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Jumping in on this thread: I believe there are two medicines: one that

intervenes and takes over for an organism's natural healing processes, and one

that works by facilitating or stimulating an organism's natural healing

processes. Both of these methods have their own strengths and weaknesses. If we

keep these two methods in mind, this will answer many questions people have such

as what types of conditions can be treated with what types of therapies, how

successful treatment will proceed, what limitations either of the two approaches

will have, and even how we can best study any given therapy. I offer thoughts on

this in my book where I call these two methods " Action Medicine " and " Reaction

Medicine. " I really believe this simple, dual-classification of medical

intervention approaches offers us the best means to understand all therapies

whether we wish to try to integrate them or not. This, to my mind, is a much

more practical distinction than labeling methods as alternative vs.

conventional, traditional vs. modern, Eastern vs. Western, etc. - Matthew Bauer

 

 

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Hi Mathew,

That is an interesting concept of labelling action and reactive. I was

wondering where the Spirit fits into such an idea?

Best wishes,

 

 

 

Matt Bauer [acu.guy]

Monday, 14 March 2005 10:59 AM

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Two Medicines

 

 

Jumping in on this thread: I believe there are two medicines: one that

intervenes and takes over for an organism's natural healing processes, and

one that works by facilitating or stimulating an organism's natural healing

processes. Both of these methods have their own strengths and weaknesses. If

we keep these two methods in mind, this will answer many questions people

have such as what types of conditions can be treated with what types of

therapies, how successful treatment will proceed, what limitations either of

the two approaches will have, and even how we can best study any given

therapy. I offer thoughts on this in my book where I call these two methods

" Action Medicine " and " Reaction Medicine. " I really believe this simple,

dual-classification of medical intervention approaches offers us the best

means to understand all therapies whether we wish to try to integrate them

or not. This, to my mind, is a much more practical distinction than labeling

methods as alternative vs. conventional, traditional vs. modern, Eastern vs.

Western, etc. - Matthew Bauer

 

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Leave it to you Sharon, to zero in on the one exception to my simple rule.

Spirit is the wild-card. If a Shaman-healer intervenes in the spiritual realm to

affect the well-being of a person on the material plane, does this qualify as an

Action or Reaction (mechanical intervention of facilitating natural healing)

type of approach? Spirits are part of nature so one could say this facilitates

natural healing. On the other hand, a Shaman's actions could be seen as a

unnatural intervention and this would be of the Action variety. The one rule you

can always count on is there is no one rule you can always count on. While the

wild-card of spirit does add some shades of grey to my simplified black or white

dual categorization, this categorization still offers great practical benefits

for most concerns regarding how to evaluate healing approaches. - Matthew Bauer

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Sharon

Chinese Medicine

Sunday, March 13, 2005 5:01 PM

RE: Two Medicines

 

 

Hi Mathew,

That is an interesting concept of labelling action and reactive. I was

wondering where the Spirit fits into such an idea?

Best wishes,

 

 

Matt Bauer [acu.guy]

Monday, 14 March 2005 10:59 AM

Chinese Medicine

Two Medicines

 

 

Jumping in on this thread: I believe there are two medicines: one that

intervenes and takes over for an organism's natural healing processes, and

one that works by facilitating or stimulating an organism's natural healing

processes. Both of these methods have their own strengths and weaknesses. If

we keep these two methods in mind, this will answer many questions people

have such as what types of conditions can be treated with what types of

therapies, how successful treatment will proceed, what limitations either of

the two approaches will have, and even how we can best study any given

therapy. I offer thoughts on this in my book where I call these two methods

" Action Medicine " and " Reaction Medicine. " I really believe this simple,

dual-classification of medical intervention approaches offers us the best

means to understand all therapies whether we wish to try to integrate them

or not. This, to my mind, is a much more practical distinction than labeling

methods as alternative vs. conventional, traditional vs. modern, Eastern vs.

Western, etc. - Matthew Bauer

 

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Hi Matt & All,

 

Matt Bauer wrote:

> I believe there are two medicines: one that intervenes and takes over

> for an organism's natural healing processes, and one that works by

> facilitating or stimulating an organism's natural healing processes.

