posted 02-16-2003 07:31 AM            

Anyway those "seeds" are really small needles that have been placed on pressure points and taped. True, you're supposed to "massage" the points. Five seems a bit much though, usually it's just one or two. They're definitely going to come out.

posted 02-16-2003 07:37 AM            

I've used chinese herbs without much success but I don't think I gave them a fair shot. The process of all the boiling of bark and herbs and distilling down and the taste was so nasty,...that I just never followed through. I also used the chinese pellets, and they definitely helped with compliancy issues.

I *think* the pellets helped but as I said, I did it in conjunction. I also traveled to several different practitioners, and then I found one that I thought really helped a great deal. I've had moxibustion and needles with electricity, I've had it in combination with massage and aromatherapy, I've really run the gamut, but all in all it still boils down to:

1) What you're using it for.
2) The style or teachings of the practitioner
3) Their skill, intuition, perception
4) Your faith in them

I found it great for pain control.

I know people who lost weight (using the needle points in the ears too).

So I suppose it can work if you believe enough in it and if you've hooked up with the right person.

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