This is an excerpt from an article by Mr. Liu Xiyan, a researcher of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). To have a grave, chronic illness cured, the patient could feel worse symptoms and other discomforts after taking Chinese medicine, i.e. he/she will experience healing crises before full recovery.
If you are very sick or have been sick for long, and have never experienced a healing crisis after taking much Chinese medicine, then most likely your illness will not be cured, for you are not treated by a genuine TCM doctor; if you are a TCM doctor and have given countless prescriptions to your patients, but none of them have felt any healing reactions, then you will most likely think that Chinese medicine indeed works slowly, for you are not a genuine TCM doctor.
The concept of healing crisis first appeared in ancient Chinese classic Shangshu over two millennia ago. In the section On Life, it says, “A grave, chronic illness will not be cured if no healing crisis is felt after medication.” Later Chinese texts explained that healing crises refer to discomforts felt during treatment.
In his book Shang Han Lun (also known as Discussion of Cold-Induced Disorders), Zhang Zhongjing, revered as Sage of Chinese Medicine, included several entries on healing crisis.
For instance:
“After medication, the symptoms will be slightly relieved, and the patient will feel dizzy and restless. In severe cases, the nose will bleed. After nose-bleeding, the illness will be cured.”
“After taking three prescriptions of Chinese medicine, the patient will feel dizzy and listless. Do not panic. White atractylodes rhizome and monkshood (Chinese medicinal herbs) are taking effect beneath the skin and haven’t fully driven out dampness.”
“After taking Chai Hu Tang (a Chinese medicinal soup with Radix Bupleuri as the main ingredient), the patient will tremble and then have warm sweats. After that comes recovery.”
Dr. Hu Xishu (1898-1984, a renowned TCM doctor in contemporary China) repeatedly stressed that a patient could easily experience healing crises after taking Chai Hu Tang. Specifically, the patient could shiver with chills and then sweat a lot.
Dr. Hu said, “If a patient is not weak, there won’t be healing reactions. And after these reactions, the disease will soon be cured.”
Dr. Hu cautioned doctors and patients to be aware of this healing cycle. He himself had been woken up at midnight because of a patient’s healing crisis. The diarrhea patient was a child, and after drinking Dr. Hu’s prescribed medicine, the diarrhea became even worse. His family members knocked on Dr. Hu’s door at midnight, insisting that he should go and see the child. When Dr. Hu arrived there, the child’s condition was already much improved.
Then Dr. Hu said, “Give the child the medicinal soup again.”
Initially, the child’s mother was afraid to do so. But after drinking the soup, the child got fully recovered the next day.
In case of healing crises, the doctor needs to stand firm and should not easily change the prescription. And the doctor needs to explain it clearly to the patient; otherwise, if the patient is scared at the healing reactions and go for emergency treatment, all the efforts will be wasted.
Healing crises are detox reactions or recovery responses during disease treatment. When the medicine is fighting off a disease, positive and negative energies in the body are engaged in the fight. Various discomforts can appear. When the positive energy is winning the battle, the negative energy will gradually recede. For patients with a grave, chronic illness, it is very likely for them to experience healing crises, which are signs of improvement leading to recovery.
Healing crises can last for a while or several days. Some healing reactions are mild, and some are very severe. The forms and severity of healing crises vary from person to person. The sicker and weaker a patient is, and the longer the disease has been, the more likely the patient is to experience strong healing reactions after taking the right medicine.
In my clinical practice, I have encountered such healing crises as rashes, sweating, dizziness, drowsiness, diarrhea, dry mouth, stomach ache, stomach bloating, etc. Sometimes, soon after a patient with stomach ache takes Da Chai Hu Tang or Danggui Shaoyao San (whose main ingredients are Angelica sinensis and Chinese herbaceous peony), the stomach can hurt more. Other patients could cough harder after taking medicine, but will feel better afterwards. It is another healing crisis.
Antibiotics are mostly cold in nature. When they enter a patient’s body along with much fluid (water itself is cold in nature), it could make the patient even colder. People who have had infusions should know it from their personal experience: Whether fever, coughing or inflammation of the tonsils, you will feel much better when you have infusion. But after a few days’ treatment, your body can be too weak and cold. Genuine TCM doctors treat such diseases by resuming the Yang energy in the patient’s body. This is the only way to change the very nature of the cold-induced diseases.
I believe that the real hope for Chinese medicine does not depend on more and more drugs or prescriptions. These have never been lacking in the history of Chinese medicine. Nor does it rely on more and more TCM doctors and clinics. In a sense, the real sign of hope for Chinese medicine is this: More and more patients experience healing crises after taking Chinese medicine; and more and more TCM doctors have patients who feel healing reactions.
Mr. Hongchi Xiao’s Comment:
You see, this article helps to explain why PaidaLajin is so effective. Isn’t it a sign of hope for Chinese medicine? If you practice PaidaLajin diligently, you are bound to experience healing crises, i.e. healing reactions. Why did the late TCM master Li Ke support the promotion of PaidaLajin? Mostly because of the healing crises and self-healing effects. When Dr. Li Ke himself used medicine to treat patients, they would soon feel healing crises.
During one of my seminars in Switzerland, I met with a number of Swiss TCM doctors who used medicinal herbs to boost Yang energy in patients. They loved PaidaLajin. And I told them, “Both Paida and Lajin help boost Yang energy. The only difference is, we are not using ginger, cassia twig or monkshood (medicinal herbs hot in nature), but the ‘medicine’ produced in the human body.”
