Re: newbie with ISSUES

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hello - welcome..... well the jumping around of the TSH makes me think of

Hashimoto's, but that's me. To find a good doctor, go to

http://www.thyroid.about.com/library/weekly/bldoc1.htm. Thyroid.about.com

is a good website for general thyroid info as well. Hope that helps

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In a message dated 4/3/2004 12:38:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,

dbwick@... writes:

> Spring time is the worst for me for some reason, i dont know why.

Becki:

I know a fair amount about Chinese Medicine which I think is interesting to

see how other cultures approach things.

That being said -- spring is LIVER/GALL BLADDDER seaon in Chinese Medicine.

They believe that those organs have the most energy then (to cleanse themselves

and become ready for the summer ahead). More GB and Liver things happen this

time of year in all cultures -- as do liver stagnation issues.

Its like flu and 24 hour tummy bugs occuring in the late Fall which is

Lung/Large Instestine time.

Also, there is a 24 hour cycle (as well as a 12 month cycle). Stomach time

is 7-9am, Spleen (immune system)/Pancreas 9-11am , Heart 11am-1pm, S Intestine

1-3pm. GBladder is 11 pm-1 am, and Liver is 1am-3am.

So those respective organs are doing most of their work at those times ( ie

Liver cleaning itself and the blood, GB regenerating bile, in the early morning

hours etc) That is why a lot of people spend the night in the ER, the attacks

get triggered from eating too late, eating the wrong things stressing those

two organs at night and that is when they balk -- when the energy is focused in

those organs.

Now, why would you have a problem in the morning? Because there is also

something called the midday-midnight rule. That means, for example, if you are

going to have a problem with a GB if its not after 11pm, it is probably going to

be after 11am. I can almost tell time from my GB's reaction at midday.

I gave you the ST and SP/Pancreas times since they often are in there where

digestion issues are concerned.

So watch the clock and check in with your body and see if this might be of

any help for you.

It also goes the other way. I have a friend with arrhythmia. She often has

trouble in the night (remember midday-midnight rule). It starts at 11pm and if

its a really bad night it goes on until nearly 3am (the Heart and SI are paired

organs, like the ST and SP and the LIV and GB). Then it stops and she can

fall asleep easily like nothing has happened.

Interesting ideas and very different from the Western paradigm. I find they

explain a lot of things to me I cannot figure out otherwise.