TDP lamps, any opinions on what brand/manufacturer best?

[Guest guest]

Hi, I am a new practitioner, looking to order TDP lamps for myself

and a bunch of other newbies. Does anyone out there have any opinions

on what brand/manufacturer is best?

 

I am currently looking at gou gong tdp lamps, $130 wholesale, which

seemed a fair price.

 

I would love to know what kind of heat sources you all use, and what

you would recommend. I hav heard fantastic things about TDP lamps, but

have never used on before myself.

 

Thank you! austin, LAc

[Guest guest]

On Friday 29 September 2006 16:00, wrote:

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> I would love to know what kind of heat sources you all use, and what

> you would recommend. I hav heard fantastic things about TDP lamps, but

> have never used on before myself.

 

Hi !

 

I use an ordinary screw in heat lamp bulb in a reading light stand. I think it

is about $50, total. You have to replace the cardboard insulator with a

ceramic one, easy if you are handy with tools, impossible if you aren't.

 

I have never replaced the bulb in ten years. The bulb looks like this bulb, I

got it at the hardware store - for less than this.

 

http://www.bulbs.com/products/product_detail.asp?page=products & inventory=10785

 

About 3 to 5 feet from the patient is comfortable. Closer is warmer.

 

Regards,

 

Pete

http://www.pete-theisen.com/

[Guest guest]

At 01:00 PM 9/29/2006, you wrote:

> Hi, I am a new practitioner, looking to order TDP lamps for myself

>and a bunch of other newbies. Does anyone out there have any opinions

>on what brand/manufacturer is best?

>

>I am currently looking at gou gong tdp lamps, $130 wholesale, which

>seemed a fair price.

>

>I would love to know what kind of heat sources you all use, and what

>you would recommend. I hav heard fantastic things about TDP lamps, but

>have never used on before myself.

 

TDP lamps use, supposedly, far-infrared wave-lengths of light, i.e.

longer wave-lengths, which penetrate deeper without overheating the

skin -- similar to burning moxa. I regularly get mail ads from

outfits (Korean and Chinese) in the Los Angeles area offereing these

now " on sale " for $70-90. I've bought a couple in the last few years.

The " brand " doesn't seem to matter. They're all Chinese, with

occasion minor flaws, usually fixable with a scewdriver, small wrench

and perhaps some (metric) bolts/nuts/washers from the local hardware

store. (The first couple I bought, mid 1990's, cost ca. $300. I

recall the first I ever saw, a demo model donated to PCOM ca. 1989

when I studied there, originally cost ca. $1000!)

 

Regular heat lamps (which I used earlier), have to be monitored a

little more closely, as they can burn the skin ( " sun tan(burn)

lamps " ). As Pete Theisen pointed out, these lamps run quite hot, and

quickly roast the default insulator/sockets, and often melt the

usually plastic housings/reflectors. I went through several cycles of

trying to rebuild these (again after trips to the hardware store and

searches for reasonable substitute parts), before giving up on them.

And, as mentioned, this takes some know-how with mechanical stuff.

 

BTY, I ran across some more high-faluten " far-infrared " medical

technology a year or two ago from an article and website -- fancy

equipment using many small LED emitters on wrap-around sheets (like

blood-pressure cuffs). There was supposed research backing them up, I

think it was for fibromyalgia or something similar. But the research

appeared to done by or closely related to the selling company. The

target market appeared to be USA medical practitioners, and not

cheap. I didn't see prices, but trial arrangements were available

for, if I recall, ca. $500. My guess is cost was probably ca. $5000 or up.

 

This is all from somewhat shakey memory. Perhaps someone else here

has more accurate information.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info, Chris. I think I have found a TDP lamp for

$65, not including shipping. So I am at $130 or less for the 12 or

so of us looking to puchase. Your input is very helpful, I will

continue to discount shop, knowing that the quality is not

necessarily related with how many zeros the vendors add to the

price!!!! And thankyou for all other responses as well!

 

Chinese Medicine ,

< wrote:

>

> At 01:00 PM 9/29/2006, you wrote:

> > Hi, I am a new practitioner, looking to order TDP lamps for

myself

> >and a bunch of other newbies. Does anyone out there have any

opinions

> >on what brand/manufacturer is best?

> >

> >I am currently looking at gou gong tdp lamps, $130 wholesale,

which

> >seemed a fair price.

> >

> >I would love to know what kind of heat sources you all use, and

what

> >you would recommend. I hav heard fantastic things about TDP

lamps, but

> >have never used on before myself.

>

> TDP lamps use, supposedly, far-infrared wave-lengths of light,

i.e.

> longer wave-lengths, which penetrate deeper without overheating

the

> skin -- similar to burning moxa. I regularly get mail ads from

> outfits (Korean and Chinese) in the Los Angeles area offereing

these

> now " on sale " for $70-90. I've bought a couple in the last few

years.

> The " brand " doesn't seem to matter. They're all Chinese, with

> occasion minor flaws, usually fixable with a scewdriver, small

wrench

> and perhaps some (metric) bolts/nuts/washers from the local

hardware

> store. (The first couple I bought, mid 1990's, cost ca. $300. I

> recall the first I ever saw, a demo model donated to PCOM ca. 1989

> when I studied there, originally cost ca. $1000!)

>

> Regular heat lamps (which I used earlier), have to be monitored a

> little more closely, as they can burn the skin ( " sun tan(burn)

> lamps " ). As Pete Theisen pointed out, these lamps run quite hot,

and

> quickly roast the default insulator/sockets, and often melt the

> usually plastic housings/reflectors. I went through several cycles

of

> trying to rebuild these (again after trips to the hardware store

and

> searches for reasonable substitute parts), before giving up on

them.

> And, as mentioned, this takes some know-how with mechanical stuff.

>

> BTY, I ran across some more high-faluten " far-infrared " medical

> technology a year or two ago from an article and website -- fancy

> equipment using many small LED emitters on wrap-around sheets

(like

> blood-pressure cuffs). There was supposed research backing them

up, I

> think it was for fibromyalgia or something similar. But the

research

> appeared to done by or closely related to the selling company. The

> target market appeared to be USA medical practitioners, and not

> cheap. I didn't see prices, but trial arrangements were available

> for, if I recall, ca. $500. My guess is cost was probably ca.

$5000 or up.

>

> This is all from somewhat shakey memory. Perhaps someone else here

> has more accurate information.

>

>

>