Guest guest Posted March 10, 2001 Report Share Posted March 10, 2001 Going through the eight methods I wondered about one question on han4 fa3(induce sweating). Does the medication have to be stopped once slight sweating is achieved? I couldn't find it explicitely written in Bensky's but he recalls that the sweating is the sign that the pores are open and ying/wei are balanced again. In my notes from ChengDu- classes it also says that you only want slight sweating (not profuse). But does that implicate that the medications should be stopped at that point? Is it only to open the blockage the EPF did in the surface level, so the body can do the rest alone (expelling the pathogenes through the surface/sweat)? That would mean one bao is enough. Or do you have to keep that process going on by further application of han fa? This question seems to be even more tricky (to me at least) when it comes to applications like edema or measles. any helpful comments welcome Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2001 Report Share Posted March 10, 2001 It is a good question ! I would be inclined to stop once sweating has been initiated. But if in a day or two , if you felt that any pathogen was there I would han fa again. Too much sweating could exhaust the wei qi. Heiko Patrick Rudolph wrote: > Going through the eight methods I wondered about one question on han4 > fa3(induce sweating). > Does the medication have to be stopped once slight sweating is > achieved? > I couldn't find it explicitely written in Bensky's but he recalls > that the sweating is the sign that the pores are open and ying/wei > are balanced again. In my notes from ChengDu- classes it also says > that you only want slight sweating (not profuse). But does that > implicate that the medications should be stopped at that point? > > Is it only to open the blockage the EPF did in the surface level, so > the body can do the rest alone (expelling the pathogenes through the > surface/sweat)? That would mean one bao is enough. > Or do you have to keep that process going on by further application > of han fa? > > This question seems to be even more tricky (to me at least) when it > comes to applications like edema or measles. > > any helpful comments welcome > Patrick > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2001 Report Share Posted March 11, 2001 Too > much sweating could exhaust the wei qi. > and the yin/fluids Cara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2001 Report Share Posted March 12, 2001 Agree with Heiko. Induce sweating untill pathogen is gone. But make it only once a day, better at night, and change closes as soon as patient are wet.In 3-4 days everything will be OK.With older people you should take some precautions to avoid depletion of fluids and Yin. Yuri Heiko Lade heiko Sun, 11 Mar 2001 12:23:15 +1300 Re: han fa - induce sweating It is a good question ! I would be inclined to stop once sweating has been initiated. But if in a day or two , if you felt that any pathogen was there I would han fa again. Too much sweating could exhaust the wei qi. Heiko Patrick Rudolph wrote: > Going through the eight methods I wondered about one question on han4 > fa3(induce sweating). > Does the medication have to be stopped once slight sweating is > achieved? > I couldn't find it explicitely written in Bensky's but he recalls > that the sweating is the sign that the pores are open and ying/wei > are balanced again. In my notes from ChengDu- classes it also says > that you only want slight sweating (not profuse). But does that > implicate that the medications should be stopped at that point? > > Is it only to open the blockage the EPF did in the surface level, so > the body can do the rest alone (expelling the pathogenes through the > surface/sweat)? That would mean one bao is enough. > Or do you have to keep that process going on by further application > of han fa? > > This question seems to be even more tricky (to me at least) when it > comes to applications like edema or measles. > > any helpful comments welcome > Patrick > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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