thoughts on fetal cells and jing

[Guest guest]

Fascinating story on NPR this morning. Takes only a few minutes to

listen to.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5195551

 

 

 

The gist of it is: any time a man and woman copulate and conceive,

regardless of the fate of the fetus, fetal cells remain inside the

woman for years, for decades, maybe forever….And so I wonder: Could

we think of these fetal cells as jing? Could we think of this

perhaps as jing gone awry/especially if we coincidentally see cells-

where-they-should-not-be for example as in endometriosis? Since the

outcome of copulatory activity is often unknowingly and

spontaneously aborted a few days later, couldn't we extrapolate and

say that any unprotected M-F intercourse [as long as sperm and eggs

are viable] may result in the woman carrying that partner's

cells/qi/jing inside her for the rest of her life?

 

 

Are `possession' treatments in order?

 

Jaclyn Oddi, DOM

East Mountain Acupuncture & Herbs

Cedar Crest NM 87008