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    Air negative ionizers

    I have an air filter Negative Ioniser that rates at 10M/cm2 & I use it within 0.5 metre for up to 8 hours when sleeping at night. I've been using it for good facial skin (pimples reduction) & improving lung characteristics. It elevates mood dramatically (even though I do not have depression)...
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    My Full Recovery By TCM + TCM issues Q&A

    Hi Bdeep86, I do not know exactly what I was given back then. The doctors I went to were renowned in my country but the kind who didn't share formulas On the personal side, with my current TCM knowledge, I do recognize I had multiple issues back then such as Kidney Deficiency (cold limbs)...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    Hi Barbc56, It's all in Japanese, if you do know Japanese, you can search it all out. I dont. The device is certified by JAMSEA doctor association in Japan. Information like this if true, would be important to contain, if you ask me.... Fact is, medical industry earns money due to doctor...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    Good Day All, Just a further update about what happened since. I've bought the machine for about 3 months already. It's not cheap, but worth it to me & my family. The improvements noted in my family & Epileptic friend (who comes for daily sessions) as follows: 1. My elderly Mum: Daily...
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    Cold Urticaria?

    Hi Acer2000, I cant exactly recall perfectly whether there was more or less sensitivity as i had significant brain fog back then & i react very badly, especially at night when it's colder & i hyperventilated often due to the Cold Urticaria attacks. What i know is that in TCM or other medical...
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    Cold Urticaria?

    http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/my-full-recovery-by-tcm-tcm-issues-q-a.40176/ Wintersky
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    Cold Urticaria?

    What i had was visible rashes that was sort of slightly white colour. Just 1 minute in an air-conditioned location & i'll feel something weird on the skin while the actual rash comes out slightly afew minutes later. I couldnt stand the nighttime temperatures when it dropped & it triggered...
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    Cold Urticaria?

    Hi Acer, I've had Cold Urticaria before too, in addition to "Hot" Urticaria and a host of other things too. I took Anti-Histamines prescribed by my Specialist for a period of time too, but they didnt really work that well & what's more, they were the drowsy versions that made me unable to...
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    Raw vegan (or almost raw-vegan) issues with CFS

    My personal belief is that turning more vegan (not raw vegan) was one thing that helped me to heal 100% from my symptoms back then 10+ years ago. The pre-sickness diet i had was 90+% meat based with dairy. I also had abdominal pains, diarrohea, constipation, bloating etc then (IBS perhaps)...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    @Justin30 Hi Justin. You can read below. My symptom list there isnt exhaustive. I wasnt formally diagnosed too. Whether i do/do not have CFS would be a matter of your personal judgement. http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/my-full-recovery-by-tcm-tcm-issues-q-a.40176/#post-645257...
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    My Full Recovery By TCM + TCM issues Q&A

    @Violeta Thank you for your kind words. In TCM for poor digestion (or low appetite), there's 4 typical/commonly seen (non-emergency) TCM patterns: "Stomach Yin Deficiency", "Spleen Qi Deficiency", "Spleen Yang Deficiency" & "Spleen Damp Cold/Heat", each type with their differing issues &...
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    3,000 year old Earliest Record of CFS/ME? GU Syndrome: A Radical Rare TCM treatment

    Happy Chinese New Year to all, @invisiblejungle Hey Invisible. As i also said i my previous post, it might not be the case that pathogens are the main underlying cause. In summary, it might be pre-existing body deficiency (weakness) presenting a lowered immunity system that allows pathogens to...
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    My Full Recovery By TCM + TCM issues Q&A

    @Nelly Lenz Hi Nelly. While i have eaten bottled Rhemannia 6 multiple times before, my experience was limited to multiple brands in local stores, not online. Note what Invisiblejungle says too. Note the contraindications nature for Rhemannia as it's the most important herb in Rhemannia 6...
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    Anyone tried Myelophil?