> Both of these methods have their own strengths and weaknesses. If we

> keep these two methods in mind, this will answer many questions people

> have such as what types of conditions can be treated with what types of

> therapies, how successful treatment will proceed, what limitations

> either of the two approaches will have, and even how we can best study

> any given therapy. I offer thoughts on this in my book where I call

> these two methods " Action Medicine " and " Reaction Medicine. " I really

> believe this simple, dual-classification of medical intervention

> approaches offers us the best means to understand all therapies whether

> we wish to try to integrate them or not. This, to my mind, is a much

> more practical distinction than labeling methods as alternative vs.

> conventional, traditional vs. modern, Eastern vs. Western, etc. -

> Matthew Bauer

 

All things can be broken down in many divisions - 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.

 

I see medicine as a unity - one highly complex system that no one human being

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hope to master, even in several reincarnations.

 

Professionals, therefore, must rely on the strengths and expertise of others if

they do not

have those knowledge-skills themselves.

 

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breaking down

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Matt,

I love modelling, it helps me make sense of the complex and so appreciate

others who model! I suppose in Spirit I was thinking also of the Po, Hun,

Shen as much as thinking of Spirits.

 

So here I am just testing some of the boundaries of your model, to get a

feel for it.

 

Psychiatry sees personality issues, say depression, as a chemical imbalance,

whilst in other modalities it could be anything from toxicity, to dietary to

aggressive energy as in Worsley acupuncture, etc. So would the taking the

drugs to address the chemical balance in a depressed person be reaction

medicine, where as supposedly other modalities would be action based seeking

the find the cause of the depression?

 

One of the issues I still haven't a solid handle on is the notion that

perhaps we are say Spirits having a physical experience, then our bodies

aren't the beginning and the end of health and perhaps our medical focus

should not be quite so organically focused.

 

Perhaps our bodies and minds are just the means of having the physical

experience. Suppose I used the analogy of a car and driver; if the car goes

off the road, we suppose there is a problem with the steering, the physical

systems, and miss altogether the driver attached to the steering.

 

So I wonder if we don't have a bias to treat the car (body) and miss the

driver (Spirit)? It all comes down to what we think health is and what our

aim in attaining / developing / maintaining it is and of course what tools

we have to work with.

 

Just some wonderings!

 

 

Matt Bauer [acu.guy]

Monday, 14 March 2005 11:28 AM

Chinese Medicine

Re: Two Medicines

 

 

Leave it to you Sharon, to zero in on the one exception to my simple rule.

Spirit is the wild-card. If a Shaman-healer intervenes in the spiritual

realm to affect the well-being of a person on the material plane, does this

qualify as an Action or Reaction (mechanical intervention of facilitating

natural healing) type of approach? Spirits are part of nature so one could

say this facilitates natural healing. On the other hand, a Shaman's actions

could be seen as a unnatural intervention and this would be of the Action

variety. The one rule you can always count on is there is no one rule you

can always count on. While the wild-card of spirit does add some shades of

grey to my simplified black or white dual categorization, this

categorization still offers great practical benefits for most concerns

regarding how to evaluate healing approaches. - Matthew Bauer

-

Sharon

Chinese Medicine

Sunday, March 13, 2005 5:01 PM

RE: Two Medicines

 

 

Hi Mathew,

That is an interesting concept of labelling action and reactive. I was

wondering where the Spirit fits into such an idea?

Best wishes,

 

 

Matt Bauer [acu.guy]

Monday, 14 March 2005 10:59 AM

Chinese Medicine

Two Medicines

 

 

Jumping in on this thread: I believe there are two medicines: one that

intervenes and takes over for an organism's natural healing processes,

and

one that works by facilitating or stimulating an organism's natural

healing

processes. Both of these methods have their own strengths and

weaknesses. If

we keep these two methods in mind, this will answer many questions

people

have such as what types of conditions can be treated with what types of

therapies, how successful treatment will proceed, what limitations

either of

the two approaches will have, and even how we can best study any given

therapy. I offer thoughts on this in my book where I call these two

methods

" Action Medicine " and " Reaction Medicine. " I really believe this simple,

dual-classification of medical intervention approaches offers us the

best

means to understand all therapies whether we wish to try to integrate

them

or not. This, to my mind, is a much more practical distinction than

labeling

methods as alternative vs. conventional, traditional vs. modern, Eastern

vs.

Western, etc. - Matthew Bauer

 

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Perhaps our bodies and minds are just the means of having the physical

experience. Suppose I used the analogy of a car and driver; if the car goes

off the road, we suppose there is a problem with the steering, the physical

systems, and miss altogether the driver attached to the steering.

