Guest guest Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Hi - I practice acupuncture and Chinese herbs in Australia and I was wondering if anyone could help me. One of my clients asked me the other day what I thought the TCM implications were of having a vasectomy. I explained about blocking the flow of the meridians, especially the Liver etc etc, however as the majority of my clients are female I have not been able to observe both the short and long term physical and emotional consequences of this very common operation. Some of my thoughts are that it would cause a stagnation of Liver qi, impede the flow of the Ren Mai and from this, at the very least, cause alot of anger. On the flipside, because the sperm is being preserved - literally being reabsorbed by the body - does this mean that the Jing is also being preserved?? I'm not sure about that last bit, however the more I thought about this the further deeper it becomes. I would very much appreciate any thoughts on this topic, or any suggested reading. Thank you - happy treatments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Along these same lines I also wonder about the prolonged use of hormonal birth control methods. Zenisis mjmnh wrote: >Hi - I practice acupuncture and Chinese herbs in Australia and I was >wondering if anyone could help me. > >One of my clients asked me the other day what I thought the TCM >implications were of having a vasectomy. I explained about blocking >the flow of the meridians, especially the Liver etc etc, however as >the majority of my clients are female I have not been able to >observe both the short and long term physical and emotional >consequences of this very common operation. > >Some of my thoughts are that it would cause a stagnation of Liver >qi, impede the flow of the Ren Mai and from this, at the very least, >cause alot of anger. On the flipside, because the sperm is being >preserved - literally being reabsorbed by the body - does this mean >that the Jing is also being preserved?? I'm not sure about that last >bit, however the more I thought about this the further deeper it >becomes. > >I would very much appreciate any thoughts on this topic, or any >suggested reading. >Thank you - happy treatments. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine > Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner > >Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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