?

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