Chinese Diagnostic Illustrations, Part Two (42)

[LoricaLady]

Will you be getting into tongue, fingernail and other outward body diagnostic clues? I have found such info to be fascinating and, so far, very helpful.

[askjohnfung]

No. Those things may be fascinating to you, but they are not accurate diagnostic methods because they tell you too many things at one time. You can easily mis-diagnose if you just look at the tongue and fingernails.

I have already shown you the best method to use in my videos.

[LoricaLady]

So far, working for me. For example, due to vertical ridges on all my fingernails I asked the doctor for adrenal testing and found out I was, indeed, weak in that area and needed cortef. With medication the ridges, which have been there for years and years, are almost all gone.

[askjohnfung]

I don't have answers to your questions.

Whatever you do as a person is harmful to the environment. You breathe out carbon dioxide. You drive a car and ride an airplane. How many trees have you planted lately?

The point is everyone should minimize the damage on the environment as best they can.

Ecology-minded people should not be uptight about their actions. They can repair the damage they caused by reducing their material consumptions and planting more trees.

[askjohnfung]

Don't worry! Have I told you that herbs are substitutable? If you can name one herb, there are at least five that can act as a substitute.

Also, we can substitute one herb with creative combinations of others herbs to take its place. My only worry is that people don't know how to use them.

[Belikel]

Thanks a lot for your prompt reply! That's good to know! The cause for concern was my knowledge of the koreans passion about wild ginseng and how they reap great quanitities of roots without concern for the impact on the environment. I thought this might happen as well in china? Do you know some herbs which ecology-minded people should not use?

[Belikel]

I have great faith in chinese medicine, but I must admit I'm a bit worried. How can I be shure that some of this herbs are not threatened with extinction due to overexploitation? And is there a herbal substitute for those plants which are endangered? Anyway, please keep up your excellent work!