 

>>>>>>I guess one must be open to any of the above possibilities without

preconceived ideas. That is the difficult part. We all tend to see what we know

and hear what we want to. The discussion of integrative med goes to the heart of

such issues. Does one need to understand other models to see the limitations in

one's own?

 

 

 

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I love talking about issues of a spiritual nature and believe these have more

influence in our lives than most give credit for. My classification of two

medical approaches attempts to simplify a complex issue for the practical

advantages such a simplification can afford. There are always shades of grey

between black and white, but I think this classification works better than any

other. I didn't set out to do this but it is late and to save time and explain

myself I will quote from my book. I apologize if this violate the list protocol.

- Matthew Bauer

 

" ACTION MEDICINE VS. REACTION MEDICINE

 

 

 

Whenever a healer does something to their patient in an attempt to help

their health, they are in effect, taking some sort of action. They are

manipulating or changing their patient's status quo. When such action is taken,

there will be two basic consequences. The first will be the direct consequence

of that action and second will be the body's reaction to having its status quo

changed. To put it simply: every action causes a reaction.

 

Modern medicine's use of drugs and surgery are examples of action medicine

- the intervening approach. When a drug such as an antibiotic is introduced into

the body, its direct consequence is to kill bacteria. It will do this in a

laboratory petre dish as well as in the human body. Unlike a petre dish however,

when such a substance is introduced into a living system including the human

body, this will also cause some sort of reaction. If this reaction causes harm,

it is called a side effect, also known as an adverse reaction. Whether or not

the body's reaction to a drug such as an antibiotic causes enough noticeable

harm to be called a side effect, there must be some sort of reaction as the body

adjusts itself after having its status quo changed.

 

With action medicine such as drug therapy or surgery, the hope is that the

direct consequence of the action will be to improve the patient's problem and

that the body's reaction will be minor and of little or no consequence.

Acupuncture, on the other hand, is a type of reaction medicine - the

self-healing approach. In the case of reaction medicine the goals are the

opposite of those for action medicine - one now hopes the direct action is of

little or no consequence and that the reaction will improve the patient's

symptoms.

 

Researchers around the world have been discovering that acupuncture can

cause the body to produce a wide array of natural substances including those

that reduce pain and inflammation, enhance immune function, balance hormones,

and produce feelings of well-being. The brain imaging research being done by Dr.

Cho and others strongly suggest these effects take place by stimulating key

brain centers that exert control on the body's ability to produce these and

other body-regulating substances. This is how reaction medicine works - by

stimulating the body to produce its own medicine as opposed to intervening in

place of the body's healing processes as is done in action medicine. The fact

that it is possible to stimulate healing reactions is almost completely unknown

to modern medicine but actually constitutes an important compliment to action

medicine. "

 

 

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Sharon

Chinese Medicine

Sunday, March 13, 2005 7:28 PM

RE: Two Medicines

 

 

Matt,

I love modelling, it helps me make sense of the complex and so appreciate

others who model! I suppose in Spirit I was thinking also of the Po, Hun,

Shen as much as thinking of Spirits.

 

So here I am just testing some of the boundaries of your model, to get a

feel for it.

 

Psychiatry sees personality issues, say depression, as a chemical imbalance,

whilst in other modalities it could be anything from toxicity, to dietary to

aggressive energy as in Worsley acupuncture, etc. So would the taking the

drugs to address the chemical balance in a depressed person be reaction

medicine, where as supposedly other modalities would be action based seeking

the find the cause of the depression?

 

One of the issues I still haven't a solid handle on is the notion that

perhaps we are say Spirits having a physical experience, then our bodies

aren't the beginning and the end of health and perhaps our medical focus

should not be quite so organically focused.

 

Perhaps our bodies and minds are just the means of having the physical

experience. Suppose I used the analogy of a car and driver; if the car goes

off the road, we suppose there is a problem with the steering, the physical

systems, and miss altogether the driver attached to the steering.

 

So I wonder if we don't have a bias to treat the car (body) and miss the

driver (Spirit)? It all comes down to what we think health is and what our

aim in attaining / developing / maintaining it is and of course what tools

we have to work with.

 

Just some wonderings!

