RE: Damp & Diet

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>Salvador said: so a person with an excess SP disharmony will exacerbate

their

>condition by ingesting bananas. However, I belive it to be also

>true, that a person with a Deficient SP disharmony, will benefit

>from eating an organically grown and naturally ripened banana.

 

Susie: Can you explain this? Surely a person with a deficient spleen is

more likely to have damp. Paul Pitchford says that bananas can build yin

but I would still not advise them with Spleen deficiency.

Susie

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Hi Susie,

 

In my patient observations I have noted that Damp is a rather

generalised term, for example, I note that people with SP def. can

get athlete's foot. Yet people with Excess SP are more likely to

have symptoms of heaviness in the body and mouth herpes. The TCM

books do indeed say that a Def. SP can give rise to excess symptoms

of Damp.

 

One difference between me and the books is that with my Meridian Qi

Acupuncture system I am able to categorically diagnose the root

disharmony a patient is going to be subjected to. This is powerful

stuff, because by knowing without shadow of a doubt what makes an

individual tick (in an acupuncture sense), I can then make

realistic observations which are not based on hand me down theory.

 

In practical terms at the end of the day, if I diagnose a deficiency

I will tonify points on that meridian (turn needles clockwise and

remove). If I diagnose an excess meridian I will sedate (turn the

needles anticlockwise and leave in). All theories in terms of

acupuncture comes down to choosing points and whether the needles

are turned clockwise, anticlockwise or even . TCM is focussed on

patterns, I am focused on meridians, and use patterns to highlight

the interplay of Root and Branches.

 

For me the meridian is either in excess or deficient. I have

verified these findings over many years and countless patients (

what I mean by this is that people get better). And so far, in my

practical experimentation, people who are root SP Def. exibit

consistent traits just as much as those that are Excess SP.

 

The picture is invariably complicated because people are rarely just

Def. or in Excess in a single Root meridian so one has to take note

of the variables.

 

So your question is hard for me to answer, in so far as, from my

perspective and in my experience, if a person is SP Def. then I

would not insert any needles anticlockwise (sedate), as, when I have

done this in the past, I have exacerbated or created symptoms. Also,

I have noted that Root SP def. people feel better for eating bananas.

 

 

Salvador

http://www.meridian-qi-acupuncture.com

 

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> >Salvador said: so a person with an excess SP disharmony will

exacerbate

>their

> >condition by ingesting bananas. However, I belive it to be also

> >true, that a person with a Deficient SP disharmony, will benefit

> >from eating an organically grown and naturally ripened banana.

>

>Susie: Can you explain this? Surely a person with a deficient

spleen is

>more likely to have damp. Paul Pitchford says that bananas can

build yin

>but I would still not advise them with Spleen deficiency.

>Susie

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The way I would look at the problem of Damp and diet would be to look

at potential causes for obstruction, e.g.

 

1) External obstruction: Diet such as excess sweets, dairy, late night

eating, eating without proper attention can all cause improper

transformation and transportation thereby leading to damp.

 

2) External obstruction: Excess worry about work or career can also

lead to damage to the spleen that will cause inabilty to transform.

 

3) Physical damage to muscle/meridian channels - anywhere - can back

up and cause qi/blood obstruction to any organ in the body. Often all

organs because they are all connected.

 

4) Internal obstructions: Stress in any channel can back up and cause

injury to the spleen. Inherited " cold qi " can hide in muscles and

sinews which will block transportation and " back up " into the spleen.

 

5) Five elements cycle: Anger in the Liver/heart can overcontrol the

Spleen preventing transformation and therefore dampening.

 

How do I decide where the problem(s) lie? By interacting with the

client and palpating I look for the obstruction (diet, stress, worry,

physical damage). I find that each person is entirely different and

requires a unique treatment and interaction.

 

Rich