tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post7306930854838129671..comments2024-02-15T19:34:03.944+00:00Comments on The Hermitage: The CurseRima Staineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-58074033615708161722013-02-23T04:41:21.691+00:002013-02-23T04:41:21.691+00:00Hi Rima,
I am also under this kind of chinese med...Hi Rima,<br /><br />I am also under this kind of chinese medication now for 3 days. I am trying to figure out what are those dried/almost fossilized things but I cant. I am hoping that like you I will come to love the taste of the bitterest herbal concoction I ever tasted.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212369039020212524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-54168212962737755542008-12-06T08:30:00.000+00:002008-12-06T08:30:00.000+00:00What a story! I'm so glad to hear you're finally a...What a story! I'm so glad to hear you're finally able to get through a month without agony. :-(<BR/>I had accupuncture in South Africa to help a pain doctors couldn't get rid of. In my case it was a chiropractor who learnt accupuncture from a mad genius of a doctor in our home town. By then he was more mad than genius, sadly (his neighbours found him up a tree once, pretending to be a grasshopper), but the chiro was brilliant in his own right. I missed him so much when I moved here to Scotland!<BR/><BR/>In very recent years I've started doing chakra readings and I've wondered if they match up to Chinese energy or not. I don't do it for money, just to help friends/family. I don't heal, just tell what I see, which can relate to emotional or physical health.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-69172567245977439412008-12-01T20:07:00.000+00:002008-12-01T20:07:00.000+00:00I've neglected to comment on this wondrous posting...I've neglected to comment on this wondrous posting. SO HELPFUL to many women, surely!<BR/>And, I love that you have pursued relentlessly relief from this curse. I admire your persistence and open-heartedness to receive healing, here!<BR/>SolvegSolvayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550634075969288572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-69867937167433331692008-11-25T23:58:00.000+00:002008-11-25T23:58:00.000+00:00glad to hear that the chinese medicine worked for ...glad to hear that the chinese medicine worked for you. I am in my last year of my acupuncture studies and hence it was uplifting to hear the treatment was a success!aminahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16893810039318977792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-59507656987802303412008-11-24T20:04:00.000+00:002008-11-24T20:04:00.000+00:00It sounds like you may have endometriosis http://w...It sounds like you may have endometriosis http://www.endometriosis.org.au/<BR/><BR/>I hope the Chinese remedy cures it for you, but if it doesn't keep on looking.<BR/><BR/>I LOVE your home. What an amazing adventure!!!<BR/>And you are so talented, I admire you so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-46133574865762815482008-11-23T21:20:00.000+00:002008-11-23T21:20:00.000+00:00Hello Rima! I love your blog, it's so beautiful he...Hello Rima! <BR/><BR/>I love your blog, it's so beautiful here, and I'm glad your ordeal with period pain has become better with Chinese medicine...I took angelica for mine for a long time, it can be really awful stuff if not done right (a dollop of honey always cuts it nicely), but you do get used to it...however, my womb has become more troublesome of late, and my lovely GYN lady doctor has recommended endometrial ablation, which does sound scary, but it takes no more than 5 minutes and I'll be in "twilight sleep" for it. She says that at 46, I'm too young for a hysterectomy, so this should help with my erratic bleeding and cramps, I've been miserable for years with this and I completely sympathize with your awful pain and the "green" feeling. I'm already dealing with Fibromyalgia symptoms, this added grief has just made my life more interesting than I care to experience. My general practitioner says that everyone loves the procedure, and wished me good luck with it. I'll either never bleed again, or if I do, it will be very very little from now on...it's a wait n' see what happens next, my surgery is in two weeks...<BR/><BR/>Please visit my websites Upstate Girl http://upstategirl-laurajwryan.blogspot.com/ and Follow Your Bliss http://ohdrat.blogspot.com/, I straddle writing and artwork and love every bit of my creative life...<BR/><BR/>Best wishes, <BR/><BR/>LauraLaura J. Wellner (author pseudonym Laura J. W. Ryan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02521328695400639226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-65169944206397550662008-11-23T14:17:00.000+00:002008-11-23T14:17:00.000+00:00I have the same experience as you did with chinese...I have the same experience as you did with chinese medicines... hurray for old knowledge!!Jolandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596699892454982283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-74981691627891048762008-11-21T11:23:00.000+00:002008-11-21T11:23:00.000+00:00Glad to hear you have found something which has wo...Glad to hear you have found something which has worked for you Rima. <BR/>It's interesting that you mentioned the full moon. I was told that if a woman's cycle fell at the same time as a full moon it would be harder on her with more blood loss. <BR/><BR/>I've tried acupuncture for my back and was amazed at how pain free I felt afterwards. I think the body gets used to a background level of pain. He did mention my bad circulation too. I'd recommend accupuncture too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-20506106271038760622008-11-21T07:56:00.000+00:002008-11-21T07:56:00.000+00:00I'm