My first trip to a Traditional Chinese Medicine Person

[Guest guest]

Ok, so I got lost in Chinatown 3 times before I found this place, but

if anyone knows about downtown traffic and constuction, you

understnad lol. Well I meet him and he's really cool and easy to talk

to. I fill out these forms and medical history and checklist of my

complaints. He takes my pulse and then has me stick out my tongue at

him (lol I couldn't stop laughing at that). He asks more questions

and then says I should start off by balancing my Chi (it's low or

something) and I will feel better. Then I(we) can work on other

specific things later. I pay my bill (SO not as expensive as I was

expecting) and get a prescription written in Chinese to take to a

local TCM store. I go there and they get busy preparing my tea that

according to doc is going to taste and smell so horrible I'll need to

take this candy afterwards. I was expecting a bunch of herbal

capsules, boy! was I shocked LOL. Noone could tell me the English

names of what I was in my packages, just that the " candy " is called

Haw Flakes. The packages were a mixture of leaves(brown and green),

dark stems and branches, red white and a dark brownish bark, dried

berries, something resembling a cream colored root flakes, seeds of

all shapes and sizes and some whitish translucent stemlike things. Oh

and what looks like dark orange peels and some glazed puffy cornnuts

looking things LOL. Sorry for the poor descriptions.

If anyone has any idea what I'm taking, please let me know. LOL

Thanks. I'm off to brew my first batch. Wish me luck!

:-)

[Guest guest]

Many of the Chinese herbs used in a prescription like this have no English

name. I've had to blend some at times, and knowing how to read a little

Chinese really helped.

 

There are a few herbs that are used on both sides, but even then sometimes the

Chinese herb is slightly different in its properties. This is true of Yarrow,

Aconite, and Queen Annes Lace among others.

 

On Tue, 06 Aug 2002 21:13:56 -0000 mrsboston_322002

<mrsboston_322002 wrote:

 

> Ok, so I got lost in Chinatown 3 times before I

> found this place, but

> if anyone knows about downtown traffic and

> constuction, you

> understnad lol. Well I meet him and he's really

> cool and easy to talk

> to. I fill out these forms and medical history

> and checklist of my

> complaints. He takes my pulse and then has me

> stick out my tongue at

> him (lol I couldn't stop laughing at that). He

> asks more questions

> and then says I should start off by balancing

> my Chi (it's low or

> something) and I will feel better. Then I(we)

> can work on other

> specific things later. I pay my bill (SO not as

> expensive as I was

> expecting) and get a prescription written in

> Chinese to take to a

> local TCM store. I go there and they get busy

> preparing my tea that

> according to doc is going to taste and smell so

> horrible I'll need to

> take this candy afterwards. I was expecting a

> bunch of herbal

> capsules, boy! was I shocked LOL. Noone could

> tell me the English

> names of what I was in my packages, just that

> the " candy " is called

> Haw Flakes. The packages were a mixture of

> leaves(brown and green),

> dark stems and branches, red white and a dark

> brownish bark, dried

> berries, something resembling a cream colored

> root flakes, seeds of

> all shapes and sizes and some whitish

> translucent stemlike things. Oh

> and what looks like dark orange peels and some

> glazed puffy cornnuts

> looking things LOL. Sorry for the poor

> descriptions.

> If anyone has any idea what I'm taking, please

> let me know. LOL

> Thanks. I'm off to brew my first batch. Wish me

> luck!

> :-)

>

>

[Guest guest]

Haw flakes are hawthorne berry flakes and quite tasty

but also have a medicinal effect for over eating

greasy food as well as reducing cholesterol. I'll take

a wild guess that he gave you a formula similar to 6

gentleman decoction, called. It contains dang shen-

codinoposis, Ban xia- prinellia, chen pi- tangerine

peel, da zao- chinese dates, and one or two other

things depending on how its put together. Its function

is to tonify spleen and drain damp. indications are

fatigue, loose stool, undigested food in stool, short

of breath, distended abdomen, pale tongue with white,

moist or greasy coat, teeth marks on the sides, deep

weak pulse.

just a wild guess about a few of the descriptions and

a little guessing. you may not have all of the

symptoms but may recognize a few.

bob

--- mrsboston_322002 <mrsboston_322002

wrote:

> Ok, so I got lost in Chinatown 3 times before I

> found this place, but

> if anyone knows about downtown traffic and

> constuction, you

> understnad lol. Well I meet him and he's really cool

> and easy to talk

> to. I fill out these forms and medical history and

> checklist of my

> complaints. He takes my pulse and then has me stick

> out my tongue at

> him (lol I couldn't stop laughing at that). He asks

> more questions

> and then says I should start off by balancing my Chi

> (it's low or

> something) and I will feel better. Then I(we) can

> work on other

> specific things later. I pay my bill (SO not as

> expensive as I was

> expecting) and get a prescription written in Chinese

> to take to a

> local TCM store. I go there and they get busy

> preparing my tea that

> according to doc is going to taste and smell so

> horrible I'll need to

> take this candy afterwards. I was expecting a bunch

> of herbal

> capsules, boy! was I shocked LOL. Noone could tell

> me the English

> names of what I was in my packages, just that the

> " candy " is called

> Haw Flakes. The packages were a mixture of

> leaves(brown and green),

> dark stems and branches, red white and a dark

> brownish bark, dried

> berries, something resembling a cream colored root

> flakes, seeds of

> all shapes and sizes and some whitish translucent

> stemlike things. Oh

> and what looks like dark orange peels and some

> glazed puffy cornnuts

> looking things LOL. Sorry for the poor descriptions.

> If anyone has any idea what I'm taking, please let

> me know. LOL

> Thanks. I'm off to brew my first batch. Wish me

> luck!

> :-)

>

>

 

 

 

 

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