Yeet hay and qi

catz · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 42 Location: London

i've never heard of yeet hay before, but i'm familiar with the concept. i have had hayfever for the last few years and for the past 2 summers i have had acupuncture, cupping, and tcm herbs. it works very well, and is a real relief as nothing my gp prescribed worked!

western medicine needs to be more open to alternatives, and treating the whole person rather than only treating the ailment.

my mum recommended i try acupncture as she also has acupuncure to help with pain relief (sometimes her acupuncturist uses moxibustion too) and this is a great help.

elle · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 334 Location: Nottingham, UK

If they can do it for food, they should be able to do it for other allergies like asthma.

"Last Updated: Saturday, 9 September 2006, 03:43 GMT 04:43 UK

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Food allergies 'gone in 10 years'

About one in 70 people are allergic to foods such as nuts and milk
Food allergies could be virtually eradicated in 10 years, according to scientists at a major conference.
Experts at the BA Festival of Science, in Norwich, heard that vaccines could be created against the molecules which trigger allergies.

The scientist leading the research - Dr Ronald van Ree, from Amsterdam University - said a vaccine with no side effects was in sight.

About one in 70 people have an allergy to foods such as peanuts or shellfish.

New genetic engineering techniques are being tested to reduce the effect of the proteins in food that cause adverse - sometimes fatal - reactions.

It is hoped that scientists will be able to make the molecules safe enough to use in drugs that fight food allergies via the immune system.

These would be used in conjunction with compounds designed to reduce inflammation - one of the most dangerous effects of allergic reactions.

Effective treatment will end the fear that food-allergic patients have for unwanted exposure to food allergens

Dr Ronald van Ree

Speaking about the research, Dr van Ree told festival delegates: "Taken together, these new developments provide good opportunities to develop strategies for the treatment of food allergies, both preventive and curative."

He said it was now possible to produce altered versions of food allergy molecules in the laboratory.

"Importantly, this allows scientists to develop hypo-allergenic variants of these molecules for application in safer immunotherapy that will induce little or no side effects," the scientist told the meeting at the University of East Anglia.

"Effective treatment will end the fear that food-allergic patients have for unwanted exposure to food allergens."

Foods which carry a high allergy risk include milk, eggs, wheat, peanuts, shellfish, fish, soya, and tree nuts such as brazils or cashews.

Despite possibly fatal effects, deaths from food allergy are rare.

Only eight children in the UK died from food allergy reactions between 1990 and 2000."

darntart · Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 65

know any Chinese cures for stomach ulcers?

taichi · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 59 Location: australia

TCM is individual and cure is adapted to a Chinese diagnosis. Ulcers can be threatening when they start bleeding and breaking through the stomach wall. Additionally I would suggest monitoring by a Western doctor with TCM background.

Tai Chi Chuan and qi gong would be one option because ulcers are often induced or accompanied by stress. Eating proper non yeet hay foods in small amounts every 3-4 hours is suggested by both Chinese and Western medicine. No acid, coffee, black tea or gas-inducing foods like onions

elle · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 334 Location: Nottingham, UK

Antibiotics are the Best Way to Fight Ulcers ???
Bacteria are the most likely cause of sores in stomach, duodenal lining.
by Gordon Slovut
Health & Fitness – Health Notebook
Star Tribune – Thursday, April 17, 1997

[ Note: Australian gastroenterologist Barry Marshall, M.D. and pathologist J. Robbin Warren proposed their theory for the bacterial cause of peptic ulcers in 1983. The bacterial cause of gastric ulcers in pigs was known in 1952. ]

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If you're one of the 5 million Americans with duodenal ulcers, you aren't, as you may believe, the victim of excess stomach acid, too much coffee, fried food or a cement–headed boss.

You are most likely the victim of a spiral–shaped bacteria, Helicobacter pylori.

The bug lives in the lining of your stomach, and washes down into the upper bulb of the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine where most ulcers occur. There it gnaws at the lining, initiating a painful ulcer, and somehow signals the stomach to produce more hydrochloric acid and more pepsin, a digestive enzyme. The pain of an ulcer can be relieved by eating.

Half of adults older than 60 have H. pylori in their bodies, but only a small percent of them develop ulcers. Among younger people, only 5 to 10 percent have H. pylori infections, and far fewer have ulcers.

