Digest Number 656

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In a message dated 7/24/01 12:54:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, writes:

 

 

A patient of mine has made a request for information in an area of CM

that is outside my area of expertise. I plan to give it the same

respect I would give any quasi-religious belief. This patient is into

feng shui and wants to know what I can add to her efforts. This is not

a joke and any help would be appreciated. Is anyone familiar with

resources, websites or rituals that involve the use of chinese herbs to

drive evil spirits from a house?

 

....this was an original use of moxibustion and acupuncture in the Shang and Zhou. The notion of Wind as evil is a direct descendent of thought processes involving ghosts. The Shen Nun Ben Cao discusses the use of fang feng to ward off the evil eye. The use of ma huang is discussed by Xu Dachun. And the Catholic church uses ru xiang and mo yao for such purposes as do the healers of Belize.

 

 

The component common to many of the herbs used for these purposes are aromatic compounds. I don't know why these spirits seem to be averse to the benzene ring but I suppose this could be an area that is rich for speculation.

 

Will

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One of my teachers couldn't understand what why were saging outside of the

clinic. When we explained she suddenly " got it " and said, " oh we use qing hao

for that " .

 

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> A patient of mine has made a request for information in an area of CM

> that is outside my area of expertise. I plan to give it the same

> respect I would give any quasi-religious belief. This patient is into

> feng shui and wants to know what I can add to her efforts. This is not

> a joke and any help would be appreciated. Is anyone familiar with

> resources, websites or rituals that involve the use of chinese herbs to

> drive evil spirits from a house?

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