Chinese Medicine Notes

Excess and Deficiency by Julian Scott

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Yael3 Comments

In a previous post I started to talk about Julian Scott’s book- Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children.
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.