To all who is into this healing thing:
I know as we all heading into 60's and with the Boomers hitting 80 millions strong in a
few years, anyone who is thinking about health or alternative medicine is interested in
the same subject. A miracle "thing" that cure all aging ailments.
If there is any Snow Lotus left growing in the native soil, given the rarity, this poor
flowers will be picked to extinction in no time. If we "mei chaan" talk about
this subject, that usually means the subject has been circulated for weeks or months in
the native land. By the way, that term is what we, the American Chinese are called by the
more "modern" Chinese of the "two coasts three land" (both sides of
the Taiwan strait and HK, Taiwan & China). Everytime I visited cities in those three
places, the American Chinese are in most cases the slowest and worst dressed folks
on the streets.
Back to.the subjet of health. Let get this straight, I do believe in traditional Chinese
medicine. Particularly most of these aging ailments are not sick enough that western
medicine can do a thing about. Take bone spur, arthritis, food allergies, fifty's
shoulders, etc. etc. My philosophy is that western medicine is to lighten the suffering
but its the Chinese medicine that will solve (not cure) and prevent them.
For the unfortunate ones who cannot get hold of the real snow lotus, we must improvise. A
good friend of mine is a microbiologist working for the pharma firm called Immunex here in
Seattle. Her advise is prevention, prevention and more prevention. If a person's gene is
prone to certain ailment per family history, then one can only build up resistance by
taking the extra vitamins and minerals (read chemicals) to give the body a helping
hand and hope for the best.
Of course, balance diet and regular execises are the two best medicine. Then the question
of environment - Taiwan is now facing the highest cancer rate due to chemicals in the
environment. The same price for industrialization and economic growth was paid dearly by
the Japanese. Next in line are all the third world countries and China. A shocking example
is when I was visiting my mother's village in QuangDong, the village official proudly
showing off all the destroyed rice paddies that were turning into industrial sites. I
asked about the simple drainage and sewer solution as an professional architect would, he
said don't worry about it, the village is interested in making money now.
OK, I talked too much. I think Kwok Yung opened a hot topic and every one has his or her
own war story on fighting this aging process. Well, Peter Tong, are you listening ? Here
are your pool of articles. Will share mine later.
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