Herb Sources for Closed Head Injury

[Guest guest]

Hello Bob & Jack:

 

Thank you for your response - I have forwarded them on

to my friend.

 

Sometimes you have to go " beyond " your area of

knowledge and comfort to try to help someone. I have

been studying nutrition and alternative health

practices for over 20 years but have not learned much

about the herbs so when she asked me about them I did

not have much to say!

 

There is just too much knowledge out there to gather!

This is another on my list of things I need to study.

 

Once again, many thanks for your kind responses. I

was actually a little reluctant to even pose the

question as I thought you all would arch your eyeballs

and think what is this person thinking/doing as you

all seem to be so advanced in knowlege!!

 

 

 

Terry

 

--- " Bob Linde,AP, Herbalist "

<boblindeherbalist wrote:

 

> Thanks for the vote of confidence Jack. I'm not

> familiar with the companies in Europe. I did go to

> there website to check them out. Seemed ok but... I

> didn't see anything about quality control testing of

> their herbs, doesn't mean they don't....just like to

> see what their standards are. I'm also not a fan of

> making such bold claims without a proper TCM

>

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Terry. It's best that your friend consult a trained TCM healer

in person for something as serious as an closed head injury. Even

though the formula may match most of the symptoms he has, it could

aggravate one of his underlying imbalances.

 

One of the things that most impressed me about TCM is it recognizes

symptoms that allopathic medicine doesn't recognize. Furthermore,

it recognizes how those symptoms can fit into larger pictures and

what to do. There very well can be symptoms that his wife isn't even

noticing because she doesn't realize they're symptoms in TCM. Or, if

she is noticing them, she may not realize what they mean or even

that they're significant.

 

From the time that a client first walks into the office of a TCM

healer, the healer is observing and starting to analyze. The way the

person holds him/herself, the forcefulness of the person's movements

and voice, the quietness or loudness of the person's voice, the

fastness or slowness of the person's walk and speech, any unsual

skin colorations, etc. are telling the healer things. To give just

one example of something that TCM notices but allopathic medicine

doesn't, the temperature of a person's tears can be diagnostic in

TCM. Hot tears point to certain imbalances whereas cold tears point

to other imbalances. Another example is the pulse. Most Western

doctors are trained to note I believe 3 things about the pulse.

Cardiologists are trained to note more things. TCM healers are

trained to note far more than even cardiologists are trained to note

about the pulse. Allopathic healers usually take the pulse at one

position. A proper pulse diagnosis in TCM consists at minimum of

taking the pulse in 3 different places on each arm at the same time,

and the pulse at these places are taken first with light pressure

and then with heavier pressure.

 

Western-defined medical conditions very seldom correspond to TCM

imbalances. For example, I believe there are 6 common TCM imbalances

that can underlie peptic ulcers. The condition is the same and most

of the symptoms are the same, but the TCM imbalances underlying the

peptic ulcers can be very different. The TCM treatment is based on

the TCM imbalance(s), not on the Western diagnosis. What helps one

person with peptic ulcers may do nothing for a second and can make a

third sicker because the underlying TCM imbalances are different.

 

Patent medicines have a place in TCM, and they have helped a lot of

people. But sometimes, a trained TCM herbalist needs to adjust a

classical formula or even come up with a new one. TCM herbalists are

trained to know when to omit certain herbs from a classical formula

and when to add certain herbs. They're trained to prevent possible

side effects. The goal in TCM is to treat every imbalance the person

has at once (as much as this is possible) and to prevent the

treatment of one imbalance from aggravating another imbalance.

 

I realize that TCM often seems hopelessly complex and mysterious to

many. It won't remain that way. The more you read and learn, the

easier it gets. If you stick with it long enough, one day things

will start to fall into place. Like so many things, it's first

necessary to get the overall picture.

 

One of the best places for allopathic healers to start incorporating

TCM into their practices is the concept of Hot and Cold. Not only is

this one of the easiest TCM concepts for Westerners to relate to,

it's one of the ones that is going produce the most positive

results. To be fair, the concept of Hot and Cold isn't limited to

TCM. Folk medicines from around the world recognize that certain

conditions and people are too Hot and need to be cooled down while

others are too Cold and need to be warmed. All herbs as well as food

and prescription drugs have what is called thermal energy. They

will either have a heating or cooling or neutral effect on the body.

(Cold, Cool, Neutral, Warm, Hot.) Don't give a formula whose overall

thermal energy is Hot or Warm to a person who already is too Hot,

and don't give a formula whose overall thermal energy is Cold or

Cool to a person who is too Cold. In either case the formula will

aggravate many of the person's symptoms. Furthermore, if the person

is too Hot, there are herbs that specifically will cool the person

(or the Organ) down. If the person is too Cold, there are herbs

that specifically will warm the person up. The Chinese have been

such careful observers over the centuries that they can even direct

treatment to the part of the body that needs it the most. If the

Heat or Cold is in the Exterior (head, shoulders, arms, legs, neck,

skin, muscles, meridians and bones), there are classes of herbs that

will Warm the Exterior or release Heat from the Exterior. If the

Heat or Cold is in the Interior of the body (Organs), there are

classes of herbs that will Warm the Interior or release Heat from

the Interior. Furthermore, herbs will have an affinity for certain

Organs, so it's possible to further finetune treatment.

 

Chinese Traditional Medicine , Terry Todd <sailgirl1954

wrote:

>

> Hello:

>

> I have a friend who was in a terrible auto accident

> about 16 years ago. She was in very bad shape and her

> husband ended up with a closed head injury. She has

> done EVERYTHING to help him heal (he has motor

> problems, balance problems, speech problems, ataxia,

> etc. although he is a complete angel!) It is very

> heartwarming to see such dedication and she has never

> given up.

>

> QUESTION: She was surfing and found the:

>

> Hsin Kuang Herbal Store

>

> on line and one of their products was designed for

> just about every symptom her husband has.

>

> Does anyone know if this is a reputable company or can

> you give me any other source as a recommendation of

> herbs? Of course, she (and I) are new to the herbs

> but would like to try anything that may help.

>

> Thanks for your time!

>

> Terry Todd

>

>

>

>

>

>

>