Guest guest Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 I was ecstatic on Friday because a guy from ESPN magazine contacted me. You know about the Orioles pitcher who died from a combo of not eating, ephedra, and sunstroke? Anyhow, this guy found an article I'd written on ma huang and emailed me. He said he'd been covering sports and supplements for 2 years and never had talked to someone trained in herbs! Dunno how much of what we talked about will make it into his article, but he said he may come back to the topic of herbal training and supplement regulations in the future. Anyhow, despite what our organizations have done with lobbying, they don't seem to have made much impact on the press. I've been putting out press releases to move that along... first one was about medical acupuncture vs. LAc- second one was on acupuncture research. B Brian Benjamin Carter Editor, The Pulse of Oriental Medicine Columnist, Acupuncture Today The PULSE of Oriental Medicine: Alternative Medicine You Can Understand http://www.pulsemed.org/ The General Public's Guide to Chinese Medicine since 1999... 8 Experts, 100+ Articles, 115,000+ readers.... Our free e-zine BEING WELL keeps you up to date with the latest greatest PULSE articles. Sign up NOW. Send a blank email to: beingwellnewsletter- - Chinese Traditional Medicine Chinese Traditional Medicine Saturday, February 22, 2003 3:58 AM [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Digest Number 769 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 ------ There are 3 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Ling Chi " stuydaze <stuydaze " <stuydaze 2. Re: Ling Chi " Heli <Heli21 " <Heli21 3. Re: Ling Chi " Heli <Heli21 " <Heli21 ______________________ ______________________ Message: 1 Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:18:33 -0000 " stuydaze <stuydaze " <stuydaze Ling Chi I recently picked up several large red Ling chi mushrooms. Does anybody have any recommendations as to the best way to brew 'em up? I've tried choping them to coarse gravel size & simmering them for several hours. It's a lot of time to spend! Cheers, J. ______________________ ______________________ Message: 2 Sat, 22 Feb 2003 04:50:36 -0000 " Heli <Heli21 " <Heli21 Re: Ling Chi Hi J. The best thing to do is to pick up a cooker. I looks like a crock pot, only it cooks at a higher temperature. They can be purchased in most larger cities. A good friend of mine, loaned me his, when I had the need to heat various Chinese herbs, roots and mushrooms and make Chinese medicine. The way it worked was, you add about 3 quarts of pure water, put in the mushrooms cut in small pieces and let cook for about 3 hours, but until 1/2 the water has boiled away. Let the mixture settle a few minutes so that any floating solids settle. Then pour the potion into a glass bottle and allow to cool. I used an old large size Absolute Vodka bottle, worked real well. Then put it in the refridgerator. Drink about 4 or 6 oz. each morning. I do not know about the mushroom type you listed, so maybe others in this group would have an idea of other herbs, vitamins, etc. that you might have to avoid. Maybe it is ok. As a rule of thumb, most potions should be taken at least two hours away from other vitamins. Also, I would recommend that you boil it outside. Some herbs and mushrooms give off odors that smell pretty bad. I did mine on my back porch outside and it was winter. It worked fine. Best of luck, Heli ---------------------- > I recently picked up several large red Ling chi mushrooms. Does > anybody have any recommendations as to the best way to brew > 'em up? I've tried choping them to coarse gravel size & > simmering them for several hours. It's a lot of time to spend! > > Cheers, > J. ______________________ ______________________ Message: 3 Sat, 22 Feb 2003 05:07:35 -0000 " Heli <Heli21 " <Heli21 Re: Ling Chi Hi J. After looking up Ling Chi (also known as Reishi) by a Google search, I found there are some medicines that it should not be taken with. Here is the link, so you can read about it: http://www.fredmeyer.com/HN_Herb_Drugix/Reishi.htm Heli ---------------- > I recently picked up several large red Ling chi mushrooms. Does > anybody have any recommendations as to the best way to brew > 'em up? I've tried choping them to coarse gravel size & > simmering them for several hours. It's a lot of time to spend! > > Cheers, > J. ______________________ ______________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Congradulations Brian! This is certainly a boon for Chinese Medicine. Om Peace!.. Valarie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 > I was ecstatic on Friday because a guy from > ESPN magazine contacted me. You know about > the Orioles pitcher who died from a combo of > not eating, ephedra, and sunstroke? Anyhow, this > guy found an article I'd written on ma huang and emailed > me. He said he'd been covering sports and supplements > for 2 years and never had talked to someone trained > in herbs! Great! A chance to set the record straight. For those new to TCM, Ma Huang is NEVER used for weight loss in TCM. Because it disperses Qi, it can make the underlying Root of obesity worse. (Many cases of obesity have a factor of Qi Deficiency.) Also, what is considered overweight by Western standards may not be overweight by TCM standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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