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John23 said:

Brenda -

Unlike "Naturopathic Medicine", Traditional Chinese Medicine
isn't usually covered by insurance. Acupuncture and office visits
for acupuncture are often covered, but not herbal remedies.

It's unfortunate that Western medicine has such control over the
FDA, that they refuse to acknowledge the use of the Modality
as being anything but "snake oil". However, if it can be used as
an "adjunct", they'll consider it.... ($$$).

The herbs I had used (listed in my "blog") had cost less than
$20 per week total. The two herbs that are listed first, are
the most important (and used together). The average cost
for each is usually less than $6 per pound, and the pound will
make enough broth for six weeks of treatment. The most costly
herbs was around $15 per pound, but the amount used for broth
was a lesser amount, and the pound lasted for three or more months.

The TCM practitioners vary with their charges, and it's unpredictable.

Our TCM doc is highly rated, and has many local western medicine
physicians under his care for various ailments that WM has no
cure for. There were two oncologists that that had sent late-term
patients to him, that I knew of.

I will admit that his charges could run a bank account down
fairly quickly, but he's made exceptions and either reduced, or not
charged at all, for visits (or herbs) from time to time during care.

The shop I bought herbs from is in Orlando, about an hour's ride
from home. The new owner is a practitioner of Asian medicine,
as was the former owner. Her prices for a visit was less than
$30, and she sold imported medicinal strength herbs for less than
could be found wholesale on the web.

So the cost to do a different modality needn't be expensive!

If you shop around, you'll find that you can get what you're
looking for at a cost you want much easier than you can find
prescription drugs at a reasonable price.

I find it -very- frustrating to read about people here spending
large amounts of money for "Naturopathic Medicine", or
"alternative" remedies that claim to resolve issues overnight
using expensive supplements (like grape seed extract, apricot pits,
along with expensive items like machines to oxygenate water,
or to change the PH factor of water).

It's frustrating to read it being called "alternative medicine", and
having TCM added to the mix, as if they have actually tried true
Traditional Chinese Medicine.

There is a very, very big difference between using modern
"holistic medicine" or taking modern remedies that have absolutely
no history, and utilizing a science that has spanned thousands of
years, serving billions of people throughout that time.

Taking any "alternative medicine" should not be an expensive
thing to do, especially if it's a known, natural substance. If it
is expensive, then perhaps it's more about the money, than
making people well.

TCM is apart from the hyperbole. It's as expensive or as inexpensive
as the practitioner decides to make it, but you are not limited to
that specific practitioner..... you -can- shop around.

Many TCM/Asian medicine practitioners, as well as herbalists,
may welcome being able to offer you advice regarding your
choice of herbs, and oversee your use of herbal formulas.

Our choice of TCM doc, as busy as he was, saw me whenever
I felt the need for advice, and resolved any problem I had.
(I had a problem taking too much of one herb, as noted in the blog)

It was not expensive, not by anyone's standard.

If people do not use their own initiative to find what they're
looking for, than perhaps they really aren't interested in finding it....

I do know it's all out there to be found; one just has to look.

If I could be of help, let me know. There are no guarantees
with any modality, but some are a whole lot safer than others.

"You don't have to get worse before you get better"

Best of health to you,

John