Guest guest Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 At 04:16 AM 12/5/2006, " " <attiliodalberto wrote: >As far as i am aware, there is no mention of a healing crisis in >Chinese medicine. However, i have seen what may be described as a >healing crisis in clinic. Some may say that it is because the >treatment is wrong, but i would suggest that as the genuine qi >fights the evil qi, the ensuing battle may be described as a healing >crisis, although it is not strictly a `healing crisis', but looks >like one. ... Moving the EPF (external pathogenic factor / xie) outward through the channels and off the body and with often quasi symptomatic presentation as part of the elimination appears to be recognized in CM tradition. A prominent example is the methodology of the School of Attacking and Purging (gong xia pai), where vomit/sweat/defecation/micturation, often in combinations, are induced as a matter of course to resolve conditions. In modern TCM, expressed exactly as Attilio cites. Remember also, e.g., the herbs which help things like " expressing rashes " , i.e. promoting the natural course of resolution of things like measles, where things get seemingly worse before resolving. The notion of medicine to categorically allieviate symptoms may be tinged by the bias in WM towards suppression of natural physiological processes in the name of " curing " , or " managing " . In the acupuncture modality, luo-channel bleeding, or alternatively, 7-star/plum blossom application at times is accompanied by temporary symptomatic reactions -- bleeding itself in the former, and inducing a rash-like histamine reaction in the skin in the latter. -- Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.9/573 - Release 12/5/2006 4:07 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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