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April 16, 2006, 10:24 AM

Yuanzhi
The profound concern of the Master for all people under heaven is truly admirable!!!

April 16, 2006, 10:34 AM

Zhuti Zhang
Support the Master!
I hope more people can learn about this fact!

April 16, 2006, 11:15 AM

wesleybb
Could this article be moved to the "Theoretical Methods" section so that more people can see it and participate in the discussion.
1. Health is the normal state of all living beings, unless you intentionally destroy it;
2. When sick, especially with chronic diseases, do not first think of taking medicine; instead, find the cause of the illness. Once this unfavorable factor is eliminated, even without external help, the body will quickly adjust itself. The intelligence and self-repair ability of the human body far exceed your imagination!

April 16, 2006, 02:13 PM

Yi Dishui
Support the Master, support Chinese traditional medicine!

April 16, 2006, 02:44 PM

Seemly
I consider myself quite lucky. Around late August 2003, while at work one day, I felt a fever. I ate very little at lunch, and by afternoon the fever worsened, so I went to a well-known hospital in Hangzhou. After measuring my temperature and performing blood tests, the doctor asked if I could get reimbursement. Then he prescribed many Western medicines. Although the hospital was named a Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, the prescriptions were mostly antibiotics and intravenous drips. It cost about 400 yuan, but I only brought 200 yuan, so I bought half less medication. Then I received an IV drip with antibiotics. That night, I ate very little, bought a large bottle of Nongfu Spring water, and drank continuously. By the next morning, I felt the fever had subsided. I did not take the remaining medicine.
When I told other friends why a cold required over 400 yuan in medication, they said it was normal; some people spent over 2000 yuan for a single cold.
At that time, I did not know about folk TCM practitioners. If it were now, I would use Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, Ma Huang) and Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, Gui Zhi). However, I had already converted to Buddhism. That night, while drinking water, I incessantly chanted the sacred name of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, doing so very seriously because I was living alone in a rented room and feared dying in the middle of the night. My fever broke in the second half of the night. When I went for reimbursement, our factory doctor was surprised at how quickly I recovered.
I was still relatively lucky to have taken fewer antibiotics at that time.
My example merely illustrates that most doctors nowadays prescribe excessive antibiotics to sell more drugs.
There are a few other examples:
A relative of mine has very yellow teeth, every single one is yellow. Others thought he smoked heavily, but it was actually caused by taking tetracycline as a child.
Another classmate of my sister developed leukemia due to erythromycin intake and passed away long ago. It is truly a pity.
Since I learned that blue-whites of the eyes indicate an excess of Yin pathogenic factors, I sometimes observe others' eye whites. I found that many children today have blue-whites. I think this is mainly because parents nowadays are overly "protective"; they send their children to the hospital for minor illnesses, resulting in the consumption of many antibiotics.
[ Last edited by seemly on 2006/4/18 at 23:28 ]
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April 16, 2006, 03:53 PM

