Holistic health care

[Dale]

Thanks for the advice Cam
I will definately try figure it out for myself and I think it will prove to be a great learning tool.

Maybe after I have done a bit of groundwork for myself we can get together and discuss it in person. If you have the time and the inclination I would certainly appreciate learning from your experience!

Cheers,



Respectfully,
Dale Elsdon

[Cam]

Dale,
Sounds good to me. Get a book called the "Australian drug guide" by Dr Jonathan Upfal. It was an excellent starting point since it gives the history as well as the side effects.
Cam

[Dale]

Cheers Cam!
I will do that asap! Until then I will start with my little MIMS guide and see what I can come up with.

Thanks for the advice!

Dale Elsdon

[Cam]

Dale,
Mims is a good resource, but very dry reading. The Oz drug guide has cute historical notes. Ie. page 111 of the 1998 4th Ed. States that "Cephalosporins were derived from a fungus found near a sewer outlet off the coast of Sardina, Italy." Fungi are enemies of bacteria because they compete for the same space.
I bet the Drs don't highlight where they found their Txs from
Regards
Cam

[Dale]

Hahaha, well that definately isn't mentioned in the MIMS I have, I must get my hands on that book!

As for Cephalosporins , well I guess we have some nasty herbs in our TCM arsenal as well so I guess we better not cast the first stone hehehehe!


Dale Elsdon

[Cam]

Dale,
Carbamazepine (Tegertol) is a good drug to start with checking out the TCM relationships of drugs.

Used in epilepsy (hot Liv wind rising to the head) it also helps in trigeminal neuralgia (GB hot wind stagnation). Its effects are lessened with alcohol (liv heating) and the Drs didn't know why these things are related. We do however know that these have obvious observed relationships in TCM terms.

Regards
Cam