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Nov 18, 2022Liked by Ray Horvath, "The Source" :)

Lovely exchange here! Heartened to see a post Covid pharmacist!

My brothers daughter graduated w/ dr of pharmacy degree just pre-Covid. She married a classmate who did the same, May’21. They were hell bent on jabbing the entire wedding list and facilitated the process due to their respective positions.

Her tears were the main reason my brother jabbed, as future son in law set up the one and done JnJ jab appointment for him. It’s been a train wreck of various maladies ever since that none of the family will discuss . My mom and sister and I were the hold outs.

The happy couple had since saddled themselves with many lovely liabilities, big new house, cars etc. so that they are now slaves to their debt which obviously leaves them with the choice of tow the line and keep blinders on or enjoy their wedded bliss in debtors prison.

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and the there's this from Dr. Gerry Curatola, DDS,  a pioneer in biological dentistry rejuvdentist.com /biological-dentistry/tooth-meridian-chart/

Tooth Meridian Chart: Is It Legit? What Is It Good For?

You may have heard that tooth meridian charts can explain why you’re having specific health problems. It’s tempting to believe that a simple dental procedure could cure an ongoing chronic illness.

But is there any truth to the tooth meridian chart? And what is a meridian chart, anyway?

The tooth meridian chart derives from the marriage between Western dentistry and traditional Eastern medicine. It’s used to explain how the body’s energy may link problems in the mouth to other areas of the body.

Most people associate meridians with acupuncture, but some biological dentists believe they may be affecting your oral health, too.

There isn’t much scientific evidence that energy running through meridians in your teeth affects the rest of your body. However, some recent evidence suggests that acupuncture meridians may be related to connective tissue planes throughout the body.

In other words, there may be a physiological basis for some parts of the meridians.

We want to provide you with some basic information about tooth meridians to empower you to make your own decisions about your oral health.

What is a Meridian Tooth Chart?

What are meridians? According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), meridians are channels that carry vital energy, or qi, throughout the whole body. When your qi is blocked, it can keep your body’s organs from working properly.

Acupuncturists and energy healers work to unblock the qi so energy flows freely and your body can heal itself.

There are 12 primary meridians in TCM. They are:

Heart

Pericardium

Triple-burner

Lung

Stomach

Large intestine

Small intestine

Liver

Gallbladder

Spleen

Kidney

Bladder

Do teeth have meridians? According to traditional Chinese medicine, yes, certain teeth are associated with each of the body’s meridians. A tooth-organ relationship chart shows you which meridians are associated with each tooth and organ in the body.

Is the Meridian Tooth Chart real?

The meridian tooth chart isn’t supported by modern science, but many say that it has still helped their patients.

Holistic dentists who follow the chart say they’ve helped their patients overcome diseases and illnesses with proper dental care. Some even claim they’ve avoided giving root canals by addressing problems in the body first.

What is the purpose of the Meridian Tooth Chart?

The meridian tooth chart explains how toothaches and other dental problems can signify ailments somewhere else in the body.

For example, a toothache in the tooth associated with the intestine could be a sign of chronic digestive problems. Or, damage to one of the teeth connected to the kidneys could create kidney problems for that patient.

(Reminder: The evidence for tooth meridians is anecdotal, but if you’re worried about what’s going on in your mouth or body, book an appointment with Rejuvenation Dentistry.)

Which tooth corresponds to which organ?

What teeth are connected to what organs? Here are the teeth that are associated with some of the body’s major organs:

Which tooth is associated with the heart? Wisdom teeth (third molars) on both the upper and lower jaws are associated with the heart.

What is the significance of the tooth corresponding to the stomach? The molars on the upper jaw and premolars on the lower jaw are associated with the stomach meridian. A toothache or other problem with those teeth could indicate stomach issues, according to traditional Chinese medicine.

Other organs on the tooth-meridian chart:

Lungs: upper premolars, lower first (front), and second (back) molars

Large intestine: premolars

Small intestine: wisdom teeth

Liver: canine teeth

Gallbladder: canine teeth

Spleen: lower left premolars, upper left molars

Kidney: upper first (inside) incisors, right lower second (outside) incisor

Bladder: all incisors on both jaws

How Oral Health Influences Overall Health

Regardless of whether tooth meridians actually exist, your oral health absolutely influences your overall health.