It is not known why some people develop ulcers from the bug and others don't.

Germs hide in stomach lining
One good thing about H. pylori: It can be wiped out with a two– to three–week course of any of five or six antibiotics, which cost, on average, from $100 to $150 per treatment.
One bad thing: H. pylori is hard to reach in the lining, so the antibiotics have to be taken daily for two weeks even though the painful symptoms of ulcers disappear fairly soon after treatment starts.

Most of the other 10 percent of ulcers occur in people taking large doses of anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, for extended periods. The drugs tend to erode the wall of the intestine.

Those ulcers almost always clear up when people take stomach-soothing drugs such as Zantac and stop taking aspirin or ibuprofen.

taichi · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 59 Location: australia

It is common practice in treatment of arthritis patients. Ibuprofen is very effective in pain management but patients need soothing meds at the same time. Sometimes ibuprofen(called NSAID or Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs) need to be stopped temporarily. BTW, a few scientific studies showed that Tai Chi relieved pain to a great degree in arthritis patients.

For the above question about ulcers, I would like to know the cause of these ulcers, Tai Chi is ONE of the MANY remedies. Sensible diet of non yeet hay foods in small amounts every 2-3 hours help to reduce stomach acid. Chrysanthemum tea may be of great help too.

catz · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 42 Location: London

^^ isn't chrysanthemum used for headaches too?

it's also nice to drink :)

taichi · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 59 Location: australia

There are several types of headaches according to which meridian may be affected. Also headaches and lower abdomen problems in general are divided into how much yin and yang it contains. TCM and Western Medicine see a connection between the brain and the belly. One important martial art meditation is to let the brain sink into the belly. On the other hand, Western medicine call the intestinal system the"little brain"

Yes, chrysanthemum tea is cooling and nice to drink

rawbine · Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Kuala Lumpur, MY

I often heard that guys are often yeet compared to girls. Is this true?

taichi · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 59 Location: australia

I am just translating my teacher's article about YIn and Yang. Yang(yeet or heat) is considered masculine. According to the teachings of the trigrams and hexagrams in the I Ching, the void(as before genesis in the Bible) divides into yin and yang, interactions develop further into yin, yang, little yin, little yang. It means that there is a yin flow in the background of every yang, a yang flow behind every yang(yeet).

NOw, within a man or boy there is the masculine and the feminine and we may assume that the masculine will be in the foreground. HOwever, yin and yang are never pure; through various interactions there will always be a bit yang in the yin and yin in the yang. There may be moments where a boy can be more feminine, the next moment it will be the other way around. The same holds true for a girl.

When we talk about qi or masculine traits in general, yang or yeet is credited to the masculine. The masculine or yang is considered outgoing, agressive with a tendency to conquer and win battles. Whereas the feminine or yin is said to be protective, serene, modest and inward going.

elle · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 334 Location: Nottingham, UK

Will you share your translations with us then? I have been nlooking around and found this:

" This Simbol(Yin-Yang) represents the ancient Chinese understanding of how things work. The outer circle represents "everything", while the black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies, called "yin" (black) and "yang" (white), which cause everything to happen. They are not completely black or white, just as things in life are not completely black or white, and they cannot exist without each other.
While "yin" would be dark, passive, downward, cold, contracting, and weak, "yang" would be bright, active, upward, hot, expanding, and strong. The shape of the yin and yang sections of the symbol, actually gives you a sense of the continual movement of these two energies, yin to yang and yang to yin, causing everything to happen: just as things expand and contract, and temperature changes from hot to cold."

and more:

"The concepts of Yin and Yang originate in ancient Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, which describes two primal opposing but complementary forces found in all things in the universe. Yin is the darker element. It is sad, passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, and corresponds to the night; Yang is happy, the brighter element. It is active, light, masculine, upward-seeking and corresponds to the day; Yin is often symbolized by water, while Yang is symbolized by fire.

Yin (feminine, dark, passive force) and Yang (masculine, bright, active force) are descriptions of complementary opposites rather than absolutes. Any Yin/Yang dichotomy can be seen as its opposite when viewed from another perspective. The categorisation is seen as one of convenience. Most forces in nature can be seen as having Yin and Yang states, and the two are usually in movement rather than held in absolute stasis."

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