prevention

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I’m interested in prevention, as my post of a couple weeks ago regarding

oregano oil asked whether it was the circulating phenols that boost

immunity to prevent invasion of evil pathogens? I’ve always wondered why

TCM is as disease oriented as allopathy. For the china scholars, is there

narrative devoted to the topic of prevention? Posts seem to indicate the

crux of the controversy revolves around boosting either wei qi or

righteous qi. Will this be answered by biochem analysis of herbal

formulas on immune action?

If so, it seems the study design would have to be longitudinal.

Pamela Zilavy

 

 

>> 1. all px should use yu ping feng san to protect against cold and

> >> flu;

> >> she said all people would benefit from supplementing wei qi and

could> >> not understand my explanation of why this was incorrect

(supplementing> >> an excess patient would make it MORE likely to get a

cold). In fact,> >> she said our opposing points of view were just two

equally valid> >> iterpretations of CM theory. Keeping an open mind,

what do folks> >> think about this? Is this an example where one view is

right and the> >> other is wrong, yet the wrong view either persists or

is even> >> predominant. Or is this a condition based treatment that

works>> regardless of pattern.

 

> >>The Nei Jing says that there MUST be a righteous qi vacuity. It

>>>doesn'tsay there must be a " defensive qi " vacuity, and righteous qi

includes both righteous or correct yin and yang substances in the body,

remembering that, to Chinese, qi is a form of insubstantial

stuff. Even in epidemics of extremely pestilential qi, there are always

some who exhibit immunity. Although I don't necessarily think

that everything the Nei Jing says is true, I do think we can square this

particular saying with modern immunology. However, first we

need to be very careful in how we understand and use Chinese medical

technical terms.

 

Bob