Today I want to talk about the foundations of pregnancy.
This is an article I wrote in Hebrew, and is the first part of 2 articles about pregnancy.
I read a lot about the 8 Extraordinary Meridians (some called it an obsession…hmmm…) as I was fascinated by them (aren’t everybody??), and studied more about Gynecology and found the CM to be probably the ultimate medicine for women. No kidding.
Please note that I mentioned things briefly, there is a lot to be said about almost every single thing I wrote here, and you are more than welcome to share your knowledge here, I will be more than happy if you do so.

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Yes, it’s time for part 3 of the “magical mystery tour” aka The Heiner Experience.
It is almost a month since Heiner visited Israel and his lectures and the whole vibe still echos in my heart and brain. I came to the point of frustration (will bring you up-to-date about that in a later post), knowing that the person I want to study from is, well, a bit *too* far from where I am.
Nuts.

I asked Heiner to send me his answers to my questions again, and he graciously did so, so now I can share it with you.
Just so you’ll know, as this was an interview for the ICCM congress here in Israel, it is more about Heiner and CM in general, we did not go into specifics.
Maybe next time.
Still, I think it’s an interesting interview and I am happy to share it with you, as part of the whole Heiner Experience.
Enjoy!

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Welcome to Carnival of Healing #133!
I am very happy to host this issue, thank you very much Phylameana for the vote of confidence, and I feel that it is only fit to have a Carnival of Healing on CMNotes in the spring time.
Carnival of Healing #132 was hosted by Astrid Lee at We Are One World Healing, make sure you stop there and read the posts Astrid collected. Also note, that Carnival of Healing #134 will be hosted by Clara Myers at Mind-Mart , that’s on next week. Also, make sure you check the archive of Carnival of Healing, which will help you understand what’s going on here if this is all new to you.

Let the carnival begin!

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Hi everyone,
We are happy to host the Carnival of Healing #133 here on CMNotes.
The carnival will take place on April 12th (note it), and we expect to have interesting links for you all, all about natural healing.

Those of you who would like to be a part of our post of the carnival, you are welcome to send in your articles/posts to us: yael@chinesemedicinenotes.com

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Before I started studying Chinese Medicine, it would happen to me all the time with my favorite band- Queen (Brian May rules by the way…):
I’d think about them, turn on the radio, and along came a song by Queen. As though it was especially for me.
Don’t you just love it when that happens?
Ever since I started studying CM, I think about points, talk about points with other people, and then I go to my practitioner/healer and along comes the very same point that was on my mind for so long. This happened recently twice- with Tai Yi- ST23, and with Da Dun- Liv1.
Amazing.

It’s been two weeks or so since I heard Prof. Heiner Fruehauf speak on the Israeli Congress of Chinese Medicine, and I keep thinking about certian parts he talked about.
On the first seminar- “All Diseases Come From The Heart”-  Heiner talked about the Ox, which is the animal associated with the 12th month, which is associated with the Liver organ, is the symbol of the uterus and ovaries.
Therefore, like the Ox, the Liver is the source of all endourness: physically, sexually and emotionally.
And women are a part of all this.
The weakest point for women is also their strongest point, which is blood. And when you talk of blood in CM, you talk primarely about the Liver.
The Ox is a symbol for the uterus and the ovaries, the internal organs of a woman, which have everything to do with smooth flow of blood- whether we’re talking about a woman’s cycle or about pregnancy.

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The success of the first post we made on Chinese Medicine links encouraged us to write another post on more links we find worth mentioning for various reasons.
Please note that the numbers are just to make it easier to count to 10. This isn’t a rating of any sort.

1. The Journal of Chinese Medicine- this is one of the best journals I read about CM. Peter Deadman is doing a wonderfully important job with this journal and publication. You will find that the website has a lot to do with selling different products, but there are also interesting articles you can download for free, and the website itself is beautifully designed. Note it.

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We had a 4 day congress here in Israel- The International Congrees of Chinese Medicine (ICCM), which attracted wonderful guests from abroad such as the ultimate symbol of girl power Barbara Kirschbaum, the wonderful Julian Scott and he-who-speaks-of-mysterious-and-intriguing-matters Prof. Heiner Fruehauf.
My mentor recommended Heiner to me, and my blogshpere friend Eric Grey wrote me “He is a wonderful teacher and will blow your mind, I guarantee it”.
Eric- you were absolutely right!

We had 2 seminars with Heiner and 1 lecture and each was… well, a Heiner (higher) experience.
Those of you who met him and studied with him know exactly what I’m talking about. To those who didn’t meet him yet, first of all- try and hear him talk. Not only will your mind will be blown away, but it will just open your heart, as well as your mind, in ways you didn’t know possible. And not because Heiner is a wonderful man (I’m sure he is, but I just don’t know him that well to write about it), but because of his outstanding knowledge and ability to make you understand what he is talking about.

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Well, it was just a matter of time until I wrote something about Facebook.
What a webiste, eh? Seems like the whole world is on it!
I decided to see if there’s anything good for the CM community. There are many people who practice or study CM that are on FB, but what I’m going to write about are the groups. Many groups to write about so let’s get started:

Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture: counting 138 members from around the world, mainly with updates and an interesting video of Peter Deadman. Note it.

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Chinese Medicine Notes aims to bring you information of all kinds- links, research, personal thoughts, book reviews (coming soon), and now we are happy to bring you a job board with offers that just might help you start or go on with your career.
If you are looking for people to work for you, post a job offer. If you are looking for a job- just start looking, hopefully you will find what you are looking for.

I was looking for the best platform and could only find the one that you see, so apologies if you are outside the USA looking for a job, these jobs are for the US only.

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Defending Chinese Medicine- part 1 was posted at the end of December 2007.
Yeah, took me a while to get part 2 going, I know, but better late than never, you know?
The best way to go is to read part 1 and then go on to part 2, this way you will know what on earth I’m on about…
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Dr. Barrett goes on to write about a study that was healed in Germany, where they used  “a fake needle”, and they concluded there’s no difference between the effects of inserting a regular acupuncture needle and a fake one.
This study has a funny smell to it, if you know what I mean, even if just because Dr. Barrett tells us so little about it.
Maybe this will be a good point in time to say that research in general, when it comes to CM, pose a bit of a problem.
Being very scientific, I always feel that they miss on testing things that are vital in CM and in the interaction between doctor-patient (practitioners included). CM is not scientific, at least in the way that Western Medicine is, and right there and then, CM has the disadvantage. Granted, there are many studies that show CM works, but do they serve us as good as we think? What about the beautiful philosophy that CM is based on, how are we going to prove that?

Under the sub-category of “Risks Exist”, we found risks that Dr. Barrett mentioned as possible in CM, but he also forgot to mention they exist in Western Medicine too- whether in a simple test or a surgery. He mentions Chinese herbs were not effective, were not approved and are not safe to use- all lies. Not only are there many studies about different Chinese herbs (an easier aspect of CM to research than acupuncture for example), but all the Chinese herbs prescribed today are legal and approved by the FDA itself (let alone TCM!). He goes on to write about all the mistakes in diagnosis and treatment that are being done by different practitioners, but fails to mention that it is another part of the learning process- just as it is in Western Medicine.

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