http://healthbeyondcivilization.com/2008/04/07/post-civilized-emergency-medicine/ Remedial health for the aspiring indigenous soul Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:40:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://healthbeyondcivilization.com/2008/04/07/post-civilized-emergency-medicine/#comment-63 David Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:38:16 +0000 http://healthbeyondcivilization.com/2008/04/07/post-civilized-emergency-medicine/#comment-63 Yeah, that's worth noting. There are traditions of traumatology and emergency care in "alternative" medicine. There are still traditional bonesetters in China, and a recent Tommy Lee Jones movie depicted a Mexican curandero curing someone of a poisonous snakebite. So if those traditions can be contacted and learned from, that would be even more ideal than learning on your own or getting some stopgap Western training. Yeah, that’s worth noting. There are traditions of traumatology and emergency care in “alternative” medicine. There are still traditional bonesetters in China, and a recent Tommy Lee Jones movie depicted a Mexican curandero curing someone of a poisonous snakebite. So if those traditions can be contacted and learned from, that would be even more ideal than learning on your own or getting some stopgap Western training.

]]> http://healthbeyondcivilization.com/2008/04/07/post-civilized-emergency-medicine/#comment-62 Pathfinder Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:00:47 +0000 http://healthbeyondcivilization.com/2008/04/07/post-civilized-emergency-medicine/#comment-62 Being a practitioner of Chinese Medicine who is married to an practicing MD, I wanted to put out there that there are a lot of things one can treat using herbal sources, a lot of which can be gathered locally. I know this may be hard to believe, but my wife (the MD) almost always comes to me for treatment first before seeking Western Medical Care. She has also seen the effectiveness of formulas such as Yunnan Baiyao for treating trauma and bleeding. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I would use these thing instead of an ER, but if there is no ER around it might be worth your while to learn of local plants that stop bleeding such as Yarrow, Cattail, and Nettle. Being a practitioner of Chinese Medicine who is married to an practicing MD, I wanted to put out there that there are a lot of things one can treat using herbal sources, a lot of which can be gathered locally. I know this may be hard to believe, but my wife (the MD) almost always comes to me for treatment first before seeking Western Medical Care. She has also seen the effectiveness of formulas such as Yunnan Baiyao for treating trauma and bleeding. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that I would use these thing instead of an ER, but if there is no ER around it might be worth your while to learn of local plants that stop bleeding such as Yarrow, Cattail, and Nettle.

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