so glad you had success at treating this Rima....I'm so glad you had success at treating this Rima. (I love acupuncture). My daughter has it almost as severely. I've got her scheduled to see a naturopath (who is also an acupuncturist) in a week or so to see we can help. She's only 16 and I'm not anxious to start her on the pill or other drugs, so am really hoping she is as dedicated as you were to seeing an alternative form of treatment through! (And isn't Diana great?)tlchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-58873961695721248392008-11-19T17:16:00.000+00:002008-11-19T17:16:00.000+00:00I'm glad to hear the medicine worked! Here in Chic...I'm glad to hear the medicine worked! Here in Chicago we have and area of the city called China Town! I was having skin problems on my upper arms...too much heat. I also took a nasty tea...but I'm cured!<BR/><BR/>I avoid Doctor's whenever possible! My daughter Maya was delivered at home by mid-wives. It was an amazing birth experience. I was able to soak in the tub for hours, drink tea, use the toliet, enjoy massage. Not to mention the birthing chair and other awkward positions the allowed me to try. They told stories and said prayers...I had my daughter in my own bed in the dark...it was so comforting. <BR/><BR/>That was 10 years ago...but two years ago I had my son, Solomon at the local hospital. Finding a midwife was almost impossible. The laws have changed...it's a Modern Witch Hunt! The Medical Industry is making it impossible to practice. Something has to be done! <BR/><BR/>Luckily, my son is safe and healthy...but my birthing experience was nothing like my first. I was immobilzed, hooked up to a fetal monitering machine, I was not allowed to drink anything, they gave me an I.V. instead. ect...I won't even go into the details about interns, being probed strangers, it was a nightmare. The doctor's don't want to be inconvenienced by waiting for the baby. The doctor's shift was almost over and he wanted to go home. If he didn't deliver my child he wouldn't get paid...so he order an emergency C-Section. I was devestated...the next 3 days the had me doped up on a Morphine drip. I could barley sit up to nurse my baby, plus I worried about the morphine passing through my breastmilk! Nightmare I tell you! <BR/><BR/>Sorry for this Epic comment! I probably don't need to preach to the choir...but we need to make sure our rights to natural medicine aren't taken away! I'm not sure about your area, but this is becoming a problem in the United States!<BR/><BR/>Wish I didn't miss out on your book sale! That's what I get for not checking in! Hope all is lovely with you!<BR/><BR/>xo LavonaLady Lavonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05896512560744076775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-89825628295106293472008-11-18T15:22:00.000+00:002008-11-18T15:22:00.000+00:00I had a reading as cold and damp from a Korean mon...I had a reading as cold and damp from a Korean monk (same medical system) who worked nutritionally and gave me a list of good and bad foods - for instance, cold and damp types should avoid pork,beer,and melon, and of course chiles and peppers are recommended.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-86117960117199638802008-11-18T12:56:00.000+00:002008-11-18T12:56:00.000+00:00Hello Rima I'm so sorry that you've had such trial...Hello Rima I'm so sorry that you've had such trials but thankfully you've managed to overcome! I admire your bravery and perseverance. Hopefully your story will help give others suffering the same way to at least venture along routes other than traditional medicine. My brother has a really ancient herbal book, the covers are broken and torn, the printing all higgledy-pigledy yet fascinating to read all the old herbal remedies that people used way way back.<BR/>Hugs.Half-heard in the Stillnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840301617199033576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-53606281715083631932008-11-18T01:49:00.000+00:002008-11-18T01:49:00.000+00:00What a terrible time you have had Rima. I am luck...What a terrible time you have had Rima. I am lucky in that I rarely suffered biologically with 'The Curse' but boy, did I get PMT!!! Still, all in the past now thank goodness.<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad the Chinese medicine has rendered a cure and leaves you free to enjoy your lifestyle.<BR/><BR/>Love<BR/><BR/>BTBThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-48369981957612827562008-11-17T16:52:00.000+00:002008-11-17T16:52:00.000+00:00Rima I am very very glad to hear that it helped!I ...Rima I am very very glad to hear that it helped!<BR/>I have long come to conclusion that the ancient medicine ways like Chinese of Tibetian makes much more sence that our traditional way of thinking. <BR/>My Mom who has a brain tumor now, has been treated by a Tibetian doctor and is doing fantasticly well!Vitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08246144783750454106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-8413538330023429282008-11-17T13:29:00.000+00:002008-11-17T13:29:00.000+00:00Hi Rima'Glad to hear you have found something whic...Hi Rima'<BR/>Glad to hear you have found something which has helped you.<BR/>I suffered as a teen, sickness and migraine sometimes accompanying it.<BR/>It is horrid.<BR/>Like others mine has disappeared after having children. <BR/>One consolation I found was, when I did have my babies, I was able to manage any pain much more easily than I heard friends had. And I had a really easy time with both of them.<BR/>There could be an advantage for the future?