Guest guest Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 I agree that it is a great way to learn herbs. In my first year of school, I gave myself what was probably pneumonia because I treated my wind invasion with a large pot of Ma Huang Tang. Turns out I most definately did not have a replete condition, and by drinking this self-prescribed formula I drove the pathogen further into me. In my second year of school I drank several pots worth of self- prescribed Gui Pi Tang before I realized that I was gunking up the works and causing my already very constrained qi to become stunningly stuck. No one could stand to be around me until I added copious amounts of moving herbs to the Rx; I finally figured out I shoulda moved before I nourished. Better that I learned this stuff on me than on my patients... Jaclyn Oddi DOM East Mountain Acupuncture Cedar Crest, NM 87008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Yep, its a good way to learn. ALthough I think that I would probably lean towards sticking to something simple that encompasses the root and the branches. Mind you, Im the opposite of the self-administering physician. Im the worst patient, and tend to only take things under duress. (Luckily my partner is also a CM doctor.) Although I have no problem prescribing for others. You know what they say, those who cant, teach. Lea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 My first teacher in Chinese herbal medicine was Michael Broffman. Back in the mid-seventies, I began to experiment with Chinese herbs on myself along with a group of macrobiotic friends who were also beginning to study Chinese medicine. Our first books were Muramoto's " Healing Ourselves " , along with a little book called " Dragon Herbs " . I order some herbs and extracts from Muramoto and the " East Earth Herb Company " , including quite a bit of he shou wu. I couldn't find any information on he shou wu at the time, so I asked Michael what it does. He told me to take it three times a day, and then tell him what it does. So I did, and he 'gave me a good grade'. From there, I continued to take herbs in this way and look them up when possible until I was able to enter a TCM school in the late 70's and read some more reputable books (for the time). Z'ev ROsenberg On Feb 11, 2006, at 3:04 PM, scoot6687047 wrote: > I agree that it is a great way to learn herbs. > > In my first year of school, I gave myself what was probably > pneumonia because I treated my wind invasion with a large pot of Ma > Huang Tang. Turns out I most definately did not have a replete > condition, and by drinking this self-prescribed formula I drove the > pathogen further into me. > > In my second year of school I drank several pots worth of self- > prescribed Gui Pi Tang before I realized that I was gunking up the > works and causing my already very constrained qi to become > stunningly stuck. No one could stand to be around me until I added > copious amounts of moving herbs to the Rx; I finally figured out I > shoulda moved before I nourished. > > Better that I learned this stuff on me than on my patients... > > Jaclyn Oddi DOM > East Mountain Acupuncture > Cedar Crest, NM 87008 > Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, > including board approved continuing education classes, an annual > conference and a free discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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