Chinese herbs - spiritually ok?

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I have been visiting a Chinese doctor over the past month to try and cure acne. He offers acupuncture and herbs. I decided not to try acupuncture as I know that spiritually many Catholics don’t agree with it. I am taking the herbs however. Is this ok? I am hoping there is there no spiritual component to these herbs?

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Nothing wrong with it- it’s just herbal folk medicine. Don’t see a problem with acupuncture as well, though I wouldn’t vouch for it’s ability to actually cure anything. You’re fine as long as you don’t go visiting the Chinese doctor for life- threatening diseases.
 
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I use herbal medicine for, nearly, everything. Western medicine can’t market herbal remedies vary easily because of patent rights, I’m guessing.
I, also, know how to use acupuncture points for balancing. Modern medicine ignores many things that the ancients knew. There are scientific studies being conducted to validate the Chinese acupuncture methods.
 
Accutance can help. Just see a dermatologist. It helped me
 
From a strictly Catholic/moral standpoint, they’re no better or worse than conventional pharmaceuticals.

As for acupuncture, as with any other questions of faith, do not base your decision on what “many Catholics” say. “Many Catholics” get a lot of things wrong, so consult with your priest or the Catechism instead. I’m personally unaware of any Magisterial position forbidding acupuncture. But be careful; I’m one of “many Catholics.” 😉
 
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I too know of no Church prohibition on either acupuncture or herbal remedies.

I’ve occasionally used non-Chinese herbal “folk remedies” for minor stuff I am suffering from. Vinegar is especially helpful.
 
“Universal life force” is what they have an issue with. A needle prick can do something physical with nerve stimulation or endorphins. To me it’s similar to how there are pressure points to prevent seasickness or make a leg cramp let go. Has nothing to do with Taoism. Same for herbs, regardless of what country they come from. They work because they have a physical effect. As long as your doc isn’t spewing new age stuff at you, then the physical remedy is not bad in and of itself.
 
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Nothing wrong with acupuncture, either. I was very skeptical about acupuncture until two things happened. First, a colleague at work who had suffered for years from bursitis had gone from one doctor to another without ever obtaining any lasting relief. As a last resort he was persuaded to try acupuncture, which he didn’t believe in, and it worked.

The second case was not known to me personally but I heard about it from a reliable source. Acupuncture cured a dog.
 
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I use herbal medicine for, nearly, everything. Western medicine can’t market herbal remedies vary easily because of patent rights, I’m guessing.
I, also, know how to use acupuncture points for balancing. Modern medicine ignores many things that the ancients knew. There are scientific studies being conducted to validate the Chinese acupuncture methods.
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Plenty of modern medications are derived from plants that have been traditionally used in different cultures as folk remedies.

What has happened is the plants have been rigorously studied and the active ingredient/s isolated and therapeutic doses determined. Easy enough to patent those active ingredients.

Pharma companies would, I should imagine, be very interested in finding and exploiting folk remedies as long as they are a) proven to be reliably effective and b) able to be produced in an economically viable way. These two points would be where most folk remedies are likely to not translate to Western medicine.

An old joke among doctors: Q. ‘What do you call alternative medicine that works?’ A. ‘Medicine’. 🙂
 
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I have had two doctors who always asked what I was taking in the form of herbs and they always recorded it. However, it is important to follow your doctor’s advice in serious matters of health.

I’m not certain about what the Catholic church teaches about the body’s chakras and meridian pathways of chi. Chakras and meridians are real and science has invented ways to detect the energy. The technology is advancing in some countries. Astronauts on the space station are using some devices based on the technology.
Plant based herbal medicine contains bio photons. Bio photons make the medicine more compatible with the body.
 
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I’m not certain about what the Catholic church teaches about the body’s chakras and meridian pathways of chi. Chakras and meridians are real
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You should probably do some research into what the Church teaches because it teaches against this stuff as being wrong and possibly opening the door to demonic influence.
 
I have never seen any documents from the Church. Fr. Pacwa gave some great talks about the New Age movement and their practices. The articles I have read, that were written by Catholic writers are inaccurate. For my own exploration I decided that you definitely don’t want to invoke gods and goddesses. But, the reality of chakras , meridians, and the function of body fields are created by God and are as mysterious as magnetism, electricity, light, nuclear fission, etc… However, they can be dangerous to work with just as magnetism, electricity, light, nuclear fission, etc… It depends on your intention combined with what you know about it.
 
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I have been working with a Swiss group of scientist who are studying energy patterns for health devices. They are very advanced in their research. Pharmaceuticals were not their main focus but, they mentioned that if pharma wanted to sell an herbal remedy, in the U.S., they would not be able to get a patent. I’m not sure if the laws have changed since then especially, since herbal remedies are getting to be more popular now. Copying and synthesizing plant based molecules was the only avenue they had when they wanted to manufacture a remedy in pharmaceutical form. In my opinion, I thought they would benefit if they could change the technology and make it more available to the consumer. According to the microbiologist I was talking to it would mean they needed to change the laws.
 
Balancing what, exactly?
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Before I describe balancing, here are a few facts.
1.When we get sick there is a drop in voltage in the location of the infection, inflammation, or disease. 2.When we are healthy, our bodies are,mostly, positively charged.
3.The location of energy points are known and if they are out of place then you get sick or your back, neck, hips, or joints become painful and are out of alignment.
4.Living cells are like batteries. when you exercise you charge those batteries. Also, depending on what your diet is like you can change body potentials. These are forms of balancing that everyone does. These are a few simple guidelines.
Based on this knowledge and the activities in your life you can determine which balancing you need. Balancing techniques require skill and knowledge that are too complex for this forum. I have energy devices that I use to refocus energy and bring it back into alignment.
It does require a certain amount of sensitivity to your body. I have noticed that some people don’t have much knowledge of this. I’m not sure what it takes to know your body’s energy contortions . I become aware of it through prayer and fasting.
 
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What manner of “scientists” are these?
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They are medical doctors, materials engineers, physicists, working with people who are sensitive to the energy patterns.
There are some in the U.S. but, I was not in contact with them.
 
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