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17630216046532015989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-86351019760100237412008-11-17T12:40:00.000+00:002008-11-17T12:40:00.000+00:00Gosh!What a wonderful outcome.Diana is a delight o...Gosh!<BR/>What a wonderful outcome.<BR/>Diana is a delight on the blogosphere and I'm so glad she managed to find a remedy for you awful problems.<BR/>Our daughter often has terrible period pains as a teenager.<BR/>We once found her writhing on the grass in the garden and wondered if she had taken some sort of awful drugs.<BR/>So, so happy things are getting better.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-52638275491333901272008-11-17T09:56:00.000+00:002008-11-17T09:56:00.000+00:00Hello folks, thank you for all your well wishes.. ...Hello folks, thank you for all your well wishes.. and interesting to hear of many other similar tales, and remedies with pregnancy :)<BR/>To answer Kimberley's question about mood swings - I do get a bit low and clumsy a day or two beforehand, but not very noticeably, luckily I don't have that particular thing! I do think chinese medicine can help with moods and madnesses too :)<BR/>And the needles aren't like the usual sort - they only go in a tiny bit, and I would never have thought I'd let anyone put a needle in my wrist before now!<BR/>I don't dismiss western medicine outright, it does a great job too.. I just like to have another choice, where illness is looked at another way.<BR/>Cheerio for now :)Rima Staineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-49393308379443443592008-11-17T07:57:00.000+00:002008-11-17T07:57:00.000+00:00So glad you found TCM, and that it helped you! I h...So glad you found TCM, and that it helped you! I have gone along the same path, and I hated that vile, black brew. Luckily, my chinese doctor got me some herbal pills made from the same ingredients, cat-poo and all, and they worked wonders! I see my TCM-doctor for other ailments too, and I so enjoy the deep relaxation I get from the needles. And I have come to asociate the smell of moxa with that feeling, so I must find some to have in my pocket, for a quick sniff, if I get in distress ;))Majhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06631687028053591508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-55627584073782227592008-11-16T21:57:00.000+00:002008-11-16T21:57:00.000+00:00:) Congratulations!! That is wonderful news-- I'm...:) Congratulations!! That is wonderful news-- I'm glad the treatments worked. I had a similar issue, which was diagnosed "tentatively" as endometriosis (where the uterine lining grows on organs outside of the uterus). The cost for Chinese medicine is great; I ended up working as an assistant to the woman I saw for tx, so my sessions were for trade. But WOW what a difference. And I'll echo another commenter up there-- having a baby somehow kicked things back into gear, and AHHH no pain no mo'!<BR/><BR/>There are too many of us suffering from this; all the better to hear of healing!mama phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350654290861469362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-25181683992528151952008-11-16T16:56:00.000+00:002008-11-16T16:56:00.000+00:00As a 'past' sufferer of pain I can sympathise. My ...As a 'past' sufferer of pain I can sympathise. My Mum even went to my teacher at school once to apologise for all my time off...se thought I was exagerating! Hmm...not at aged 13 I wasn't!<BR/>I did go down 'the pill' route, but I am so pleased to hear that Chinese medicine helped you! I have often considered trying it for various ailments, but it does seem so expensive. Well worth it in your case I guess! <BR/>Thanks for writing about it..it's good to know!:)Julia Guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787796895825399492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-29478370050305269352008-11-16T11:55:00.000+00:002008-11-16T11:55:00.000+00:00So happy for you Rima, To b whisked off into a wor...So happy for you Rima, To b whisked off into a world full of pain such as that is not a thing i would wish on anyone, many days i too lost in that way. May your pain freeness last ever long as you begin your travels in your little wheeled home. (thank u so 4 the books, inspiring indeed) xRuthie Reddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544345949078281235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-59133349048537753682008-11-16T02:54:00.000+00:002008-11-16T02:54:00.000+00:00Yea! I'm glad that worked as that sounds horrible....Yea! I'm glad that worked as that sounds horrible. While I haven't had occassion to use alternative medicine I believe it can be just as effective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-78436698807340780162008-11-16T01:12:00.000+00:002008-11-16T01:12:00.000+00:00Woooohooo!!! This is wonderful news. Oh the in...Woooohooo!!! This is wonderful news. Oh the intensity of moon pains, they can really take you out, I hear you sister! I also bow down to the Gods of TCM. My menstrual life has also been greatly improved from this ancient and powerful healing tradition.Naohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16417928081308905395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-90911135994709324092008-11-15T19:57:00.000+00:002008-11-15T19:57:00.000+00:00What a relief. I was holding my breath throughout ...What a relief. I was holding my breath throughout the telling of your malady. Don't know that I could have swigged that concoction.ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-11900991924099955002008-11-15T18:40:00.000+00:002008-11-15T18:40:00.000+00:00Awww! Glad you're feeling much better now :) *hugs...Awww! Glad you're feeling much better now :) *hugs*<BR/><BR/>Enelya +++Vinarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648610090765624837noreply@blogger.com