For what it is worth, here is my experience. Some years ago, near enough to twenty, I had a shoulder problem and went to a specialist, who was going to inject it with steroids. He told me what degree of immobility it had. I didn't fancy the treatment, so looked up my books and concocted an ointment out of essential oils, possibly in a base of emu oil, maybe just added to comfrey ointment. I forget. The choice was based on the action of the oils, and there were a number of them. I was scared enough of the needle to remember to apply the ointment morning and night, and quite possibly in between. I cancelled my appointment, and went for a later one; he was extremely surprised to find that the range of movement had improved, so the jab was not necessary. I then told him I what I had done, and that it was with that variety of oils, and he said it was a pity there were a number, as that meant it was not possible to work out which one had done the job. (So sad, I was a housewife and I could do the research and fix it . . . you finish the sentence.) How much easier to research it now with the Internet.
Anyway, a few years later I was in trouble again in my left (other) shoulder, and went to a Chinese Traditional Medicine practitioner. Actually, he was a professor, in his eighties but looked like early sixties, trained in China in Western Medicine first, then later CTM. He said this was called the fifty year shoulder (I think) because it usually happened around the time people were fifty years old. He rubbed and manipulated very hard on an area on the top left hand area of my chest, I think he said it was where the nerve went through a small channel. It should be possible to locate it on an appropriate chart. I have never had trouble with it again. Some days after this treatment I attended my (great) masseur, and he was immediately concerned about the bruise, and said nobody should give treatment that bruised a patient. Well, maybe so, but Prof fixed me. I explained what Prof had said about the nerve going through etc. and he agreed that this was true, but still was not happy about the bruise. I mention this in case it helps anyone name the process. Looking at acupuncture charts, the closest I could spot a possible site for the "bruise" spot was Lu 1 on the lung meridian, but it seems a bit high.. I think he was targeting an anatomical spot rather than an acupressure point. Despite wading through charts and photos galore I haven't been able to identify the spot conclusively. Rowena -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
