Posted by Lao Tzu on September 16, 2010, at 13:41:01
In reply to Re: TCM)))Hombre, posted by Hombre on September 14, 2010, at 19:47:38
Hi! Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan is working well taking it twice per day. Hopefully, will see continued improvement. Today I ordered two other tonics just to try them out. One is Shi Quan Da Bu Wan and the other is Ren Shen Yang Rong Wan. Have you tried either of these? They are listed under Emotional Wellness from Best Chinese Medicines website. The question I have is can you safely take more than one tonic at a time? Like I said, I am an amateur at TCM. I really don't know what I'm doing, but I did look at the symptoms under each tonic, and thought that maybe they would help. Do you have any insight into what don quai and rehmannia do? Are they okay to take with meds? Maybe I should have asked you before buying them. I'd rather get good input from you so that I don't have to spend a ton of money trying different tonics, but I am curious as to the variety of tonics and exactly what they are good for. I guess I am looking for emotional wellness. There is also the Emperor's Tea Pill Extract which I thought about trying. Have you ever used this one? I am going to stick with the Invigorator Extract for now. I don't really have problems with any organ system in particular that I know of, and the tonics seem to be useful for well-defined symptoms. I picked the two tonics because I do have fatigue, tiredness, anxiety, and low appetite sometimes. Of course, the Risperdal I take affects metabolism and blood sugar, so what tonics are good for combatting the metabolic problems? I am slowly gaining weight on the meds, but it's not a real problem yet. Exercise and diet will probably fix that okay.
As always, enjoy reading your replies. You certainly know a heck of a lot about Chinese herbalism. I did download an article on TCM for schizophrenia. It lists all the herbs used for that based on symptoms and tongue fur and pulse. I imagine you'd have to work with an herbalist to tailor a formula for an individual with schizophrenia, since most tonics would probably be inadequate.
It did state that in most cases, merging TCM with Western Medicine would bring about a greater recovery. That is very interesting to me. It's just that most Americans are either totally ignorant of Chinese medicine or misinformed. Are we truly missing out on such a healing art?Lao
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