Guyue
Another case, under treatment:
Pediatric persistent cough (Bronchial Asthma)
http://www.37tcm.net/forum/viewthread.php?tid=13919
Main Symptoms:
Recently, the main issue is coughing at night, which is slightly better during the day, with only occasional coughs. After coughing at night and expectorating white foamy sputum, the cough improves for two days before recurring. A few days ago, the tongue coating was slightly yellow; these past two days, it turned white and somewhat greasy. The tip of the tongue is red. For the past two nights, I have been grinding my teeth during sleep, which never happened before. When the cough is severe, sounds can be heard from the throat. There is a preference for breathing with an open mouth, nasal congestion, and yellow, dry nasal discharge. Upon waking in the morning and clearing the nose, there is often a small amount of blood in the mucus.
History of Onset:
My son has suffered from chronic cough since birth (August 19, 2001). At over one month old, he was hospitalized for nine days (eight days of IV therapy) due to a cold and cough, diagnosed with bronchitis. After six months, he frequently experienced minor ailments such as fever, colds, and diarrhea. He received IV therapy for three days for cough and fever at 1 year and 3 months old, and no further IVs until age 2.5. However, after starting kindergarten at 2.5 years old, colds, fevers, and coughs became continuous. He caught a cold almost every half month, with coughing accompanying each cold. By age 3.5, he caught a cold almost every month. Doctors either recommended IV therapy or antibiotic medications. He has taken almost all common antibiotics, including Amoxicillin, Zailin, Azithromycin, Kengqiang, etc., and consumed considerable amounts of Chinese patent medicines for cough suppression. Since being 3.5 years old two years ago, his cough has not ceased, with only intermittent breaks of one or two days. Medication has been continuous for over a year. Each visit to the pediatric outpatient department, experts noted slight redness and inflammation in the throat, prescribing antibiotics combined with Chinese patent medicines or Western drugs. These treatments consistently failed to produce results; he continued to cough either during the day or night every day.
Since seeing a TCM practitioner on February 7 this year and taking Chinese herbal medicine, he improved for one or two days before relapsing. Previous doctors diagnosed my son with bronchial asthma. This current doctor diagnoses him with poor constitution and low immunity due to excessive Western medicine intake. Currently, daytime coughing is less frequent; the main issue is coughing starting after 9-10 PM. Initially, the cough is intermittent, with phlegm sounds audible in the throat. It slowly subsides only after expectorating phlegm. Every episode of expectoration involves a large mouthful of white foamy sputum, often vomited up, sometimes accompanied by regurgitation of food. When the cough is fierce, wheezing sounds are heard in the lungs. However, when coughing decreases the next day, the wheezing becomes less obvious. Sometimes, when seeing the doctor the next day, no wheezing is detected. On March 20, he had a fever of 39°C, cough, pus points in the throat, and white herpes in the oral cavity. Under TCM treatment, supplemented with five days of Kengqiang and Fengreqing Oral Liquid, he gradually stabilized. Coughing was less frequent during this period. However, once this acute illness resolved, the chronic cough resumed, still characterized by less daytime coughing and more nighttime coughing. Every one or two nights, coughing leads to vomiting of white foamy sputum. After expectoration, improvement lasts one or two days before recurrence. He prefers breathing with an open mouth during sleep, constantly feels nasal congestion, and often finds small amounts of blood in his nasal discharge upon waking. I am extremely anxious and do not know what to do. Please help, Doctor. Thank you!
Almost without any specific cause, the cough persists throughout the four seasons. Occasional coughing a few times a day is the best condition possible.
Western Medical Diagnosis: Bronchial Asthma
Long-term hormone use: Used Dexamethasone during IV infusions in February, April, and August 2005.
Extensive antibiotic use: Antibiotics were prescribed at every medical consultation.

Jingwei
Walking along the journey...
Speaking of using antibiotics to treat colds, many parents use this method. My mother always treated me this way. Of course, given the general environment, everyone does this, so she cannot be blamed. However, my health indeed deteriorated. This is a typical example of good intentions leading to bad outcomes.
Below, I will describe the process of my body worsening and then improving.
Congenital deficiency, a small medicine jar, a regular visitor to the health clinic...
At birth, I weighed only 3 jin 7 liang (approx. 1.8 kg), had a large head, and cried constantly. My mother, hearing others say it was calcium deficiency, gave me calcium injections. From childhood, I frequently caught colds and had persistent coughs. I took many New Sulfonamides (Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim) and licorice tablets, and received frequent buttock injections. Essentially, colds meant antibiotics, cough syrup, and injections. I also tried many folk remedies, such as soda mixed with eggs, though they had little effect. If someone around me caught a cold, I definitely would too. Even after taking medicine for a cold, I still coughed constantly. Often, the coughing was unceasing. Sometimes my mother jokingly said a "coughing ghost" had possessed me.
When children are sick, adults worry, acting rashly and seeking medical help indiscriminately...
Later, we moved upstairs. A neighbor downstairs complained that my coughing at night shook the plaster off their walls. This shows how severe the cough was! Colds were truly unbearable; nasal congestion forced mouth breathing, accompanied by constant coughing. Sleep was impossible at night. Seeing me suffer so badly, my mother would peel apples or pears for me in the middle of the night to provide temporary relief, then hold me and cry. She only knew how to do this; she was heartbroken but had no other options.
After the cough subsided, my hair turned white, and I began to gain weight...
Frequent coughing in class affected teachers and classmates. Finally, my mother found a place claiming to completely cure bronchitis by injecting directly into the cervical spine. I don't know what was injected, but afterward, I really stopped coughing. No matter how I caught a cold or how severe it was, I didn't cough. My mother was happy. But for unknown reasons, after that injection, I started gaining weight, grew many white hairs, occasionally suffered from constipation, and sometimes fell inexplicably when standing up in the morning to use the toilet. Of course, I still caught colds frequently, preferring New Sulfonamides as the first choice.
Throughout the journey of losing weight, I remained weak...
The most distressing aspect was gaining weight, which girls find hardest to bear. I deliberately ate less hoping to lose weight. However, I gained more and more; weight loss became a perpetual pursuit, while slimness remained distant. A classmate composed a song called "Too Soft-hearted" for me: "You are always too soft-hearted, too soft-hearted, tasting all the delicious food yourself. It sounds simple, but losing weight is too difficult. If it's not yours, don't force it."
What did I eat? Nothing substantial, yet I remained fat... Now I understand, it was Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency. How good it would have been to know this back then!