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> Cara wrote, regarding Chai hu substitutes:

> If you're thinking if qi stag in relation to PMS, then maybe yue ji hua is

> slightly

> more elegant.

>

> Does Yue ju hua promote the free flow of liver Qi? I've asked a few people

> about this... some Chinese docs said yes, more said no. Where did you

> learn about this use of the herb? If Yue ju hua is a close cousin of

> Feverfew, which works well for migraines, maybe it does have some moving

> properties.

>

 

>

Peter,

1] I believe in magic

2] I was taught that you can macerate mugwort in cider vinegar for a month

and then the vinegar will have 1000 mgs of calcium per TBS! wow! not really

sure if it's true, but I love the idea.

3] In learned d about yue ji hua on my own. first reading about it, then

using it on myself and others. My take on it is that it comforts the Liver-

smoothes things over. less pushy than chai hu. I like the way it regulates

menses w/ deficiency and stagnation. Plus its the prettiest damn flower in

our pharmacy. roses have a long tradition for sprit disorders. Bach flower

and California flower remedies use various roses for hi stress situations.

to anchor the shen in a sense.

Cara

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Peter Borten wrote:

 

> And someone once told me that eating a large quantity of cheese before

> bed will induce intense, but unpleasant, dreams.

 

Charles Dickens' character Scrooge said, when confronted with his first

vision of his dead partner, Marley that the apparition was nothing more

than " an undigested bit of cheese. "

 

Dream disturbed sleep induced by food stagnation. : )

 

--

Al Stone L.Ac.

<AlStone

http://www.BeyondWellBeing.com

 

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

 

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peter

 

according to aromatherapists, essential oils can work in their subtle ways

because the scent of the oil goes into the brain directly through the olfactory

system ....stimulates glands etc....affects the physical and emotional. Might be

why the Tibetans and their incense can treat

diseases as well.

 

Heiko

PS you will have to let the group know how that patient goes of yours on that

insomnia formula.

 

 

 

Peter Borten wrote:

 

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> How about magic? Doesn't anyone believe in magic? (I know you'll like that

> response, Jeff.)

> I've heard about and tried this mugwort trick too. Even if we could figure

> out which TCM functions or Western functions (e.g. the fact that it's

> stimulates secretion of pituitary gonadotropins?) might produce such an

> effect, how do we explain the assimilation of the herb through resting one's

> head near it?

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Hey Anya,

 

Even though the below two comments were for Ylva .. they were round

about references to comments I made .. though I've yet to see any

direct replies to the many questions I've asked.

 

> We part-time, amateur herbalists with only 30 years experience make some

> damn fine cures for what ails ya.

 

As far as a understand the term " amateur " ... FIRST USUAGE is a person

that engages in an activity as a pastime .. not as a profession. That's

straight from my dictionary. So .. if you are a herbalist by profession

then you would not be an amateur based on that defination.

 

As for experience .. that term can be used in the broadest sense and in

many ways without being incorrect. For example .. I guess I have 50 +

years experience as a disco dancer though I've not done it in 10 years,

25 + years experience as a semi-pro tournament bass fisherman though

I've not done it in 15 years .. 43 + years experience soldiering though

I've not done it since 1989; and that many years experience in jumping

out of perfectly good airplanes though I've not done it once since 1986.

 

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My comments on amateurs were not insulting .. or intended to be so ..

but compared to a licensed pharmacist/chiropractor who runs a clinic and

sees patients and does it for a living .. those who question him are,

compared to him .. simply amateurs .. that is, unless they are

full-timers. And then they might be out of their field of expertise.

 

> Don't forget Ylva, this is also an herb group, and EOs aren't always

> the answer, as much as we love them (and my flat wallet shows how much

> I love them :-). There is no EO I'd put on a blister on a child, but

> there are several herbal infusions (water or oil) that I would use.

 

Nobody has ever even INSINUATED that EOs were always the answer .. more

than once I and others have recommended folks get their butt to a

medical doctor .. and in those cases, I would not send them to a

professional herbalist either.

 

I don't recall any aromatherapy practitioners who didn't study/practice

herbalism (that's not a real word .. sorry) .. who is not a herbalist

trying to counter anything said by a herbalist. But I'm seeing some

herbalists who think they have all the answers about EO safety.

 

But on more than one occasion discussions on essential oils have begun

with comments like .. no sensible herbalist would do this or that .. and

though I thought the context of my statement was obvious to all the

readers .. maybe I was wrong .. maybe not. Butch

 

> Anya

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