"To understand the meaning of the word posession however its better to see it in terms of compulsiveness rather than entity based demonic posession (although obviously that can happen too), "
Are you saying that you believe in (or the medicine in question) demonic possession?
BTW,just generally,do all these flowery "dragon","shen" etc. disorders/"mental illnesses" in question relate to modern understanding of psychiatry in some way? Is a pre-medieval analogy to be found for schizophrenia or anorexia nervosa to be found? If yes,how would you approach them?
This would be interesting to hear,considering how young the study of- is and remembering that in certain cultures,perhaps even more in eastern,a serious condition may very well be approached with prehistoric models of demonic possession (above) or quite the opposite,connection and power over such demons! (even in our age)
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