Archive for November, 2008
Posted on November 30, 2008 by Yael
In a previous post I started to talk about Julian Scott’s book- Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children
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Shahar is going through a great time, even with the latest cough he’s in a great mood, and we were able to stop the attack in time so we feel very good parents.
This great time allows me to read a bit more quietly about Julian’s observation between an excess type child and a deficiency type child.
The importance of diagnosing
We’re talking about a basic principle in Chinese Medicine in general (excess/deficiency), and Julian stresses that when it comes to children, it is even more basic.
A deficiency type person will be different than an excess type person, this we know by the middle of our 2nd year in school. In children it is even more obvious.
It makes sense, remembering that children don’t have the masks us adults have, children don’t have the weight of the years upon them that one might see in an adult’s eyes. Granted there are other problems, but in general, it is easier to know if we have a case of excess or deficiency when we diagnose a child.
Posted on November 27, 2008 by Yael
I have no idea where time goes.
Having a life is not as simple as not having one, and I must admit- I find myself running around crazy, trying to fit everything in. Something always slips away, and lately it seems that CMNotes has been suffering more than anything else.
I’m sorry CMNotes, you’re not a bad blog or anything, and I don’t mean to hurt your feelings. It just happens, and I’m trying my best to be better.
Hopefully this will be a good beginning to mending our realtionship….
One good thing that happened is that we have a new practitioner for my boy.
I told you a while ago about the doubts I have with the practitioner we had. It’s not that I don’t trust the practitioner, as I think he is a very good practitioner. I think it was more a clash between what I needed as a parent of a child (first child, I guess that always makes a difference), and what the practitioner could offer me. There were times I really thought that the practitioner was a bit too odd, but for about 95% of the time, I felt he was helping Shahar a lot, and that was the main thing. Our personal disagreements on how a practitioner of children should be was minor compared to the help he was giving my boy.
But that changed.
Posted on November 19, 2008 by Yael
A few months ago I told you that I have decided to take a course about the treatment of children with Chinese Medicine.
AFter giving it more thought, I have decided that it is not the best thing to do, take a full year’s course, not because it’s not worth it, but more because I am not about to treat children. I just want to know how to help my child a bit more than just hold him when he’s in pain.
So I thought that maybe I should just read about it, at least as a first step. I ordered my copy of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children, and it’s been 3 weeks now that the book is on my desk, waiting to be read.
In order to make sure that I actually read it, I will try to give you a book report every two weeks and share with you my thoughts, what I have learned, and other wonderful thoughts that enter my brain.
I’m reading the book page by page, although I admit that I’m jumping ahead every now and then to read Julian’s thoughts about issues that are very relevant to our lives now- like cough. Vomitting.
But those who heard Julian talk know that Julian is an excellent teacher, with a very clear structure to his lectures and his books. One thing is based on another, so reading everything in order will help understand everything a whole lot better.
Posted on November 9, 2008 by Yael
It is a common fact that the information we have today in the west about the 8 extraordinary meridians is insufficient- at best.
Historically speaking, they are mentioned in the Su Wen and Ling Shu but separated from each other, or mentioned by pairs. It is in the Nan Jing that they were first mentioned as one group.
The loss of information has various reasons, and we are left with knowledge that is being passed from practitioner to his student.
The extraordinary meridians are the foundation for life from the beginning to end, as it is clearly stated in the first page of the introduction of the book by Elizabeth Rochat de la Valleeand Father Claude Larre.
They are the “blueprint” on which the human body is built on, and on the rest of the body are being added to- 12 meridians, organs and so on.
It is, therefore, very important to understand them, their functions and when to treat them.
And how are we supposed to know all that if we don’t read about it?
2 main books were written on the subject, one by Kiiko Matsumoto
and the second by Rochat and Larre. I will discuss the latter.
