Comments on: Finding Equilibrium Through Acupuncture

By: Bianca

Bianca — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:49:56 +0000

Eileen, I’ve read your “vent” post about this article and the Taoist theory wasn’t really what was intended to be highlighted in my particular story, it was just a historical viewpoint of O.M.. Oriental medicine has a history of being rooted in Taoism but along its evolution from the 1st century until now, there has been a morphing of religions, beliefs and customs intertwined into the eastern medical philosophies. I apologize for striking such a nerve for you. I do believe moderation is the key and becoming too deeply involved in any one thing, whether it is a belief system, a relationship, an emotion, an organized theory, etc, can set you up for “failure”. It would be much better for all of us if we took the best qualities of all theories and applied them to our daily lives!

By: ChuckieFrog

ChuckieFrog — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:15:17 +0000

I just had the treatment for cold stomach. Amazing!! It really helped. Also I no longer ingest anything ice cold and have not missed it. Thanks for writing this blog – I have a had time explaining how qi works and you did it very nicely.

By: Callie Wheeler

Callie Wheeler — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:09:12 +0000

I love this.. and I love the taoist striving for the middle road ideas.. I think we must all strive for balance. Balance in our very being, balance in our atmosphere and what we crave and consume. I love this article and I love the idea of scanning your own system daily and keeping your tuning fork handy to give yourself a tune-up or at least know when to go get one. I pray your ptsd is healed and life is pure light from here on out. Many Blessings. Callie

By: Eileen

Eileen — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:34:36 +0000

I love the idea of Taoist Theory in the ideas you wrote, however, when you go deeper it is very very hard to follow, i.e. giving up possessions, i.e. if you have something and your friend doesn’t have something then that friend wants it, etc. etc. then you would need to give up luxuries, which they would even consider a VITAMIX a luxury. Sometimes when people read things at the start and follow something it feels great then when they find out it gets too deep and they no longer can follow they begin to feel like a failure, that is human nature I’ve read this theory and all in all it is too hard for almost most people to follow. Sorry, had to vent!!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:02:14 +0000

Thank you for this post. I am going to start acupuncture on Monday for Crohn’s disease. This article really sparked my interest.

By: joseph andreula

joseph andreula — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:01:45 +0000

This is an intriguing article.