Hello From Argentina..i introduce myself

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I am a medical doctor.I am from Argentina I am an acupuncture

practicioner.Also I am psichyatrist.I am very interested to contact

with many people to interchange ideas about all this maters.Better if

they would belong to diferent cultures or countries.Please I would be

very grateful inform me about some acupuncturist people who are

researching on the depression and other emotional disorders

 

My e.mail adresses are:

Celiasteiman

Celiasteiman

I wait your answer as soon as posible.

 

Best Regards.

[Guest guest]

>I am a medical doctor.I am from Argentina I am an acupuncture

>practicioner.Also I am psichyatrist.I am very interested to contact

>with many people to interchange ideas about all this maters.Better if

>they would belong to diferent cultures or countries.Please I would be

>very grateful inform me about some acupuncturist people who are

>researching on the depression and other emotional disorders

 

Are you familiar with Rosa N. Schnyer? Founder of the Kwan Yin Center for

the Healing Arts, former president of the Acupuncture Society of Arizona,

and member of the Society for Acupuncture Research. She's a research

specialist at the University of Arizona Department of Psychology where she

conducts a NIH (National Institute of Health) funded research project

looking into acupuncture as a treatment for depression. The U of A is in

Tucson, Arizona, USA, and she also has a private practice there.

 

For readers still relatively new to TCM and interested in depression,

Schnyer wrote a book with Bob Flaws called Curing Depression Naturally with

, Blue Poppy Prss, ISBN 0-936185-94-5. I got a copy for

Christmas, but have only had time to skim it so far.

 

One thing I want to caution those new to TCM about is that on page 104 Bob

Flaws writes that he's found aerobic exercise to be beneficial for *most*

people with depression. I want emphasize that he says " most " . There are

some cases of depression that this most definitely is contraindicated for.

For example, if the depression is linked to a viral infection such as

mononucleosis, exercise - especially aerobic exercise - is a definite no-no.

The viral infection needs to be brought under control. Likewise, exercise

is contraindicated for true CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction

Syndrome) with or without depression. Yes, I know a British psychiatrist

has been pushing aerobic exercise and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) for

treating CFIDS/ CFS. The problem is the criteria he developed and uses for

CFS (CFIDS) is not the CDC (Centers for Disese Control) criteria for CFS.

One of the hallmarks of true CFIDS is that overdoing physically will make

the person sicker. A lot sicker. Blood flow to the brain decreases and may

take several days to return to normal following overdoing by PWCs.

 

There are other cases where aerobic exercise will not work in treating

depression and may even make the person sicker. One that comes to mind is

hypothyroidism.

 

Qi Gong is ok for a person with CFIDS and can benefit the person greatly.

But, if the PWC is very sick, s/he will have to be brought up to a certain

level via herbs, acupuncture/acupressure, etc. before s/he will be capable

of doing even Qi Gong.

 

One TCM contraindication to exercise that Flaws mentions is Yin Deficiency

(or Yin Vacuity as the Blue Poppy Press writers are fond of calling it).

(Yin cools and calms the body among other things. Yin Deficiency is

Deficiency Heat. One of the manifestations of Yin Deficiency is that the

person will tend to be agitated and maybe even a little nevrous. Night

sweats are common. The person tends to feel hotter in the afternoon than in

the morning. There frequently is a malar flush in the face - especially on

the cheekbones. In Excess Heat, the entire complextion tends to be reddish.

In Deficiency Heat, the redness tends to be blotchy. BTW, many PWCs tend

to be Yin Deficient. It may or may not be masked by a much greater Kidney

Yang Deficiency, but there usually is Yin Deficiency. Fevers - even low

grade fevers over time - can damage Yin. Hence, the no-no for aerobic

exercising when the depression is due to viral infection also has a sound

basis in TCM.

 

Victoria

 

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