Ginseng Extract stick, LIV-52 and alcohol

[Guest guest]

Other than not drinking in the first place, Milk Thistle extract is an

excellent protective against alcohol-induced liver damage. It can be taken

both before and after the event where drinking may take place. This can be

especially useful for non-drinkers who may imbibe rarely on holidays.

 

.......................................

Bill Schoenbart

PO Box 8099

Santa Cruz, CA 95061

 

831-335-3165

plantmed

 

 

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Matthew wrote:

> Recently I celebrated my birthday a little too exuberantly, finding by

> the end of the evening that my half of a fifth of scotch was

> nowhere to be seen (same with my friend's...).

 

Ireland, like most countries, has her share of " Martyrs to the Demon

Drink " . As one who used to enjoy the BEST whiskey in the world [irish of

course!] I have picked up a few useful tips on the way.

 

1. A Taiwanese colleague gave me a 1 " length of Concentrated Ginseng

Extract (in stick-form from Taiwan) to chew circa 30 minutes before I

was due to deliver the opening lecture on the morning after the

Congress Banquet - a helluva night. The party broke up at 0600 and the

first lecture was for 0900! [Friends told me that I demolished a bottle of

Bushmills 12-year-old that night].

 

Within 20 minutes of starting to chew the Ginseng stick, I was back on

the planet and able to give a complicated lecture on IT in TCM, using

modern IT technology.

 

2. Some years ago, an Indian colleague, whose school-teacher father

was a life-long student of Ayurvedic medicine, told me about the LV-

restorative properties of LIV-52 [ http://tinyurl.com/8omd2 ].>>>>>>>>>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

and after Tylenol?

 

 

Other than not drinking in the first place, Milk Thistle extract is an

excellent protective against alcohol-induced liver damage. It can be taken

both before and after the event where drinking may take place. This can be

especially useful for non-drinkers who may imbibe rarely on holidays.

 

......................................

Bill Schoenbart

PO Box 8099

Santa Cruz, CA 95061

 

831-335-3165

plantmed

 

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Matthew wrote:

> Recently I celebrated my birthday a little too exuberantly, finding by

> the end of the evening that my half of a fifth of scotch was

> nowhere to be seen (same with my friend's...).

 

Ireland, like most countries, has her share of " Martyrs to the Demon

Drink " . As one who used to enjoy the BEST whiskey in the world [irish of

course!] I have picked up a few useful tips on the way.

 

1. A Taiwanese colleague gave me a 1 " length of Concentrated Ginseng

Extract (in stick-form from Taiwan) to chew circa 30 minutes before I

was due to deliver the opening lecture on the morning after the

Congress Banquet - a helluva night. The party broke up at 0600 and the

first lecture was for 0900! [Friends told me that I demolished a bottle of

Bushmills 12-year-old that night].

 

Within 20 minutes of starting to chew the Ginseng stick, I was back on

the planet and able to give a complicated lecture on IT in TCM, using

modern IT technology.

 

2. Some years ago, an Indian colleague, whose school-teacher father

was a life-long student of Ayurvedic medicine, told me about the LV-

restorative properties of LIV-52 [ http://tinyurl.com/8omd2 ].>>>>>>>>>

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I have seen no discussion, but once in Russia I witnessed a Voll

(electroacupuncture) practitioner testing different hard liquors with different

clients,and giving them suggestions on what was better for them to drink: rum

or vodka (for instance) and what to not drink among liquors. No control group

though. Alex Zide L.Ac.

 

Matthew Sieradski <mattsieradski wrote: Phil,

 

Thank you for the words of wisdom. (Hard-earned, by the sound of it.)

Sometimes, as they say, the spirits call us. Had I only prepared as you suggest

for the encounter, I may have escaped more or less unscathed. Perhaps that

will come with age... Regardless, my dates with the demon drink come less often

these days.

 

While not an herbal remedy, one of my acupuncture teachers, Steven Brown,

advocates the needling of Liver 1 to overcome the effects of such evenings.

I've found it to be quite helpful, especially if the heat generated internally

is making sleep difficult.

 

BTW, has anybody seen such an item as Phil talks of, the 1 " length of

Concentrated Ginseng Extract in stick-form, available in the US? It might be a

useful item for the pharmacy.

 

I wonder also, has anyone ever seen discussion of the various effects of

the different hard liquors? The qi quality derived from imbibing, say, tequila,

is quite different from whisky or vodka. Chinese Bai Jiu has its own (yuck)

unique qualities. Even between the various whiskies there is a definite

difference in psychological and energetic effect. Especially between bourbon

and Scotch or Irish Whiskey, wouldn't you say? My wife won't let me drink

bourbon anymore... The cowboy's been put to pasture.

 

-Matt