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Hi Victoria...after reading your post here, I just had to thank you so much for

what you do and for every effort you put into this site...I cannot thank you

enough for your generosity and insight!!

Twyla Hoodah, A.P.

 

victoria_dragon <victoria_dragon wrote:

> There is a lot of good stuff on this list which is why I am still

here. My

> question is why do you feel you have to use this means to see if

you have a good

> acupuncturist or the correct treatment?

 

This is not the impression I got in Cat's case at all. I got the

impression of someone who is fascinated by TCM, who has seen it work

very well in her life, and who wants to learn all she can about the

subject. Hers are the type of questions asked by people who may very

well end up working in the field of TCM in some capacity. If not

actually a healer or acupunctulist or massage therapist or TCM

dietician, etc., someone who writes about the subject or is involved

with TCM or alternative healing in some other way.

 

Think of someone holding an object in her hands who turns the object

over and over, examining it from every possible angle in order to

understand it thoroughly. These are the type of questions Cat (and

others) have asked.

 

In some cases people do come on the list for reassurance that not

only are their healers doing the correct thing but that TCM does

indeed work. And this is OK by me. One thing that motivated my

setting up this list was the realization that people who have some

familiarity with TCM are more likely to consult a TCM healer.

 

I originally set up Chinese Traditional Medicine so that friends and relatives in

other parts of the country could learn about TCM. That was the

original purpose of the group. In time not only did other people who

wished to learn about TCM joined, TCM students and professionals

began to join. The list began not only to be a place where students

could review and learn more but professionals could share

information. And I'm very glad of this. It's been a win-win-win

situation for all involved.

 

I want to remind readers that I am not a professional TCM healer. I'm

a person who had some very severe health problems who got a lot of

healing from TCM, and who decided that others needed access to

information about TCM. As I've said before on here, one of the things

that impressed me the most - in addition to the big improvement in 3

weeks after starting on the herbs - was the fact that so many of the

symptoms I had which had puzzled Western allopathic doctors were

spelled out in TCM. It was like, " Oh, that's just Kidney Yang

Deficiency. It's been known about for centuries. No big deal. And

here's how it's corrected. " The corrections worked, and worked well!

I also was very impressed by the fact that had I known TCM basics, I

could have gotten things from the local supermarket that would have

helped and alleviated some of my suffering.

 

I'm a person who is by nature and by training an engineer (Biological

Agricultural Engineering). See the problem, analyze the problem,

solve the problem - or at least improve things. I'm also a published

writer. In addition, I once taught in the Continuing Ed department

of a community college. I have a talent for explaining medical,

technical, and scientific information to people who do not have

backgrounds in those areas. That's my major contribution. I also have

talents for recognizing talent in others and for bringing people with

other talents together. And I know how people learn, and often

recognize what needs to be stressed and repeated. I know how to lay a

foundation. A very strong, stable foundation.(grin)

 

I do NOT have clinical experience as a healer - aside from my own

health problems. This list would be a lot less than it is without

the professionals and students who do have this knowledge and

understanding. It also would be less without those new to TCM asking

questions.

 

When I taught at a community college, at the end of every quarter,

the students got to grade the instructors. I'll admit to having very

mixed feelings about this. I mean I'm the one who went to school to

learn all that stuff! But, I also realized that those reports could

be very, very helpful to me. I began to learn how to be an even more

effective teacher than I had been. Often it involved no more than

wording something a little differently or explaining the first night

exactly what students would and would not get from the course.

 

I was very fortunate in that the TCM herbalist I saw was more than

happy to answer all my questions. And, there was no language barrier

in our case. But, as willing as he was to answer my many questions,

there was no way he could have answered everything I wanted to ask.

Time simply would not allow it. Fortunately, he also sold TCM books

that were geared to a wide range of depth. I remember that he seemed

quite pleased by the books I chose, passing up the more simple ones

for the more meaty ones. In time I moved beyond that and began to

order TCM books like Maciocia's through the local library. If the

books were good - like Marciocia's are - I would buy my own copy.

Eventually I set up this list. I would have loved to have had a

place like this list back when I was first beginning to learn. A

place where I could have asked questions of a lot of different

people. You would have heard the same questions from me that you hear

from Cat and others.

 

I also want to mention that Cat has so much respect for her

acupunturist that she fears the possibility of alienating her in any

way and no longer being able to get that help. There also is a

language barrier in this case, and it can be very frustrating for

both parties struggling to make themselves understood to each other.

Especially when it comes to technical information.

 

The clients who ask questions and learn all they can - not only from

the healer but also on their own - usually have the best prognosis

when it comes to their healings.

 

Victoria

 

 

 

 

 

 

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