    A documented case of a 33 year old Multi-Year CFS patient diagnosed under CDC criteria having significant improvement under Myelophil stated above & another formula of 12 herbs commonly used in Traditional Medicine. She was classified as having "Heart & Spleen Blood Deficiency"...
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    3,000 year old Earliest Record of CFS/ME? GU Syndrome: A Radical Rare TCM treatment

    Hi Sushi, To be more specific, there was a general knowledge of pathogens due to epidemics as anti-pathogen herbs were mentioned, but if talking about specific mechanisms of germs/virus transmission, it's not available back then definitely. In reference to your 2nd point, GU syndrome is a very...
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    3,000 year old Earliest Record of CFS/ME? GU Syndrome: A Radical Rare TCM treatment

    @Effi I've only started reading about this only like a day before i posted. I havent read enough to know specific cases. Heiner Freuhauf specifically mentions CFS/ME as falling under GU syndrome, so i personally believe that he has had some sort of success (i've been busy with Electrotherapy...
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    3,000 year old Earliest Record of CFS/ME? GU Syndrome: A Radical Rare TCM treatment

    Good Day All, Apparently, other than the usual TCM viewpoint of CFS/ME proposed by Giovanni Maciocia & other TCM doctors, it seems there's another radical CFS viewpoint that's much more complicated by Heiner Freuhauf, a TCM doctor & Chinese Medicine Scholar. It seems the syndrome was already...
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    My Full Recovery By TCM + TCM issues Q&A

    Hi Invisible, Double-Boiled Soups refers to the method of preparation where a ceramic pot is put in a steamer & under slow boiling for many hours. This would take place anywhere from 5 hours to 2 days (for high end restaurants). What i do is a simpler version, using a electronic slow cooker for...
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    Baicalin - sleep, antiviral, neuropathic pain but dependence?

    I dont know about Baicalin, but Skullcap, the entire item has also been long used in actual TCM clinical practice in certain cases of insomnia when other items with less effective properties have failed. It also has a great variety of other issues, including in autoimmunity situations, allergies...
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    My Full Recovery By TCM + TCM issues Q&A

    Hope, Personally, i've found nutrition to be more complicated for TCM. When i had Spleen Qi deficiency issues, i've realised that Whole grains was extremely bad for me. My digestion bogs down with a fullness feeling when i take that. It seems like most websites online advocate taking Whole...
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    My Full Recovery By TCM + TCM issues Q&A

    Hi Hope, I hear what you're saying. When your practitioner referred to the flavour issue, maybe she was referring to the idea about herbs and foods having five flavours as representative of their TCM properties. Im saying this because i noted that during my sickness time, i had a tendency for...
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    My Full Recovery By TCM + TCM issues Q&A

    I dont recall my tongue characteristics back then as that was 10++ years ago & i only noted the tongue characteristics importance only this past few years when i was self-learning TCM. That said, i recognised back then i had non-tongue characteristic observations of Essence, Yin Deficiency +...
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    My Full Recovery By TCM + TCM issues Q&A

    Just noting something else interesting that i've omitted about my treatment 10+ years ago: 2 of the famous TCM doctors that i went to checked blood pressure & heartbeat rates on my first visit. As those who have visited TCM doctors would know that it's very much unseen/rare for such a practice...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    I think most of you have already read the above Sarah Myhill research even before this. So ATP seems like a possible issue here due to mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondrial dysfunction & oxidative stress are too closely related like chicken and egg, impossible to tell which came first...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    The effects posted below are the more detailed of what ive seen online via a Chinese search. I dont have as much knowledge of the Western/Modern medical side as much as you all, & dont understand the full implications of some of the said body-influences below, but i see that quite some of the...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    Hi Brenda, The average & peak voltage here for this would be 20 to 30 times higher as compared to High Voltage Pulsed Current (HVPC) which goes at about 500V (and lesser). The voltage i went for increases gradually up to 14,000V from low voltage & down again every 5 minutes (multiple fixed...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    I wish too there was a proper site with proper documentations in English of how it all works, along with statistics of scientific studies, but theres none as far as i can find in English. That's why i was hoping for someone literate in Japanese who would be able to search out the actual...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    This part below is the personal experience of the previously said blogger after 7 sessions. Her immediate observable improvements were quite similar to mine: There are tonnes of personally-experienced anecdotes that are daily shared during each session for those who are not shy to share. 2,000...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    Good Day All, Just in case this sounds like i'm making up a One-Man Fairytale story about miraculous broad range healing effects, found a blog online which was talking about the same healing anecdotes from extreme 14,000 volts. The blogger also shares her personal healing effects in her other...
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    14,000 Volts Electrotherapy Beneficial for CFS?

    Hi Roller, My personal experience as follows (FYI: i dont have CFS now by the way since a decade +): 1. Immediate Falling Asleep: felt on the same night after my 1st session. Used to take 30mins to 1 hour before falling asleep. There were quite alot people who were insomniac for decades (with...