Yesterday Bronwen and I had our first visit with the acupuncturist and it was wonderful. Colleen invited us into a small room with a massage bed and basket of toys for Bronwen to play with. (I wonder why my pediatrician doesn’t have toys for the kids.) We sat in the afternoon sunlit room and talked about everything from Bronwen’s poop to my birthing experience, to Bronwen’s emotional state, to diet, daily routine and favorite word. (Daddy, if you must know) It was only after we had been talking for over 45 minutes that Bronwen got undressed and we got onto the bed. Colleen did not practice acupuncture, but rather acupressure. She stimulated pressure points on Bronwen’s hands and legs and showed me some basic massages. These massages are meant to stimulate circulation, aid in digestion and help clear up her stuffy head.
What we spent most of our time talking about was diet. We are going to work on making some small changes in Bronwen’s diet (and mine) to see if that will start to help our bodies to get stronger and eliminate some of mucus and phlegm that keeps making us sick.
I know it sounds hokey, and truthfully I am a little skeptical, but it is worth a try. Anything that is going to keep Bronwen from having to continue the long string of antibiotics is a good thing.
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I've seen people get better when they started phytotherapy. I know there is practical value in many alternative therapies. Nourishing the body and exercise can make a huge difference. Go with it and see what benefits are to be gained. When it comes to nutrition every person's chemistry is different, but when it comes to nerves we all have pretty much the same structure.
That said, whatever psychological and placebo value you might encounter using alternate therapies should be entirely lost on Bronwen, since this is still mainly over her head and, I assume, she is still more reactionary than expectant. (Actually, maybe all practices have the same psychological value for her in this way.) Whatever her results are, they should be very telling. But because of this, you have to take her reactions at face value, and not let your own psychological reactions to her therapy lead you astray.
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