toenail fungus and esoterica

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

 

I am a long-time beneficiary of all your posts. Thank you for all

the wisdom and humor, and occasional acrimony.

I think we all strive for balance emotionally, physically,

spiritually, and also on this list. I hope we can accomodate many

different topics. I was particularly struck by your post, Zev, in which

you expressed great exasperation that a valuable subject would be

replaced by the mundanity of toenail fungus. I must say, in response,

that that darned toenail fungus impacts people's self esteem, it looks

yucky, and it surely shows that the body is out of whack. If we are in

the business of helping people to improve their lives, I think that

includes dealing with toenail fungus.

Soooo... I like the approaches described by Ray, Andrea Beth and

Daniel. I also know that if a patient is VERY motivated to get rid of

this yuck, soaking the affected foot(feet) in warm water and apple

cider vinegar twice a day is great. I have a patient who has been doing

this for 6 months now while I have been addressing his IBS and other

problems. His digestion is good, his other problems have resolved, and

WOW his toenails are growing in clean. We only started to see real

progress on the toenails after the addition of the apple cider vinegar

soaks.

I live and practice in Southern California, the land of sun and

sandals, so I don't see dampness as a necessary pathological agent

here. I do see the fungus mainly in immunocompromised pateints, or the

elderly. I also rarely see it affecting only the big toe.

Now, back to the other subject, I use the Tan technique when

addressing pain and dysfunction, and often find it to be just short of

miraculous in its effect. I think that if I help a patient " on his/her

road' by eliminating pain that causes an obstacle in their life, I have

given them a boost along their way. What energy chronic pain consumes!

Am I helping them at a deeper level? Yes, but only if they are open to

it. So, at worst their pain is gone or greatly diminishes, at best,

they are more firmly on their way. Good stuff.

 

Thanks

Beata Booth

[Guest guest]

Beata,

I never said we shouldn't discuss this topic, I said in addition

to such topics, we should discuss issues that are essential for the

growth and maintenance of our profession. . . we don't have to

sacrifice one for the other.

 

Z'ev

On Feb 15, 2009, at 11:29 AM, coastacu wrote:

 

> I was particularly struck by your post, Zev, in which

> you expressed great exasperation that a valuable subject would be

> replaced by the mundanity of toenail fungus. I must say, in response,

> that that darned toenail fungus impacts people's self esteem, it looks

> yucky, and it surely shows that the body is out of whack. If we are in

> the business of helping people to improve their lives, I think that

> includes dealing with toenail fungus.

 

 

Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine

Pacific College of Oriental Medicine

San Diego, Ca. 92122