Top 5 Reasons to make Classical Chinese medicine your medicine of choice
1. Clinical effectiveness: Chinese medicine, particularly when it is practiced in a Classically-based manner, works. In my scant year of clinical observation, I have seen miracles transpire. I have seen people shackled by various conditions, sometimes all their lives, be simply TRANSFORMED after only a few treatments. Many of you have probably seen this as well. It works for patients - and that’s what medicine is supposed to do.
Yes, I’ve read THAT study, too. Studies have flaws - THAT study has been roundly denounced by a number of people in a number of different ways. I’d be glad to discuss it in another post. Think also about this - Chinese medicine works in a manner entirely different from Western medicine. It’s so different, in fact, that placebo controlled double blind studies may simply be ineffective for displaying what it is that Chinese medicine can do. Clinical studies are another matter, and many show the great effectiveness of Chinese medicine. Where those studies have been negative or inconclusive, I feel that it probably has something to do with the level of Chinese medicine being practiced in the study. That’s why I’m hoping to do (and encourage others to do) clinical studies through Helfgott Research Institute. I’ll certainly post about any future results.
2. Doctors who take their time: When you see a Chinese physician for the first time, you will probably be amazed by the intake process. The process is extremely detailed, and Chinese physicians take all of your concerns under advisement - not just those that fit neatly into a simple diagnostic category. Chinese medicine physicians will not dismiss your concerns as “irrelevant” or “psychosomatic,” they will integrate each manifestation of disease into a full diagnosis that will guide a treatment to rectify the balance of your ENTIRE system.
3. Fewer environmental impacts than Western medicine: Chinese medicine doesn’t employ pharmaceuticals or other chemicals in carrying out treatment or diagnostics. The pollutants dumped into our waterways by the pharmaceutical industry are a significant problem. That being said, there are real environmental issues that the CM profession must grapple with, including the problems inherent in importing herbal products from China. Although that is most certainly a post in itself - I want to point out that many American companies are working to find pesticide-free and sustainably produced herbal products. More of this is surely to come.
4. Good cost-benefit ratio: As we all know, the escalating costs of healthcare are leaving many Americans uninsured, causing nearly unbearable pressure on the hospital system and social services. That the wealthiest nation in the world leaves so many people without access to basic care is reprehenisble. Natural medicine in general represents an answer to this problem. Many treatments by Chinese medicine physicians use food therapy and economically priced herbal supplements. Further, you will find that the average office visit for a Chinese medicine doctor is very reasonable considering the great depth of care you receive. Insurance companies are beginning to pick up the cost of these office visits, which is an encouraging sign.
5. Total integration: This medicine doesn’t “rob Peter to pay Paul,” as the saying goes. When your chief complaint is treated, it is treated in order to integrate your entire self - mind, body and spirit. So, for instance, your ongoing treatment for seasonal allergies isn’t going to create dryness in your mucus membranes, difficulty sleeping and pervasive feeling of anxiety. This will reduce your overall discomfort, as well as keeping costs down - you won’t need to buy medicine to treat the problems that your medicines produced!
There are certainly many more reasons you should make Classical Chinese Medicine your medicine of choice - but I hope this list will provide you with some food for thought as you contemplate your health care options. Remember - YOU DO HAVE OPTIONS!
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here is a study tip i found absolutely world turning, though the idea was off putting at first
until tried, sucessfully
get an early night, trying to study after a gruelling day of academia is the pits, your mind is on slow down and less likely to absorb the info. gets worse with age too.
even though young minds are unwired and inward from puberty, as they rewire themselves to become re-aware of the outside world. they too will thrive from an early night, with and early morning, and studying in the morning
half the time in the morning for the same stuff read through a half awake night.
shower shite and shave, have a good medicinal porrige on the slow cook from last night and get into it. even better a quick walk around the block in the crispies, and get the blood flowing.
if feels like youve done more, and have been more there.
and as studies have now proved, sleep deprivision, is like operating under the influence.
get your rest to give it your best.
that comes from a fellow father. both of mine arrived in my tcm study years, the second during exam final. talk about drama.
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Chinese herbs do work, I was seriously ill and had exhausted all western medicine and left to rot at the age of 16. I turned to natural healing including various eastern methods now at 20 I am better than ever. I have my life back on track doing things I never imagined before. It absolutely infuriates me when I look at what Big Pharma are getting away with. I am now constantly studying natural medicine and discovering it has been the best thing that could of happened to me.
Its time about an people are realizing the bad side effects of western medicine which rely basically on drugs sourced from chemicals. The alternatives are now taking root like the chinese medicines and the Ayurveda.Along with this more Westerners are found to be attracted to the yoga lifestyle. The best part of Chinese and ayurveda is that the medicines comes from nature in the form of herbs and practiced through many centuries gone through refinement processes over the periods.
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Thanks for the insight — Thinking about the pollutants dumped into waterways by the pharmaceutical industry is indeed an important factor to consider when comparing the two styles of medicinal practice, but yes — one must always take into consideration the entirety of the issue. I would sincerely love it if you’d do another post on the environmental factors to consider when “importing herbal products from China” — the more in-depth, the better!