Fasting in TCM

[Guest guest]

From my past Yoga background I remember that fasting is highly

cherished to help cleanse the body of toxins and return the body

to " even keel " , what is the TCM opinion on this? I tried to look up

some info online but mainly what I come across is in regard to

diabetics and their blood. For digestive issues, would TCM recommend

this as a course of action? To settle everything and let the body

try and restore balance?

[Guest guest]

Hi c_kozielec,

 

Our Nutrition instructor taught that fasting was good. Even tho the

class was

TCM Nutrition he often borrowed this from other philosophies. One

of our

Chinese teachers believes in it under certain conditions. Like

everything else

in TCM I believe in depends on the individual and there are a number of

things to

consider. A good source would be " Healing With Whole

Foods - Oriental Traditions

and Modern Nutrition " by Paul Pritchford. He covers fasting.

 

Personally, I think one must be careful. While it is ancient wisdom

and definitely

has value. Ancient might be the operative would here. Life is

far from what it

was or far from what it is for buddhist monks or yogis. With many

people under

stress from life or poor nutrition/diet and toxic overload this might be

just one more stress

for the body. Folks with depleted adrenals, for one, it is a

definite no-no.

For symptoms of adrenal depletion:

http://www.myvits.com/bodymech/bodymech-adrenals.htm

Kit

 

 

 

 

At 05:38 PM 4/15/02 +0000, you wrote:

From my past Yoga background I remember

that fasting is highly

cherished to help cleanse the body of toxins and return the body

to " even keel " , what is the TCM opinion on this? I tried to

look up

some info online but mainly what I come across is in regard to

diabetics and their blood. For digestive issues, would TCM recommend

 

this as a course of action? To settle everything and let the body

try and restore balance?