Posted by Hombre on July 18, 2010, at 21:08:51
In reply to Chinese Medicine)))Hombre, posted by Lao Tzu on July 18, 2010, at 19:24:46
Hi Lao Tzu,
Here's my current understanding of how Chinese herbs may help people in situations like ours:
a) strengthening the spleen (digestion) and eliminating dampness (bloating) helps us to absorb nutrients better. You will get more energy from the food you eat. You may not need to take as many supplements or may be able to go without once in a while.
b) antidepressants and atypical antipsychotics seems to lower the level of certain hormones or otherwise mess with the endocrine system, hence the weight gain, the lowered libido, feeling sort of apathetic and without the "juice" to put thought into action. Enter kidney tonics. Now that I am back on the kidney tonic I feel much more together. I swear they normalize (not just blindly increase) testosterone and I get the benefits of that. It's hard to put into words, but I just feel more potent. You can interpret that in many ways. Also, since the AD I take seems to mess with my ability to piss normally I get the added benefit of that being normalized as well.
So, my advice to you, which is of course that of an amateur who has experimented on himself, is to go with Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan and Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan (or You Gui Wan, I can't get that locally but it is available online). Buy a couple of bottles of each and start with one, any one, and do that for a week or two. Then you could switch to the other to see how it works alone or add it on. As long as you do not currently have chronic constipation or diarrhea you should be good to go. Actually, the Bu Zhong will help with chronic diarrhea.
Don't expect to much at first unless you are in tune with your energy from meditation or qigong practice, or just being sensitive that way by nature.
I'd ask you to post regular updates here so we can decide whether to stop or not should you feel weird. Good luck. I'm very excited for you.
Hombre
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