18 month old case
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2002 5:30 am
I don't concur with your description. What is more accurate is that
we use the language which identifies environmental factors; heat,
cold, dry, damp, wind to describe pathogenic factors when their
respective energetics find presence in the organism. It is a gross
oversimplification to suggest that one merely apply the opposite
modality as a tx. For example a condition of cold is energetically
contracting; however, the pattern of the clinical picture as in a
menses expression with painful cramps and a darkened flow may
require not only a warming of the terrain but a clearing of
stagnation and a promotion of circulation. If you have some herbal
materica medica available then I refer you to an old, very old
herbal formula called si wu tang. Four herbs which are an eloquent
combination. The herbal approach is more complex than a simple
application of heat to treat a condition of cold. It would be
correct; however, to treat topically with warmth.
You are correct as to the law of similars. Our diagnostic methods
differ, the rules which we apply generally differ; but, the two
principles upon which tcm is based I believe is shared with
homeopathy. Namely that the orgainism reflects somatically its
relation to the external and internal world. Externally we look to
the heavens and the earth and internally we look to the mental
state. Both affect the vital force, though we call it something
else. And thereafter we both view a somatic reflection.
The result is that I have found a complement and or attenuation of
the tx. I also concur that the tx can suppress if applied
incorrectly. Our practice is an artful expression and I find a
pleasant dance with the two systems. At another time I would be
happy to offer some clinical examples, but wish to be respectful
that this is a homeopathic forum. I want only to slip into it with
some notions that I believe might be of help to the original
inquirer.
Regards and pleasantries
Isali,
I was once told by a trained TCM practitioner (which confirmed my
observation) that TCM is essentially antipathic i.e. if it wet, give
drying
herbs, if cold, warm it, if too yang, sedate it, etc. If this is
true, than
I can't see how antipathy and homeopathy can be compatible.
That is why I advocate provings on TCM substances to see whether
they are
antipathic, homeopathic, etc. I think that would give us the best
picture
and put us all on the same track. The diagnostic methodology is
secondary to
the law of similars, in my opinion.
what do you think?
russell swift, dvm
we use the language which identifies environmental factors; heat,
cold, dry, damp, wind to describe pathogenic factors when their
respective energetics find presence in the organism. It is a gross
oversimplification to suggest that one merely apply the opposite
modality as a tx. For example a condition of cold is energetically
contracting; however, the pattern of the clinical picture as in a
menses expression with painful cramps and a darkened flow may
require not only a warming of the terrain but a clearing of
stagnation and a promotion of circulation. If you have some herbal
materica medica available then I refer you to an old, very old
herbal formula called si wu tang. Four herbs which are an eloquent
combination. The herbal approach is more complex than a simple
application of heat to treat a condition of cold. It would be
correct; however, to treat topically with warmth.
You are correct as to the law of similars. Our diagnostic methods
differ, the rules which we apply generally differ; but, the two
principles upon which tcm is based I believe is shared with
homeopathy. Namely that the orgainism reflects somatically its
relation to the external and internal world. Externally we look to
the heavens and the earth and internally we look to the mental
state. Both affect the vital force, though we call it something
else. And thereafter we both view a somatic reflection.
The result is that I have found a complement and or attenuation of
the tx. I also concur that the tx can suppress if applied
incorrectly. Our practice is an artful expression and I find a
pleasant dance with the two systems. At another time I would be
happy to offer some clinical examples, but wish to be respectful
that this is a homeopathic forum. I want only to slip into it with
some notions that I believe might be of help to the original
inquirer.
Regards and pleasantries
Isali,
I was once told by a trained TCM practitioner (which confirmed my
observation) that TCM is essentially antipathic i.e. if it wet, give
drying
herbs, if cold, warm it, if too yang, sedate it, etc. If this is
true, than
I can't see how antipathy and homeopathy can be compatible.
That is why I advocate provings on TCM substances to see whether
they are
antipathic, homeopathic, etc. I think that would give us the best
picture
and put us all on the same track. The diagnostic methodology is
secondary to
the law of similars, in my opinion.
what do you think?
russell swift, dvm