My Full Recovery By TCM + TCM issues Q&A
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 1 year
- Published
- Sep 2015
Summary
After about a year of conventional treatment failed to help CFS-like symptoms (rashes, fatigue, 2-3 hours of sleep a night, photosensitivity, unable to attend school), tried Traditional Chinese Medicine -- herbal formulas and diet changes -- switching between practitioners for about two months before settling with one for a further 3-4 months. By the end reports "practically very very minimal symptoms left" and a return to normal school attendance. Explicitly hedges the diagnosis itself: "as to whether it is, or not CFS, or just CFS similar symptoms, judge it yourself."
What they credit
Credits Alternative therapies, Diet, Trauma & somatic work, Herbal and Chinese medicine.
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