What are the rules of using modern and chinese medicine?
Do they work together or could they cause unforseen/unwanted reactions?
What are the rules of using modern and chinese medicine?
Do they work together or could they cause unforseen/unwanted reactions?
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cerain herbs have documented negative drug interractions: you want to tell your MD about any herbs you are taking or are planning on taking while on medication and vice versa with your herbalist - between the two they need to kow what the potential interracctions are and all that...
the rest of it, the physical modalities (tuina, acupuncture, exercise) is all fine to apply in conjunction with RICE, NSAIDS for physical trauma, provided you have addressed the chief complaint appropriately; for more general medical stuff, i think it's something to be cautious about - make sure your know your MD's beeper service #...