Guest guest Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Hallo, I would like to pick the brains of the experts on here, have no qualifications in TCM but have been learning and studying myself. There seems to be an incredible increase in severe allergies, certainly in Australia where I am, and it seems to be in the industrial world generally. By severe I mean one tiny taste of say, peanut, and the sufferer goes into anaphylaxis shock, and if not given immediate medical aid, can die. What would be the TCM dynamics of what is happening here? Internet searches explain allergies with regards to dampness, but how does that relate to this incredible reaction to just one tiny bit of peanut or whatever leading to death so quickly. This is no longer uncommon and there is talk here of training all teachers to give first aid and learn to resuscitate and even of schools having nurses who can treat this on permanent duty in schools , such is the increase here. How does dampness explain this or am I totally on the wrong track. Why is this increasing so much? I dont remember any of this when I was at school. I find in interesting to observe the rise and fall of different diseases/disease processes as a culture changes. Measles is now feared by modern parents but the thought of my child needing an injection of adredaline close at all times to me is far scarier. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 This is out of the book by Bob Flaws called the Tao of Healthy Eating page 28. As he describes it these foods are called fa wu which means emit or thrust out. As he describes it fa wu makes yang qi emit out. If someone already has a lot yang qi on the exterior, such as a rash or something, then it makes the reaction worse because it is out of balance to start with. So it's likely for most with hives eczema psoriasis and stuff like that to be more sensitive to food as far as allergic reactions. He also explains that a lot of foods that cause allergies are hot in nature and give to liver-kidney yang and they can also be dampening. The one two combo of dampness and heat aggravates damp-heat conditions which can be very common in industrialized societies (some common things people usually look at, are higher sugar intake, higher processed foods intake, lower vegetable consumption, less physical activity, more sedentary stress ect). Some fa wu foods include chicken, shrimp, lobster, clams, mussels and peanuts. Hopefully that's the info you're after. This is all really just general info about more mild food allergies, and could really change in a specific example. Chinese Traditional Medicine , " rose4uau " <fatrose wrote: > > Hallo, > > I would like to pick the brains of the experts on here, have no > qualifications in TCM but have been learning and studying myself. > > There seems to be an incredible increase in severe allergies, > certainly in Australia where I am, and it seems to be in the > industrial world generally. By severe I mean one tiny taste of say, > peanut, and the sufferer goes into anaphylaxis shock, and if not > given immediate medical aid, can die. What would be the TCM > dynamics > of what is happening here? Internet searches explain allergies with > regards to dampness, but how does that relate to this incredible > reaction to just one tiny bit of peanut or whatever leading to death > so quickly. > > This is no longer uncommon and there is talk here of training all > teachers to give first aid and learn to resuscitate and even of > schools having nurses who can treat this on permanent duty in > schools , such is the increase here. > > How does dampness explain this or am I totally on the wrong track. > Why is this increasing so much? I dont remember any of this when I > was at school. > > I find in interesting to observe the rise and fall of different > diseases/disease processes as a culture changes. Measles is now > feared by modern parents but the thought of my child needing an > injection of adredaline close at all times to me is far scarier. > > Susan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hi Susan, I don't know that it is fair to say that a reaction to peanuts will always be dampness. That's not how TCM works. That being said, the one guy whom I know who actually has this problem, is indeed, damp as a rule. Of course, these peanut emergencies are really well addressed by anti-histimines. I for one do not have a problem with popping a pill to keep my airway open. Seems like a no-brainer to me. So it isn't like I'd treat this condition in my office. I'd send them to the emergency room or take more drastic measures as are appropriate in the moment. As for a TCM differentiation, like I say, I'm not sure that it matters, benedryl will save their life. End of topic. What is it in our environment that makes people more likely to develop this condition? Its hard to know what the ancient Chinese would say about these sort of allergies in the " modern world " . The thing that always gets me about the Nei Jing (kind of a TCM bible) is that it opens up with talking about how people in those days (roughly around the year '0') didn't know how to live a healthy life. They'd forgotten how to live close to nature and in its natural rhythms. If the authors of the Nei Jing thought that people in biblical times were living too modern, I can't imagine what they'd think of our lifestyle now. I have noticed a general increase in what TCM often calls " qi stagnation " or " stress-induced " problems overall such as CFIDS, IBS, Fibromyalgia, and perhaps some allergies. As time goes by though I'm beginning to think that the problem isn't so much the stressful things in people's lives, but their own hypersensitivity to stress, foods and many otherwise safe and tolerable modern conveniences. I'm beginning to really look at this generalized hypersensitivity to everything as the root of the problem. This isn't really a TCM concept as far as I can tell, but still my current treatment principle. -al. On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 3:51 PM, rose4uau <fatrose wrote: > Hallo, > > I would like to pick the brains of the experts on here, have no > qualifications in TCM but have been learning and studying myself. > > There seems to be an incredible increase in severe allergies, > certainly in Australia where I am, and it seems to be in the > industrial world generally. By severe I mean one tiny taste of say, > peanut, and the sufferer goes into anaphylaxis shock, and if not > given immediate medical aid, can die. What would be the TCM dynamics > of what is happening here? Internet searches explain allergies with > regards to dampness, but how does that relate to this incredible > reaction to just one tiny bit of peanut or whatever leading to death > so quickly. > > This is no longer uncommon and there is talk here of training all > teachers to give first aid and learn to resuscitate and even of > schools having nurses who can treat this on permanent duty in > schools , such is the increase here. > > How does dampness explain this or am I totally on the wrong track. > Why is this increasing so much? I dont remember any of this when I > was at school. > > I find in interesting to observe the rise and fall of different > diseases/disease processes as a culture changes. Measles is now > feared by modern parents but the thought of my child needing an > injection of adredaline close at all times to me is far scarier. > > Susan > > > -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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