Treatment – Bob Quinn Seminars

A Blue Poppy blog post by Bob Quinn

Gui zhi fu ling wan (GZFLW) is one of those formulas I studied in my TCM education but did not see often prescribed in our college clinic, so I graduated without much of a feel for it. Now, however, not a week goes by without me giving this formula to at least one patient. It is in my category of “tried and true” remedies. I credit Heiner Fruehauf, Ph.D. and Nigel Dawes with opening my eyes to this formula.

Blood stasis is a common element in many American patients. Chinese medicine has numerous formulas that can deal with this, ranging from very strong ones with insects to milder ones. GZFLW would have to be placed on the mild and extremely safe side of the spectrum. It was actually developed to treat breakthrough bleeding in pregnancy, so we know it is safe.

A Blue Poppy blog post by Bob Quinn

Tuberculosis is once again rearing its ugly head globally as it did 100 years ago. In those long ago days we did not yet have antibiotics to combat this killer. Surprisingly there were practitioners in Japan in that era reporting success using direct moxa treatments on their TB patients. Wow, what a surprise! I believe patients received in general three treatments a week for six months.

Obviously burning this herb material on the skin does not kill bacteria. That should be clear. In our modern way of thinking of things we’d probably say that moxa seems to strengthen the host immunity, so that the patients can better combat the disease.

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