What is the core function of PaidaLajin? To boost Yang energy.[:zh]
Healing crisis: A sign of recovery from a major illness
This is an excerpt from an article by Mr. Liu Xiyan, a researcher of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). To have a grave, chronic illness cured, the patient could feel worse symptoms and other discomforts after taking Chinese medicine, i.e. he/she will experience healing crises before full recovery.
If you are very sick or have been sick for long, and have never experienced a healing crisis after taking much Chinese medicine, then most likely your illness will not be cured, for you are not treated by a genuine TCM doctor; if you are a TCM doctor and have given countless prescriptions to your patients, but none of them have felt any healing reactions, then you will most likely think that Chinese medicine indeed works slowly, for you are not a genuine TCM doctor.
The concept of healing crisis first appeared in ancient Chinese classic Shangshu over two millennia ago. In the section On Life, it says, “A grave, chronic illness will not be cured if no healing crisis is felt after medication.” Later Chinese texts explained that healing crises refer to discomforts felt during treatment.
In his book Shang Han Lun (also known as Discussion of Cold-Induced Disorders), Zhang Zhongjing, revered as Sage of Chinese Medicine, included several entries on healing crisis.
For instance:
“After medication, the symptoms will be slightly relieved, and the patient will feel dizzy and restless. In severe cases, the nose will bleed. After nose-bleeding, the illness will be cured.”
“After taking three prescriptions of Chinese medicine, the patient will feel dizzy and listless. Do not panic. White atractylodes rhizome and monkshood (Chinese medicinal herbs) are taking effect beneath the skin and haven’t fully driven out dampness.”
“After taking Chai Hu Tang (a Chinese medicinal soup with Radix Bupleuri as the main ingredient), the patient will tremble and then have warm sweats. After that comes recovery.”
Dr. Hu Xishu (1898-1984, a renowned TCM doctor in contemporary China) repeatedly stressed that a patient could easily experience healing crises after taking Chai Hu Tang. Specifically, the patient could shiver with chills and then sweat a lot.
Dr. Hu said, “If a patient is not weak, there won’t be healing reactions. And after these reactions, the disease will soon be cured.”
Dr. Hu cautioned doctors and patients to be aware of this healing cycle. He himself had been woken up at midnight because of a patient’s healing crisis. The diarrhea patient was a child, and after drinking Dr. Hu’s prescribed medicine, the diarrhea became even worse. His family members knocked on Dr. Hu’s door at midnight, insisting that he should go and see the child. When Dr. Hu arrived there, the child’s condition was already much improved.
Then Dr. Hu said, “Give the child the medicinal soup again.”
Initially, the child’s mother was afraid to do so. But after drinking the soup, the child got fully recovered the next day.
In case of healing crises, the doctor needs to stand firm and should not easily change the prescription. And the doctor needs to explain it clearly to the patient; otherwise, if the patient is scared at the healing reactions and go for emergency treatment, all the efforts will be wasted.
Healing crises are detox reactions or recovery responses during disease treatment. When the medicine is fighting off a disease, positive and negative energies in the body are engaged in the fight. Various discomforts can appear. When the positive energy is winning the battle, the negative energy will gradually recede. For patients with a grave, chronic illness, it is very likely for them to experience healing crises, which are signs of improvement leading to recovery.
Healing crises can last for a while or several days. Some healing reactions are mild, and some are very severe. The forms and severity of healing crises vary from person to person. The sicker and weaker a patient is, and the longer the disease has been, the more likely the patient is to experience strong healing reactions after taking the right medicine.
In my clinical practice, I have encountered such healing crises as rashes, sweating, dizziness, drowsiness, diarrhea, dry mouth, stomach ache, stomach bloating, etc. Sometimes, soon after a patient with stomach ache takes Da Chai Hu Tang or Danggui Shaoyao San (whose main ingredients are Angelica sinensis and Chinese herbaceous peony), the stomach can hurt more. Other patients could cough harder after taking medicine, but will feel better afterwards. It is another healing crisis.
Antibiotics are mostly cold in nature. When they enter a patient’s body along with much fluid (water itself is cold in nature), it could make the patient even colder. People who have had infusions should know it from their personal experience: Whether fever, coughing or inflammation of the tonsils, you will feel much better when you have infusion. But after a few days’ treatment, your body can be too weak and cold. Genuine TCM doctors treat such diseases by resuming the Yang energy in the patient’s body. This is the only way to change the very nature of the cold-induced diseases.
I believe that the real hope for Chinese medicine does not depend on more and more drugs or prescriptions. These have never been lacking in the history of Chinese medicine. Nor does it rely on more and more TCM doctors and clinics. In a sense, the real sign of hope for Chinese medicine is this: More and more patients experience healing crises after taking Chinese medicine; and more and more TCM doctors have patients who feel healing reactions.
Mr. Hongchi Xiao’s Comment:
You see, this article helps to explain why PaidaLajin is so effective. Isn’t it a sign of hope for Chinese medicine? If you practice PaidaLajin diligently, you are bound to experience healing crises, i.e. healing reactions. Why did the late TCM master Li Ke support the promotion of PaidaLajin? Mostly because of the healing crises and self-healing effects. When Dr. Li Ke himself used medicine to treat patients, they would soon feel healing crises.
During one of my seminars in Switzerland, I met with a number of Swiss TCM doctors who used medicinal herbs to boost Yang energy in patients. They loved PaidaLajin. And I told them, “Both Paida and Lajin help boost Yang energy. The only difference is, we are not using ginger, cassia twig or monkshood (medicinal herbs hot in nature), but the ‘medicine’ produced in the human body.”
What is the core function of PaidaLajin? To boost Yang energy.
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