Digest Number 2632

[Guest guest]

I tend to agree with Jennifer and Verena on the IUD issue. I've seen

the fallout for so many years now that I cringe when I hear that

someone is using the IUD in fear for them. Here are some thoughts.

 

There is a clear experiential connection between IUDs and PID,

including subclinical chronic PID which leaves the tubes scarred,

thus making a woman more at risk for ectopic pregnancies.

 

Here's a quote from the Boston Women's Health Collective

 

" One major risk of the IUD is infection. IUD related infections can

lead to damage to the fallopian tubes and or uterus, sterility and

sometimes even death. Most doctors no longer recommend the IUD for

younger women who may want to have children in the future. However;

some middle-aged women may want to have children in the future and no

wman wants to risk a potentially life-threathening infection. There

are other reasons why the IUD may not be appropriate..mid-cycle

bleeding, cmmon among IUD users, can also be a symptom of certain

types of reproductive cancers Such bleeding in IUD wearers may be

either disregarded or misdiagnosed, thus delaying important

treatment. IUDs are not recommended for women with fibroids, a

condition common in women over 40. In addition, as women approach

menopause, the uterus becomes smaller and the IUD can become deeply

embedded and difficult to remove. The IUD may also perforate the

uterus and travel through the uterine wall. "

 

 

Personally, I have seen quite a few difficulties with the iud. One

patient developed thyroid illness after having mirena inserted. Many

women I've seen for fertility have fallopian tube adhesions due to iud.

 

I want to say too that, in my experience, heavy bleeding is a very

common cause of blood stasis. I have never seen it as a good thing

for women with the potential for or the actuality of blood stasis.

In addition, Fu Qing Zhu is very clear the menstrual blood is not

just blood, it is the tian gui and I have found this to be true.

Women who bleed heavily over time loose a lot of vitality.

 

As for increased discharge - It seems to me that if a woman is having

more discharge than she normally would, assuming she is healthy, that

this is evidence that the iud is causing an imbalance. I had a

patient who began to have excess clear eggwhite discharge, similar to

fertile mucous, and while she had this she showed signs of rapid aging.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Sharon

 

 

On Nov 10, 2005, at 11:35 AM, wrote:

 

>>> I would really challenge that: I don`t think you can lump IUD`s

>>> with PID and

>>> STD`s. Examine IUD`s alone and they are usually without long term

>>> consequences. It is the copper that prevents implantation. Not

>>> uterine

>>> inflammation.

>>> they are not a good option for women who are not in a monogamous

>>> relationship.

>>>

>>> also, as a perk: women have more cervical secretions, which makes

>>> sex more-

>>> well- juicy, therefore more fun.

>>>

>>>

>>> Cara

>>

 

Sharon Weizenbaum

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Amherst, MA 01002

413-549-4021

sweiz

www.whitepinehealingarts.com

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Here is the mo yuan as I would construct it in the anatomically based pulse

system of Shen and Hammer:

 

 

 

I have had much clinical confirmation of this, especially in the treatment

cancer. However, I am more interested in whether or not others are able to

confirm or deny this finding.

 

Will

 

I know some people on this list are interested in the concept of

hidden or deep-lying evils in relationship to chronic infectious( read

viral) diseases. So, in issue #9, 2005 of Zhong Yi Yan Jiu (Chinese

Medical Research), the lead article is titled exactly that: " On the

Treatment of Chronic Infectious Diseases Based on the Theory of Hidden

Evils. " However, before anyone gets too excited, there isn't a whole

lot new here. The author (born in 1972) goes over the origins of the

theory in the Nei Jing, Shang Han Lun, Nan Jing, and Wen Re Jing Shu.

Nothing new there. He then talks about the importance of strengthening

the body's righteous qi, meaning, practically speaking, the spleen and

kidneys. The last section of the article, however, is on dispelling

evils from the mo yuan or membrane source. In this case, he says it is

prohibited to either sweat or precipitate. Instead, one should

out-thrust the heat of damp warmth, open damp warm depression, and

effuse damp warmth from the exterior, and, to do exactly this, he

recommends three medicinals originally recommended by Wu You-ke: Bing

Lang, Hou Po, and Cao Guo. These three ingredients are found in Master

Wu's Da Yuan Yin (Reach/Extend the Membrane Beverage), Wiseman and

Feng's Open the Source Membrane Beverage) typically indicated for half

inside-half outside condition. Viz. Bensky & Barolet, p. 142-143. The

author quotes Master Wu's explanation of his formula. In this

explanation, Master Wu says that Bing Lang and Cao Guo " eliminate

hidden evils. " In the author's conclusion, he suggests that, in

attempting to treat chronic infectious diseases, one should try using

meds which supplement and boost the spleen, kidneys, essence, and qi

on top of which one can add the above three meds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I want to remind people that a half inside-half outside condition

doesn't mean the pathogen is in both places but in between the two.

Mclean in the Clinical Handbook says the strategy is to narrow the

space in which the pathogen hides.

doug

 

 

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> I know some people on this list are interested in the concept of

> hidden or deep-lying evils in relationship to chronic infectious( read

> viral) diseases. So, in issue #9, 2005 of Zhong Yi Yan Jiu (Chinese

> Medical Research), the lead article is titled exactly that: " On the

> Treatment of Chronic Infectious Diseases Based on the Theory of Hidden

> Evils. " However, before anyone gets too excited, there isn't a whole

> lot new here. The author (born in 1972) goes over the origins of the

> theory in the Nei Jing, Shang Han Lun, Nan Jing, and Wen Re Jing Shu.

> Nothing new there. He then talks about the importance of strengthening

> the body's righteous qi, meaning, practically speaking, the spleen and

> kidneys. The last section of the article, however, is on dispelling

> evils from the mo yuan or membrane source. In this case, he says it is

> prohibited to either sweat or precipitate. Instead, one should

> out-thrust the heat of damp warmth, open damp warm depression, and

> effuse damp warmth from the exterior, and, to do exactly this, he

> recommends three medicinals originally recommended by Wu You-ke: Bing

> Lang, Hou Po, and Cao Guo. These three ingredients are found in Master

> Wu's Da Yuan Yin (Reach/Extend the Membrane Beverage), Wiseman and

> Feng's Open the Source Membrane Beverage) typically indicated for half

> inside-half outside condition. Viz. Bensky & Barolet, p. 142-143. The

> author quotes Master Wu's explanation of his formula. In this

> explanation, Master Wu says that Bing Lang and Cao Guo " eliminate

> hidden evils. " In the author's conclusion, he suggests that, in

> attempting to treat chronic infectious diseases, one should try using

> meds which supplement and boost the spleen, kidneys, essence, and qi

> on top of which one can add the above three meds.

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