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Chinese Traditional Medicine , drholmes <drholmes@c...>

wrote:

> in my world where love is unpredictable and leavened bread comes

from a

> heathen bakery,

> acupressure and anything else which moves qi, can cause fearsome

damage

> if it comes from

> untrained albeit well meaning hands, and drains what should be

> supplemented, and supplements

> what should be drained

 

Why it's certainly very true that TCM can be very dangerous if

misused and can cause problems, another fact needs to be

considered. If nothing is done, this woman gets sicker.

 

Due to her nature, at this point she flatly refuses to see a

professional TCM healer. She thinks it's all nonsense. It doesn't

fit within what are established procedures for her. Remember the

point Penel made about the very rigid protocol being the way metal

types sometimes cope? This is a woman who is numbering all her pills

with what she thinks is a non-toxic marker. She's writing on the

pills themselves. I can't imagine a need for protocol being any

more extreme.

 

No one is thinking in terms of Jim curing her. Least of all Jim.

What is being sought is some slight improvement. Some relief

hopefully will be enough to get through the rigid protocol so that

she will agree to see a professional TCM healer.

 

Penel has commented that it's surprising that she's agreeing for Jim

to help her. For one thing, they've known each other and have

worked together for years. She trusts him. For another, he's

already provided her with some relief for her cramps with massage

and acupressure. The cramps were severe enough that some relief was

able to get through the rigid protocol. At least in regards to Jim

and her cramps.

 

So the question is, does one do nothing - and allow the person to

keep getting sicker - or does one provide a little relief that

hopefully will impress the person enough that she will see a

professional TCM healer?

 

The question then becomes what will provide some relief and is also

relatively safe? Please correct me if I am wrong, but the main

thing to consider in terms of not making the person sicker is Hot/

Cold. There are a lot of other things as well, but the biggie or one

of the biggies is Hot/ Cold. This can be so critical that in some

cases Heating what is already too Hot or cooling what is already too

Cold can result in death.