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Hi Guys,
This is probably something I should know but I'm wondering if anyone can shed some light on what RP (Rehmaniae Peonniae) actually does to help the bladder? I know not everyone is on this formula but for those that are I'd love to hear any info you have and also curious to hear at what point Dr B took this out of your protocol and why?
When she prescribed it to me right at the start of treatment (5 months ago) she just told me that it supports the bladder and helps the tissue heal. I take 4 x capsules 3 x a day and whilst I'm definitely starting to improve I don't feel specifically better after I've taken capsules.... some days I miss a few doses and it doesn't seem to make any difference to how I feel. I don't feel worse if I miss it.
Would love to hear any info you guys have
Christine xo
Hi Christine,
Hi Christine,
I'm wondering the same thing. I'm glad you posted this question and I hope someone can respond. I've been taking it for a little more than 1 month and it has been great for me. Things seem to have calmed down in my bladder and I'm sure it has to do with RP. I did not ask Dr. B when she included it in my protocol.
Dr. Brizman has told me that
Dr. Brizman has told me that it acts as a tonifier, clarifier of the blood.
I have been taking 4 caps - 4x/day for almost all of the 16 months I have been in treatment.
From what I understand it supports the adrenal glands (where our stress hormones are (cortisol). It combats adrenal suppression. It has a tonifying effect on the adrenal cortex. It is used for autoimmune diseases to combat symptoms and progression of disease and is an anti-inflammatory.
It stimulates production of the adrenal cortical hormone. These hormones are anti-inflammatory.
I know that the "bad Stuff" (bacteria) is in my lymph and the RP I think is helping to "clean my blood" as well as what I listed above.
Hope this helps -
Breis - enjoy your day!
Thanks Breis, thanks all!!
Thanks Breis, thanks all!! Those are helpful comments!
Maybe Bonnie has something to add, as she is studying this stuff.
I am trying to remember that in Chinese Medicine there is a lot of work being done to re-balance. Most of us have more than one imbalance, according to her dissertation, which is why this treatment is so nuianced. I don't think about the herbs working on my bladder directly (although different herbs may have different direct or indirect effects in combinations, on the bladder itself). That is a more western way to look at this condition, and I don't think it serves us in understanding what is going on. I have a lot of what they call in chinese medicine, "defficiency" aspects to my health presentation (many of us here do, and some have "excess" as defined in TCM). You can read about deficiency and excess in the Web That Has No Weaver book, or on-line in some interesting articles. Because of my lifestyle choices and exposures to medications (actually, mostly lifestyle) over a lifetime, my tissues have "dried out". All of them to some degree. So my protocol involves combinations, including RP to nurish the tissues and restore moisture to them. All of them, mucosal and otherwise, from my sinuses to my pelvis. This is why I think you would not necessarily notice a difference if you skipped a dose. This is a LONG TERM moisture-building, blood tonifying, etc... process. Hope that makes a bit of sense.
If we don't excel at health, the only other option is disease.
Thanks Mimi! How do know all
Thanks Mimi! How do know all this stuff? I'm just glad you do you've been extremely helpful.
Hi Sandi
Hi Sandi
I don't know much :)
Mostly from asking Dr. B and old patients lots of questions. And from Dr. M's dissertation. And from following different lines of thinking on aspects of our imbalance such as SIBO and IBS. That's really it. Someday I am going to read all of the Web That Has no Weaver!
xo
If we don't excel at health, the only other option is disease.
First chinese medicine isn't
First chinese medicine isn't like western medicine which is the magic pill kind of cure. If you have pneumonia say, and take anitbiotics it can clear up quite quickly or if you take an aspirin the headache goes away. That's not what the herbs do. They aren't a magic pill kind of medicine. We are trying to cure our bodies of a major imbalance, and return it to homeostatsis and these herbs are one part of the process, a major part actually, but will not work as a magic pill would. Does this make sense? It'll take a year or more for our bodies to self heal and the herbs taken every day, regularly will in the end help us to get well.They are vital, important, and shouldn't be discarded cause they don't work magic right away.
Thank you everyone for your
Thank you everyone for your input! you've all been really helpful! :)