 

Matt Bauer [acu.guy]

Monday, 14 March 2005 11:28 AM

Chinese Medicine

Re: Two Medicines

 

 

Leave it to you Sharon, to zero in on the one exception to my simple rule.

Spirit is the wild-card. If a Shaman-healer intervenes in the spiritual

realm to affect the well-being of a person on the material plane, does this

qualify as an Action or Reaction (mechanical intervention of facilitating

natural healing) type of approach? Spirits are part of nature so one could

say this facilitates natural healing. On the other hand, a Shaman's actions

could be seen as a unnatural intervention and this would be of the Action

variety. The one rule you can always count on is there is no one rule you

can always count on. While the wild-card of spirit does add some shades of

grey to my simplified black or white dual categorization, this

categorization still offers great practical benefits for most concerns

regarding how to evaluate healing approaches. - Matthew Bauer

-

Sharon

Chinese Medicine

Sunday, March 13, 2005 5:01 PM

RE: Two Medicines

 

 

Hi Mathew,

That is an interesting concept of labelling action and reactive. I was

wondering where the Spirit fits into such an idea?

Best wishes,

 

 

Matt Bauer [acu.guy]

Monday, 14 March 2005 10:59 AM

Chinese Medicine

Two Medicines

 

 

Jumping in on this thread: I believe there are two medicines: one that

intervenes and takes over for an organism's natural healing processes,

and

one that works by facilitating or stimulating an organism's natural

healing

processes. Both of these methods have their own strengths and

weaknesses. If

we keep these two methods in mind, this will answer many questions

people

have such as what types of conditions can be treated with what types of

therapies, how successful treatment will proceed, what limitations

either of

the two approaches will have, and even how we can best study any given

therapy. I offer thoughts on this in my book where I call these two

methods

" Action Medicine " and " Reaction Medicine. " I really believe this simple,

dual-classification of medical intervention approaches offers us the

best

means to understand all therapies whether we wish to try to integrate

them

or not. This, to my mind, is a much more practical distinction than

labeling

methods as alternative vs. conventional, traditional vs. modern, Eastern

vs.

Western, etc. - Matthew Bauer

 

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Matt:

 

" The fact that it is possible to stimulate healing

reactions is almost completely unknown to modern

medicine but actually constitutes an important

compliment to action medicine. "

 

" Modern " medicine doesn't know about healing reactions

because " modern " medicine doesn't acknowledge the

concept of Qi. One can't " know " something until one

acknowledges the existence of something. " Modern "

medicine is still calling the earth flat.

 

" Action-reaction " seems a misnomer. Your " reaction "

comes from Qi stimulation and manipulation. We might

as well acknowledge that the earth is round.

 

Regards, Jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Alon,

Models by definition have limitations. I suppose if one thought ones model

was 'it', then understanding another model might jolt one into seeing one's

own limitations by contrast.

 

I suppose modelling is just interpretation the data. If it proves to be a

useful tool as a road map to get somewhere, great, but it is only the road

map and not the journey!

Best wishes,

 

 

[alonmarcus]

Monday, 14 March 2005 1:52 PM

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Re: Two Medicines

 

 

 

Perhaps our bodies and minds are just the means of having the physical

experience. Suppose I used the analogy of a car and driver; if the car

goes

off the road, we suppose there is a problem with the steering, the

physical

systems, and miss altogether the driver attached to the steering.

 

>>>>>>I guess one must be open to any of the above possibilities without

preconceived ideas. That is the difficult part. We all tend to see what we

know and hear what we want to. The discussion of integrative med goes to the

heart of such issues. Does one need to understand other models to see the

limitations in one's own?

 

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suppose modelling is just interpretation the data. If it proves to be a

useful tool as a road map to get somewhere, great, but it is only the road

map and not the journey!

>>>>>Agreed. My point is however that we tend to use self reinforcing processes.

That is if we only know one perspective we will see everything form it and self

reinforce our beliefs regardless of data

 

 

 

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Jack stated:

" Action-reaction " seems a misnomer. Your " reaction "

comes from Qi stimulation and manipulation.

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Jack,

 

 

 

I agree with you that it is all about qi dynamics. I developed the Action vs.

