Re:TCM -treating inguinal hernia

[Guest guest]

thanks, anne. speaking of earth, and spring wood, she has been rather stifled

re: exercise bc of the hernia. not good for stagnation, esp. for someone with

less stable wood due to lack of gravitational influence of metal - since she has

none in her natal chart. . .

 

[anne.crowley] wrote:

Lynn: In the 5 Element world hernias fall in the Earth element. SP not holding

things up. Sounds like you are on to it with your diagnosis.

 

Anne

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" J. Lynn Detamore " <lynndetamore

> thanks for the responses so far. here's more of a consititutional pic:

> premenopausal woman, late 40's, overweight. hypertension for

> spleen deficient

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> patrick, i certainly agree that once hernias progress to a certain point,

> surgery's the best option.

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> Alon Marcus <alonmarcus

> Chinese Medicine

> Saturday, March 31, 2007 8:29:21 AM

> Re: Re:treating inguinal hernia

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> The best results i have had in hernia has been using the Tung hand points

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> Greg Livingston

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> Saturday, March 31, 2007 6:40 AM

> Re:treating inguinal hernia

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> Hi Group,

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> In my experience, if the hernia is very mild, moxa on Kidney 1, Liver 1 is

> pretty effective. If the hernia can be reduced and not pop back out for

> several months, it's possible that it will stay that way, unless of course

> the person does some heavy lifting or something to pop it back out. I've had

> success on a number of mild cases using this method.

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> Best,

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> Greg

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