Chinese medicine

[Hardrock69]

LMAO!!!
:D

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
A lot of this stuff is total bullshit. Rhino horn makes you virile?

Not a fan of most of this hocus pocus new age nonsence.

In particular homoepathy which is completely ludicrous. The minute you hear any phrase including the word 'energy' then run a mile.

Acupuncture can help with some muscular pain though.

I think it's something to do with endorphines.

newage? a lot of this shit is ancient traditional chinese bullshit :D

[sagebrush]

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
My doctor is a general practitioner and an osteopath. But he also devotes himself to Chinese medicine. He recently suggested me to try to solve my stomach trouble with acupuncture.
He told me about equilibrium, yin and yang... He said I had a "yin gap" in my stomach... :D
He also told me that in Chinese medicine food is divided into yin and yang, and that the thing is to balance both in your organism. Roughly, yang are vegetables and fruit: just what I eat the least, safe in summer... In a word, he meant I was all wrong as far as eating and, with the help of acupuncture and yin & yang principles, I could get rid of that stomach bug... Well, why not?
This and the rest sound very interesting, but before being pinned like a hedgehog, I'd like to get views from members here who have experienced Chinese medicine (or still are "adepts")...

The only one in my family who tried acupuncture is my father, who tried to quit smoking cigarettes with the "help" of acupuncure in the Pyrenees 25 years ago...
He got his ears pinned during an afternoon, and couldn't smoke... until the afternoon after. We had a walk in the mountain with my family, and on the way back, the first thing he did was stop at a tobacco seller's to buy a couple of packs of Gitanes. He was as pale as snow, literally.
So, he stopped smoking for one day... Maybe my stomach will leave me alone for about as long?

But my dad is a very special case. :D
Before being pinned myself like a hedgehog, I'd like to know the views of members here who may have experienced Chinese medicine (or still are "adepts") for any reason... Thanks!

Stop eating cum fag that will help !

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by sagebrush
Stop eating cum fag that will help !

I don't understand people who stay at a place when they aren't wanted.

[sagebrush]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I don't understand people who stay at a place when they aren't wanted. [/QUOTE Just so i can piss you off !

[FORD]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
Hey if you can name me one thing that will kill colds/flu dead on contact, I will check it out.

What I have does that though (but I am not saying it will work for everyone).

That's the fastest shit I've tried. But boosting your immune system with garlic and keeping the blood circulating and clean with hot peppers helps quite a bit too.

So not only traditional Asian medicine, but traditional Asian food (the spicier the better) will improve health.

[FORD]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
Vodka!

True story....

One Friday night back in 1988 I was coming down with a horrendous cold, so I went to the store to stock up on the Orange Juice, cough drops and the usual over the counter drugs. Since it was the weekend I said "fuck it" and bought some vodka as well.

Woke up Saturday morning with a Hell of a headache, but no cold. To this day, I don't know if it was the OJ, the vodka, or both.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Originally posted by FORD
Woke up Saturday morning with a Hell of a headache, but no cold. To this day, I don't know if it was the OJ, the vodka, or both.

Oh, really, you don't? For your headache, I mean... :D

Ten years ago, we were having a party with some of my friends to celebrate our 25th b-day. We were about 80 people in a hall we had hired for that occasion. We'd made dozens and dozens of litres of punch, not to mention the rest of the booze. Well, classic...
I had had a severe inflammation of the outer ear (the most painful) for a few days, and I had been on cortisone so far. I remember drinking punch all night long, like 8 pm through 5 am. I never understood why other pals, who'd been knocking punch back just as I had, were more or less drunk, but I wasn't at all...
I've always thought it was a side effect of cortisone. I know it's strange, but I see no other explanation.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

That's it. I'm just back from my first acupuncture session. Amazing how you feel relaxed afterwards...
I got pins in my soles, my toes, my ankles, two on my stomach, in my thumbs, my wrists and one on my head, just above my brow. I laid in the dark for about 30 minutes. You can feel the pins just when they're stuck and once they are, mainly in your feet and hands, but it isn't painful.
I could immediately feel a nervous release. As time passed, the release got greater and greater and, in the end of the half an hour (twice as long as it should initially last), I still wasn't in a good mood, but I had a deep sensation of physical tranquility.
My doctor says I'll need a few more sessions to get rid of my big inner tensions, so I'll have more next Wednesday and so on.
I also left with a prescription for Chinese medication (concentrated extracts of plants) for two months.
I am very sceptical by nature, but I have to say that it seems to bring you some real help. I mean, that medicine is well-known for being efficient, but experiencing it is something positively surprising.

[blonddgirl777]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
<a href="http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bukkake.php">its not a problem</a>
I love the way you spell your name! I love foreign language accents on letters.

Jérôme, c'est un Français qui n'est pas bête du tout...
C'est à dire qu'il aime être en compagnie de sacrées nanas élégantes et... bien bâties!

Merde!... il me manque le "è"...

:D

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by FORD
True story....

One Friday night back in 1988 I was coming down with a horrendous cold, so I went to the store to stock up on the Orange Juice, cough drops and the usual over the counter drugs. Since it was the weekend I said "fuck it" and bought some vodka as well.

Woke up Saturday morning with a Hell of a headache, but no cold. To this day, I don't know if it was the OJ, the vodka, or both.

The vodka. Honestly. I remember the kids cheering when we learned that a good stiff drink will help ya kill off the germs. And when I can't have a good stiff drink, mustard with horseradish.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
Jérôme, c'est un Français qui n'est pas bête du tout...
C'est à dire qu'il aime être en compagnie de sacrées nanas élégantes et... bien bâties!

Merde!... il me manque le "è"...

:D

Oh, merci BG! Là, je suis très (touche 7 ) très flatté. Il est vrai que j'aime par-dessus tout être entouré de beautés, comme toi que j'ai failli rencontrer à la fin de l'été. Où que ce soit, à Genève ou Montréal, on se verra un jour et ça sera sûrement inouï!

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by sagebrush
Stop eating cum fag that will help !

you're really not helping me fight the state's stereotypes with how you're acting

[blonddgirl777]

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
Oh, merci BG! Là, je suis très (touche 7 ) très flatté. Il est vrai que j'aime par-dessus tout être entouré de beautés, comme toi que j'ai failli rencontrer à la fin de l'été. Où que ce soit, à Genève ou Montréal, on se verra un jour et ça sera sûrement inouï!

En autant que ca sera avant que j'attrappe la soixantaine!!!
L.O.L...

[blonddgirl777]

Originally posted by Ally_Kat
The vodka. Honestly. I remember the kids cheering when we learned that a good stiff drink will help ya kill off the germs. And when I can't have a good stiff drink, mustard with horseradish.

Now this may not be Chinese but it is certainly non-traditionnal...

The other day, I was on a 8 hour plane trip with my boss...
A 6 months old baby cried and screemed THE WHOLE TIME!

Being in her late 50's, she told me that when she grew up (in Poland), people would dip the kid's pacifiers in alcool, to "help them" sleep...
Obviously it worked and apparently, it was not as bad as it seems for the kids...

Back home I asked my Mom. and other people that age and they knew about the practice and said that it used to help with colics, growing tooths etc...

Times have changed but when a baby screems on top of his lungs, until he has no more throath, for 8 straight hours...
I don't know if a lil' booze can be soooo bad?