herb research

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How do they find out the CM properties of a (new) herb? Which meridians it

enters, what it does with Qi, Blood, such things.

[Guest guest]

Initially, the properties of the herbs were very simplistic such as " good

for stomach ache " . This is like 2,000 years ago.

 

Soon after however, they began to follow the theories of Chinese medicine as

they evolved and were then observed through the lenses of the tastes,

temperatures, tropism (channels) and functions.

 

These observations became conventional wisdom in time, however there remains

some disagreement as to the particulars between authors, scholars, and other

sources. Herb properties are an ongoing debate, but nobody should try and do

this as an intellectual excersize. These observations have always been very

pragmatic, or as my herb mentor often said: " the patient is the teacher. "

 

-al.

 

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Mercurius Trismegistus <

magisterium_magnum wrote:

 

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You memorize it, from the Materia Medica. Or you take a course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:26 PM

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Hi all,

Has anyone had any success with treating Pirisformis syndrome? If so what

prescription did you use and did you use Electro stimulation. I am going down

the road of GB30, GB34, BL40, 57. 58 and BL60. Pain in right buttock and

travelling down right leg to foot. Sciatica has been eliminated, as has a

Pudendal Nerve involvement.. I needled Ren 1 with electro acupuncture at 125hz

for starting at 10 minutes and increasing to 15 minutes by the third treatment.

 

Thanks

Andrew Colombini BSc. (Hons) TCM  MBAcC MAcSCA MCAUK

 

 

 

 

 

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Tamas <knz

Chinese Traditional Medicine

Wed, 21 April, 2010 20:26:16

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] herb research

 

 

How do they find out the CM properties of a (new) herb? Which meridians it

enters, what it does with Qi, Blood, such things.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

" Andrew Colombini " andycolombini wrote:

 

 

> Hi all,

> Has anyone had any success with treating Pirisformis

> syndrome? If so what prescription did you use and did you

> use Electro stimulation. I am going down the road of GB30,

> GB34, BL40, 57. 58 and BL60. Pain in right buttock and

> travelling down right leg to foot. Sciatica has been

> eliminated, as has a Pudendal Nerve involvement.. I needled

> Ren 1 with electro acupuncture at 125hz for starting at 10

> minutes and increasing to 15 minutes by the third

> treatment.

>

> Thanks

> Andrew Colombini BSc. (Hons) TCM  MBAcC MAcSCA MCAUK

>

 

I've treated it... but with a strain/counterstrain technique. It responds well

to physical manipulation as it's a soft tissue problem where the pirifomis

muscle is pressing the sciatic nerve. Needling in the area would probably work

to relax the muscles.

 

sue