Reaction explanation for specific and hopefully constructive reasons that should

not be taken as negating or overriding the value of qi models. When a surgeon

replaces a leaking heart valve with a pig's valve, that is all about qi also;

the qi of the surgeon and surgical procedure, the qi of the patient, even the qi

of the pig's valve. My focus in this context is an attempt to classify healing

interventions (techniques) so that we can learn better how to recognize their

respective strengths and weaknesses. The more clarity we have on strengths and

weaknesses, the better we can serve patients individually and the better we can

develop public health policy. I find the Action Vs. Reaction model to be more

practical than scientific vs. empirical, alternative vs. conventional, etc.,

because none of those classifications tell you anything about the basic mode of

action of any given therapy. I contend that there are essentially only two modes

of action; either mechanically taking over for natural healing processes or

stimulating/facilitating natural healing processes. I am not adamant about my

Action/Reaction terms, maybe there are better terms to describe what I am trying

to describe. But I do think the point I am trying to make by classifying healing

modes in this way is valid. Below is a list of what I see as the main strengths

and weakness of the two medical approaches:

 

 

 

 

 

ACTION MEDICINE

 

STRENGTHS

REACTION MEDICINE

 

STRENGTHS

 

Dramatic results

 

Faster acting

 

 

 

Able to save life and limb at critical stages

 

(snatch life out of the jaws of death)

 

 

 

Easier to predict therapeutic outcomes

 

 

 

Easier to study in cause and effect manner

Little or no adverse outcomes

 

 

 

Low tech and thus low cost

 

 

 

Treats the cause rather than the symptom

 

 

 

Often causes additional benefits

 

(good side effects)

 

 

 

Able to treat multiple cause disorders

 

 

 

Can strengthen integrity of body systems and prevent future illness

 

 

 

ACTION MEDICINE

 

WEAKNESSES

REACTION MEDICINE

 

WEAKNESSES

 

High rate of difficult to predict side effects including death

 

 

 

Often high tech and thus high cost

 

 

 

Treats the symptom more than the cause

 

 

 

Unable to treat multiple cause disorders

 

 

 

Limited ability to prevent future illness, often causing other illness

when prevention is attempted

More difficult to consistently produce positive outcomes

 

 

 

Often slow acting (in chronic problems)

 

 

 

Difficult to study in cause and effect manner

 

 

 

Usually to weak to save life and limb at critical stages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jack Sweeney

Chinese Medicine

Sunday, March 13, 2005 9:18 PM

Re: Two Medicines

 

 

Matt:

 

" The fact that it is possible to stimulate healing

reactions is almost completely unknown to modern

medicine but actually constitutes an important

compliment to action medicine. "

 

" Modern " medicine doesn't know about healing reactions

because " modern " medicine doesn't acknowledge the

concept of Qi. One can't " know " something until one

acknowledges the existence of something. " Modern "

medicine is still calling the earth flat.

 

" Action-reaction " seems a misnomer. Your " reaction "

comes from Qi stimulation and manipulation. We might

as well acknowledge that the earth is round.

 

Regards, Jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Alon,

Yes it is human nature to make the world fit out point of view, we tell

ourselves porkies to make it fit, I understand we do this to keep our

anxiety levels under control.

 

I recall a healing list, where the person's modality was raw juice diet

alone to heal cancer, saw there was never another way to create cure. Her

failures, well they just didn't do it right. I even suspect she probably

attracted a high number of people for whom her approach worked and perhaps

she had really strong intention. This high success rate would reinforce her

belief in her rightness.

 

If all you have is a hammer, than all you see are nails.

 

So it seems that we might even share the same perspective here and we are

reinforcing our own beliefs together. Is it great to find an external (if

not objective) other person, who says we are right... sigh... my anxiety

just dropped a couple of degrees......

Best wishes,

 

 

[alonmarcus]

Tuesday, 15 March 2005 2:03 AM

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Re: Two Medicines

 

 

 

suppose modelling is just interpretation the data. If it proves to be a

useful tool as a road map to get somewhere, great, but it is only the road

map and not the journey!

>>>>>Agreed. My point is however that we tend to use self reinforcing

processes. That is if we only know one perspective we will see everything

form it and self reinforce our beliefs regardless of data

 

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I tried to send a table in my last reply but it seems it did not come through

and the end of this message didn't either (in my In-box anyway). The end of my

last message should of read " I contend that there are essentially only two modes

of (healing) action; either mechanically taking over for natural healing

processes or stimulating/facilitating natural healing processes. I am not

adamant about my Action/Reaction terms, maybe there are better terms to describe

what I am trying to describe. But I do think the point I am trying to make by

classifying healing modes in this way is valid. Below is a list of what I see as

the main strengths and weakness of the two medical approaches:

 

 

Action medicine strengths: Dramatic results, Faster acting, Able to save life

and limb at critical stages (snatch life out of the jaws of death), Easier to

predict therapeutic outcomes, Easier to study in cause and effect manner.

