Guest guest Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Here is a TCM dilemma which has been around since forever and has served to entertain practitioners. If there is a glaring symptom complex large as a pink elephant, should one treat that, or seek out the Design of the illness, even when it is less obvious than the falling of an autumn leaf. This post is meant to provoke thought, and less to criticize healers who have successfully used the symptomatic approach. If there is migraine, should one, after having settled the attack, work with LU which may be at the back of things, or just deal with the episodes as they occur again and again? If there are a series of symptoms, should one allay these one after the other, like a never ending domino, or get to the bottom of it, and say, fins an adrenal exhaustion. Should we work with pain in a simplistic manner to allay it or deal with the more complex reasons this keeps happening? Should we be needle wielders, or exquisite un ravellers of the warp and woof of illness? Should we be, in the end, the after the fact patcher uppers, or as the ancient texts exhort, " those who prevent illness before it happens " category of superior healers? The choice is ours. The burden, the patient's. Dr. Holmes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 dr holmes: Should we be, in the end, the after the fact patcher > uppers, or as the ancient texts exhort, > " those who prevent illness before it happens " > category of superior healers? reading recent postings on the financial aspects of tcm, this latter point seems pertinent. why not turn around the western model of waiting for illness to emerge, then taking expensive emergency measures, to a model of disease prevention? set up a new system of regular scheduled visits, at low cost that patients could afford, to prevent illness? in the long run, this would prove far less expensive to society, and lead to better overall health of a population. do we have the statistics and actuarial tables to build such a model? are there any insurance companies or health groups offering such plans? regards, Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Dr. Holmes, An important question to ask ourselves as " healers*. " Being an inexperienced pratitioner myself I have hoovered from one strategy to the other. However I have stopped treating only symptoms since I found that it left me with a guilty empty feeling - a hole in my stomach telling me something was wrong whenever I would treat only the manifestations and not the root. Whereas I would feel warm in my stomach and feel confident whenever I would try and diagnose and treat the root primarily. So now when a patient comes with ie a tennis elbow I will always spend ample time with him/her and make a full diagnosis along with a treatment for the root problem... this actually tends to be more efficient in the long run. IMO we should make effort to " unemploy " ourselves..... in coorporation with the patients we should then aim to keep them healthy and help them maximize their human potentials. Since we have the knowledge and the tools to help people we should do so - I feel it to be my duty as a human being and as a practitioner of medicin not to hold back, but help as many as possible as well as possible. This is my humble opinion...... Best regards, Thomas Soerensen L.Ac., TuiNa Massage Therapist Hwa Rang Do lic. Instructor * I am not done arguing with myself whether one can be a healer or one only can activate a healing process - quick one or slow?! I tend to believe the latter more...... dkakobad wrote: > Here is a TCM dilemma which has been around since forever and has served > to entertain > practitioners. > > If there is a glaring symptom complex large as a pink elephant, should > one treat that, or > seek out the Design of the illness, even when it is less obvious than > the falling of an > autumn leaf. > > This post is meant to provoke thought, and less to criticize healers who > have successfully used > the symptomatic approach. > > If there is migraine, should one, after having settled the attack, work > with LU which > may be at the back of things, or just deal with the episodes as they > occur again > and again? > > If there are a series of symptoms, should one allay these one after the > other, like > a never ending domino, or get to the bottom of it, and say, fins an > adrenal > exhaustion. > > Should we work with pain in a simplistic manner to allay it or deal with > the more complex reasons this keeps happening? > > Should we be needle wielders, or exquisite un ravellers of the warp and > woof of illness? > > Should we be, in the end, the after the fact patcher uppers, or as the > ancient texts exhort, > " those who prevent illness before it happens " category of superior > healers? > > The choice is ours. The burden, the patient's. > > Dr. Holmes > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Anytime you want, I am in your corner. Thanks. Thomas Bøgedal Sørensen wrote: > Dr. Holmes, > > An important question to ask ourselves as " healers*. " > > Being an inexperienced pratitioner myself I have hoovered from one > strategy to the other. However I have stopped treating only symptoms > since I found that it left me with a guilty empty feeling - a hole in my > stomach telling me something was wrong whenever I would treat only the > manifestations and not the root. Whereas I would feel warm in my stomach > and feel confident whenever I would try and diagnose and treat the root > primarily. So now when a patient comes with ie a tennis elbow I will > always spend ample time with him/her and make a full diagnosis along > with a treatment for the root problem... this actually tends to be more > efficient in the long run. > > IMO we should make effort to " unemploy " ourselves..... in coorporation > with the patients we should then aim to keep them healthy and help them > maximize their human potentials. > > Since we have the knowledge and the tools to help people we should do so > - I feel it to be my duty as a human being and as a practitioner of > medicin not to hold back, but help as many as possible as well as > possible. > > This is my humble opinion...... > > Best regards, > Thomas Soerensen > L.Ac., TuiNa Massage Therapist > Hwa Rang Do lic. Instructor > > > * I am not done arguing with myself whether one can be a healer or one > only can activate a healing process - quick one or slow?! I tend to > believe the latter more...... > > dkakobad wrote: > > > Here is a TCM dilemma which has been around since forever and has served > > to entertain > > practitioners. > > > > If there is a glaring symptom complex large as a pink elephant, should > > one treat that, or > > seek out the Design of the illness, even when it is less obvious than > > the falling of an > > autumn leaf. > > > > This post is meant to provoke thought, and less to criticize healers who > > have successfully used > > the symptomatic approach. > > > > If there is migraine, should one, after having settled the attack, work > > with LU which > > may be at the back of things, or just deal with the episodes as they > > occur again > > and again? > > > > If there are a series of symptoms, should one allay these one after the > > other, like > > a never ending domino, or get to the bottom of it, and say, fins an > > adrenal > > exhaustion. > > > > Should we work with pain in a simplistic manner to allay it or deal with > > the more complex reasons this keeps happening? > > > > Should we be needle wielders, or exquisite un ravellers of the warp and > > woof of illness? > > > > Should we be, in the end, the after the fact patcher uppers, or as the > > ancient texts exhort, > > " those who prevent illness before it happens " category of superior > > healers? > > > > The choice is ours. The burden, the patient's. > > > > Dr. Holmes > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.