Is it a healing crisis or a new infection?

[Johannah Ashley]

I have had a client recently where every time I have given him a divergent treatment DSD his pulses raise up into the yang so up Wei level as if to push some pathology out and I have sneaked the jing well point in, to guide pathology out if it wants to- he then returns and has had what could be a healing crisis except it seems to be a viral something his picked up from his little kids. That is what he has put it down to…
My question is,how can you discern the difference between a new pathology entering and stuck old pathology wanting out? I suppose it doesn’t matter really, except that if I want to do to be in divergent land treatment, I would need to know which confluence to go to to help it leave…or is it safer to switch to primary channel treatment and clear the healing crisis and then return to divergent land at a later date?
Thanks so much

[Armin]

Hi again,

Obviously hard to know what’s happening here, if it’s a new pathology or an older one, but I do recall Ann saying that if it’s divergent treatment healing crisis to not treat with a primary channel approach. In fact, if I recall correctly, to not really treat it at all so that it can express itself and come out. Then once the healing crisis is over, you then move to the next confluence in the order.

I am not really sure how to tell the difference but I suppose as with all other situations the pulses would have a way of showing. Also, the symptoms of the healing crisis would probably resemble symptoms of an old illness that the person would have experienced long ago which is coming up and out. some of those symptoms would show up that would be unique to the old illness, as opposed to say what his kids are currently dealing with.

I have never had to deal with this type of situation yet, but I suppose it’ll be very difficult to ask someone to not do anything for the acute symptoms and just rest at home and let it pass.

[Erica Moffet]

Hi Johannah,
Ann has a great appendix in the red book on healing events. My understanding from that and what I’ve learned (I’m still new to this, so my experience is minimal) is that when a healing event occurs, people usually feel pretty good, even though they are expelling mucus, have new pain or whatever is going on. I had one patient say without prompting that it felt like something old clearing out. Healing events should also be short–Ann writes 1-10 days, with 6-10 being very severe and unusual. And as Armin wrote, sometimes the symptoms look like something they have had in the past or seems related to an old injury/pathology.

Salty bathes are a way people can help support the process at home. And if you are seeing them during the healing event, my understanding is that sinews or luos can be particularly helpful in clearing the pathology. I would decide what channel(s) to use the usual way–how the symptoms are presenting and the pulse. 🙂

[Armin]

Thanks for the clarification on this Erica.

[Johannah Ashley]

Thanks so much Erica! That’s so helpful! I will go and read that chapter of the Red book
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