Question on AK update!

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Hi Alyssa,

Since you starting posting about accupuncture my husband with CD was able to get in and have a treatment yesterday. Did you or anyone else on the list that has had accupuncture ever experience any soreness/bruised feelings? My husband said he had three needles in on the left side of his stomach but the right side where he has problems at the ileum was sore after the treatment. He is scheduled of a colonoscopy on Friday and we were hoping this might in some small way help before hand. Thanks for any replies. Heidi

To: BTVC-SCD From: luckycharms@...Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:44:54 -0400Subject: Re: AK update!

I'm curious but what exactly tells you it's bad--the feeling or does the doctor tell you? Did you mention weakness in your colon if it's bad?

There are different ways he muscle tests. For each food/supplement, he'll test it with the colon, yeast, and whole body, and sometimes other organs that he sees fit. For the general muscle test, I just have to hold one arm parallel to the ground while he pushes it lightly down. If his pushing makes my arm go down, then that's considered a 'weak' or 'no' response. If my arm stays where it is, then that's considered a 'yes' or 'strong' response.

To change what muscle test it is, he just puts his other hand over a certain organ in my body, and I guess he does it in a certain way so that my body knows what organ he's 'talking to.' That changes what the response in my arm will be when he pushes down. For instance, since I have UC, my arm goes way down when he triggers the colon response. That would be a weak response, which he also calls a 'blowout.' I also blow out when he triggers the yeast spot, since I have candida.

To test the food or supplement, he does these same tests while I'm holing the food. Since you know what your muscle response is to each of these spots without the food, you can compare it to how it is with the food. For instance, when I held the coconut oil or coconut flour, both the yeast AND the colon spots gave strong responses. Since they were weak without the coconut, I know it's good for me.

On the other hand, when he tested the yeast spot while I was holding a banana, it was a huge blowout, and my arm gave an even weaker response than without the banana. This shows that the banana was not good for my yeast condition.

Sorry to have to write so much, but it's actually kind of hard to explain or understand it unless you explain all the way =) Hope that helps!

Godspeed!

Alyssa 15 yo

UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

SCD June 2009 (restarted)

No meds! (except for the stupid iron pill I have to take that is SO illegal)

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