 

 

 

Reaction Medicine strengths: Little or no adverse outcomes, Low tech and thus

low cost, Treats the cause rather than the symptom, Often causes additional

benefits (good side effects), Able to treat multiple cause disorders, Can

strengthen integrity of body systems and prevent future illness.

 

 

 

Action Medicine weaknesses: High rate of difficult to predict side effects

including death, Often high tech and thus high cost, Treats the symptom more

than the cause, Unable to treat multiple cause disorders, Limited ability to

prevent future illness, often causing other illness when prevention is

attempted.

 

 

 

Reaction Medicine weaknesses: More difficult to consistently produce positive

outcomes, Often slow acting (in chronic problems), Difficult to study in cause

and effect manner, Usually to weak to save life and limb at critical stages.

 

 

 

Matthew Bauer

 

 

 

 

 

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Matt Bauer

Chinese Medicine

Monday, March 14, 2005 11:32 AM

Re: Two Medicines

 

 

Jack stated:

" Action-reaction " seems a misnomer. Your " reaction "

comes from Qi stimulation and manipulation.

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Jack,

 

 

 

I agree with you that it is all about qi dynamics. I developed the Action vs.

Reaction explanation for specific and hopefully constructive reasons that should

not be taken as negating or overriding the value of qi models. When a surgeon

replaces a leaking heart valve with a pig's valve, that is all about qi also;

the qi of the surgeon and surgical procedure, the qi of the patient, even the qi

of the pig's valve. My focus in this context is an attempt to classify healing

interventions (techniques) so that we can learn better how to recognize their

respective strengths and weaknesses. The more clarity we have on strengths and

weaknesses, the better we can serve patients individually and the better we can

develop public health policy. I find the Action Vs. Reaction model to be more

practical than scientific vs. empirical, alternative vs. conventional, etc.,

because none of those classifications tell you anything about the basic mode of

action of any given therapy. I contend that there a

 

 

 

 

ACTION MEDICINE

 

STRENGTHS

REACTION MEDICINE

 

STRENGTHS

 

Dramatic results

 

Faster acting

 

 

 

Able to save life and limb at critical stages

 

(snatch life out of the jaws of death)

 

 

 

Easier to predict therapeutic outcomes

 

 

 

Easier to study in cause and effect manner

Little or no adverse outcomes

 

 

 

Low tech and thus low cost

 

 

 

Treats the cause rather than the symptom

 

 

 

Often causes additional benefits

 

(good side effects)

 

 

 

Able to treat multiple cause disorders

 

 

 

Can strengthen integrity of body systems and prevent future illness

 

 

 

ACTION MEDICINE

 

WEAKNESSES

REACTION MEDICINE

 

WEAKNESSES

 

High rate of difficult to predict side effects including death

 

 

 

Often high tech and thus high cost

 

 

 

Treats the symptom more than the cause

 

 

 

Unable to treat multiple cause disorders

 

 

 

Limited ability to prevent future illness, often causing other illness

when prevention is attempted

More difficult to consistently produce positive outcomes

 

 

 

Often slow acting (in chronic problems)

 

 

 

Difficult to study in cause and effect manner

 

 

 

Usually to weak to save life and limb at critical stages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

Jack Sweeney

Chinese Medicine

Sunday, March 13, 2005 9:18 PM

Re: Two Medicines

 

 

Matt:

 

" The fact that it is possible to stimulate healing

reactions is almost completely unknown to modern

medicine but actually constitutes an important

compliment to action medicine. "

 

" Modern " medicine doesn't know about healing reactions

because " modern " medicine doesn't acknowledge the

concept of Qi. One can't " know " something until one

acknowledges the existence of something. " Modern "

medicine is still calling the earth flat.

 

" Action-reaction " seems a misnomer. Your " reaction "

comes from Qi stimulation and manipulation. We might

as well acknowledge that the earth is round.

 

Regards, Jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://babel.altavista.com/

 

and adjust

accordingly.

 

 

 

 

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