Comments on: Treating cold damage http://www.junkyarddaoist.com/treating-cold-damage/ Classic Formulas Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Michael Max http://www.junkyarddaoist.com/treating-cold-damage/comment-page-1/#comment-4125 Michael Max Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:26:59 +0000 http://classicformulas.com/?p=810#comment-4125 Yes, I could feel the heat dragging the cold (kicking and screaming too) out to the surface. I got a light, but slightly greasy sweat, and then fell into a restful night's sleep. I was adverse to wind, but then I'm ALWAYS adverse to wind. The key thing for me in this situation was the aching tight headache at the back of the head. Indeed, our illnesses are great teachers. Nothing like being your own live lab! The thing for me in this was just how awful I felt as the defensive and pathogenic qi were struggling. It is a nice metaphor "battle of the wei and xie", however in really it is rather uncomfortable. I'll be sure to mention this to my patients in the future, especially if there is an element of dampness involved (which there was in this case, hence the greasy sweat) Yes, I could feel the heat dragging the cold (kicking and screaming too) out to the surface. I got a light, but slightly greasy sweat, and then fell into a restful night’s sleep.

I was adverse to wind, but then I’m ALWAYS adverse to wind. The key thing for me in this situation was the aching tight headache at the back of the head.
Indeed, our illnesses are great teachers. Nothing like being your own live lab!

The thing for me in this was just how awful I felt as the defensive and pathogenic qi were struggling. It is a nice metaphor “battle of the wei and xie”, however in really it is rather uncomfortable. I’ll be sure to mention this to my patients in the future, especially if there is an element of dampness involved (which there was in this case, hence the greasy sweat)

]]> By: Geoff Hudson http://www.junkyarddaoist.com/treating-cold-damage/comment-page-1/#comment-4124 Geoff Hudson Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:04:22 +0000 http://classicformulas.com/?p=810#comment-4124 Did you experience any sweating when the defensive qi won? That is a hallmark symptom of our standard textbooks in the states that diaphoresis should occur - but you also didn't mention the 'aversion to wind' that you are 'suppose' to have. It's difficult to know without the clinical experience what symptoms you have to have and which ones you can dismiss in a particular pattern. I wouldn't have been surprised if you pulse wasn't floating and tight as it 'should' be as well. Getting sick can be a good teacher though. Did you experience any sweating when the defensive qi won? That is a hallmark symptom of our standard textbooks in the states that diaphoresis should occur – but you also didn’t mention the ‘aversion to wind’ that you are ‘suppose’ to have. It’s difficult to know without the clinical experience what symptoms you have to have and which ones you can dismiss in a particular pattern. I wouldn’t have been surprised if you pulse wasn’t floating and tight as it ‘should’ be as well. Getting sick can be a good teacher though.

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