Re: Opening up a study for TCM treatment and Autism

[Guest guest]

hey ,

I think that is really cool! While I am very happy

with my current TCM provider, I would be willing to

set up contact with him for you so that you could

be privy to his treatment of Ty if that would assist

you in tracking data. If not, I understand, as I am

sure you want to establish your own treatment/data.

Regardless, I think it would be great to have info.

over a period of time to look at and share within

the autism community! Good luck, and feel free to

contact me off list if you would be interested

in our cooperation!

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> Hi everyone,

>

>

>

> I have been giving this a lot of thought and it is clear from

other's

> experiences on the mB12Valtrax list that Traditional Chinese

Medicine (TCM)

> is showing promise in treating our kids. It is also very clear

that there

> is a real *lack* of TCM providers knowledgeable about and treating

Autism. I

> will be starting my own son on TCM herbal formulas in a couple of

weeks and

> have been doing extensive research on Autism and have contacted

anybody I

> can think of who might have ideas and experience. I am feeling

very good

> about starting herbal therapy and feel I am getting a pretty good

idea of

> treatments.

>

>

>

> I am an Acupuncturist/Herbalist and am starting my 7th year of

practice. I

> graduated from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine with a Masters

of

> Science degree in TCM (MSTOM). I have always built my clinic around

> treating hard health issues. By nature I like putting pieces of

the puzzle

> together, I get bored treating the easy stuff. I also feel I have

to make a

> difference. I originally started my career specializing in

pediatrics but

> moved to a small town and couldn't base a practice on pediatrics,

there was

> no income in it. I then switched to my second love which was

fertility and

> prenatal care. In my clinic I specialize in women's health issues

and have

> treated some very serious illnesses and helped women get pregnant

when they

> were considered infertile. I was also cured of an incurable

western disease

> *narcolepsy* which is a huge factor in my being an acupuncturist.

I know

> this medicine works.

>

>

>

> There is nothing in this world more important to me than recovering

my son.

> If I am given this gift, which I think I will, then I'd like to

help others

> in my situation and be part of giving them that gift as well.

Every mom

> deserves their child to look into their eyes, wrap them in a big

hug, and

> hear the words " I love you " .

>

>

>

> What I would like to do is essentially do a study on a few kids,

including

> my own. Since my expertise lies in other areas of TCM I don't feel

> comfortable charging for my services until I have had some

experience. I

> would like to offer to treat maybe 3 or 4 kids just for the price

of the

> herbs. I would require detailed communication, *no* *new changes*

to your

> current treatments – meaning don't start giving b12 or a new

antifungal or

> testing whatever diet you are on with an infraction, etc. If you

change up

> your protocol I will not be able to tell the true effect of the

herbs. I

> would require 3 months of dedication.

>

>

>

> Once I feel I had a good footing, so to speak, I will open it up to

others.

> I run a " Community Acupuncture " clinic, which means I believe

health care

> should be affordable and while others charge around $125 - $200 per

> treatment for what I do, I will not do this. I won't get you into

something

> that is helping then take it away because it is out of range. I

charge on a

> sliding scale in my actual clinic of $15-$45 per treatment, so

based on this

> I will try to put something together that is financially feasible

for

> everyone and can be done from a distance. More to come on that.

>

>

>

> If this is something you'd be interested in let me know and we can

discuss

> details. We can do this by email/snail mail so I wouldn't require

you to be

> local. You may contact me off list at cariadanam@... If you are

> local to the Sacramento area we may be able to arrange in person

> consultations and treatment.

>

>

>

> Take Care,

>

> Ormonde, L.Ac.

>

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> Ormonde, L.Ac.

> www.AuburnCommunityAcupuncture.com

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