Guest guest Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 hello , can someone tell me what it means when a herb adjust's the nutritive amd protective levels. I don't understands this mechanism Thanks and best wishes Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Dear Rick, I have struggled with how to present this mechanism to my students, and found that there is a pretty good explanation in Bensky's formula book under Gui Zhi Tang. He explains that in this presentation, " the protective qi is slightly weak. When it rises to the surface to fend off wind-cold, fever and chills are produced. This takes all of its strength and it is unable to adequately perform its other functions, such as guarding the nutritive qi. The nutritive qi therefore becomes unstable and is unable to contain the fluids. The resulting sweating does not have the full force of the protective qi behind it, and thus does not lead to any improvement in the condition. " For this condition, you need to gently diaphorese but also protect fluids, which is why Bai Shao is there, to " benefit the yin " and contain the fluids. Have you looked in the Practical Dictionary? It must have a detailed explanation. Julie - " Rick " <j.kamps2 Monday, November 24, 2003 8:48 AM Nutritive and protective levels? > hello , can someone tell me what it means when a herb adjust's the > nutritive amd protective levels. I don't understands this mechanism > > Thanks and best wishes > > Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 , Julie Chambers <info@j...> wrote: > Dear Rick, > > I have struggled with how to present this mechanism to my students, and > found that there is a pretty good explanation in Bensky's formula book under > Gui Zhi Tang. best discussion in mitchell's SHL on gui zhi tang patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 I thought the easy explaination was the typical army analogy. Wei Qi (protective level) was the front line defense and Ying Qi (nutritive level) was the support. If you don't feed the troops or resupply the ammunition, they won't last long at all. When an herb adjusts the Ying and Wei, it's getting the supply routes open again so there's enough force to expel the Xie qi. Geoff > - > " Rick " <j.kamps2@c...> > > > hello , can someone tell me what it means when a herb adjust's the > > nutritive amd protective levels. I don't understands this mechanism > > > > Thanks and best wishes > > > > Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 okay (all) , thanks for the information! Julie mentioned about the practical dictionary... I've seen the name of this book for several times in the emails from this list but can't find it on the Internet. Maybe an ISBN number? Thanks and best wishes Rick - yingsuke2002 Tuesday, November 25, 2003 7:01 AM Re: Nutritive and protective levels? I thought the easy explaination was the typical army analogy. Wei Qi (protective level) was the front line defense and Ying Qi (nutritive level) was the support. If you don't feed the troops or resupply the ammunition, they won't last long at all. When an herb adjusts the Ying and Wei, it's getting the supply routes open again so there's enough force to expel the Xie qi. Geoff > - > " Rick " <j.kamps2@c...> > > > hello , can someone tell me what it means when a herb adjust's the > > nutritive amd protective levels. I don't understands this mechanism > > > > Thanks and best wishes > > > > Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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