Many studies have shown that problems with your teeth and gums can create chronic health conditions in the rest of the body. Harmful germs in your mouth release chemicals that promote inflammation throughout your body, which can cause many problems.

Damaged or missing teeth can also affect the quality of the food you eat. Many fiber- and nutrient-rich foods are crunchy or hard and take time to chew. If it’s difficult for you to eat, you’ll be more likely to eat low-fiber, nutrient-poor, high-sugar foods.

Your poor diet can then create even more problems and negatively affect your health.

Here are some chronic diseases that have been linked to poor oral health:

Cardiovascular disease

Pneumonia

Diabetes

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia

Osteoporosis

Premature birth and low birth weight

Mental health [...]

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WOW!!!! This is so interesting! The more I don’t trust doctors, the more I learn about the human body and my health. Thank you!

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Jun 7, 2022·edited Sep 4, 2023Author

Shall we settle for the primary declaration of "science"? "It doesn't matter, if it's true of not, if it works." :)

Let me allow my thought run wild a little and provide a few reflections.

The medieval practice of blood-letting activated the body's reserves, often resulting in healing, assuming it was not overdone. :)

Based on your description, correlation or even results may be mixed up with causes, which is perhaps the most prominent fallacy in Medicine. For one, I can't imagine a bad tooth can cause Alzheimers (which seems to have been proven to be a result of poisoning, probably Aluminum and whatever else), but I can imagine Alzheimer's can affect the way a tooth is used.

About 80% of the body's stamina that fights diseases is in the guts and the gut flora starts in the mouth (which I why I advocate for Waterpick, but no chemicals in the mouth, except for rare emergencies).

The Chinese, despite all their stone-age beliefs, seem to also "know stuff" that actually works. Sometimes it's unclear, why, because the placebo effect, whose efficiency exceeded 60% already around 2002, can also work. Under the circumstances, I cannot vouch for the actual healing power. Acupuncture definitely works, so the surrounding theories must be based on realistic foundations.

I also assume that the Chinese are correct about bioelectricity having to circulate in the body unhampered. Considering that cell growth is regulated by instructions from the brain, disruptions in the process can result in irregular cell growth, that is, cancer. (The question is still, what causes the disruption?)

Everybody's metabolism is different, so when it comes to food, one must know what's best for them. In general, considering DNA memory, it's best to eat what one's ancestors have been eating for many generations.

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that's why medicine is called a "practice"...? i always tried to emphasize risks vs benefits of "dangerous" drugs... i was accused of scaring people in complaints to the management... and being incredibly helpful in compliments to the management...

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Can you explain the last clause, please?

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reference drug "citalopram"

complaint example:

i had given an "fda safety communication" about irregular heart rhythms on this drug that included a warning about "cardiac arrest," so reviewing it with the patient, s/he asked what is cardiac arrest, which i likely explained as, "your heart stops," so patient takes info to prescriber, and prescriber calls my supervisor, who calls me about patient who came to him, saying i told a patient he was going to die... (i got the complaint later, and reasoned it must have been the patient who asked me to explain cardiac arrest.)

response that i was incredibly helpful example (with same info):

advising another relatively young patient already on a high dose, of same medicine, reviewed the same info, and i was given kudos, because patient was a flight attendant about to lose her job because of irregular heart rhythms, she was so appreciative...

i can't say that i recall specific examples resulted in compliments to the management, because complaints were more likely to be relayed than compliments, although at a performance review, manager said, "your patients love you."

does that help? i could go on and on with examples...

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Examples help and I, for one, enjoyed reading yours. If you are willing to share more, I would be delighted to read those as well.

When it comes to informing simple peple, I usually try to use statements with no more than five words, but even that way, success is uncertain. People tend to notice only what they are looking for. Occasionally, I resort to questions in order to promote certain implications in a non-intrusive manner. It's best if the other party comes up with the answer, because things that people believe they came up with carry a certain pride, so they are less easily forgotten.

Still, whoever is willing to take citalopram probably can't wait to be put out of their misery... Even if that is not true, which might sometimes happen, the patient's brain function can be seriously doubted...

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Jun 7, 2022·edited Sep 4, 2023Author

I always emphasized that the patient must be aware that accepting ANYTHING is their responsibility. Sadly, during my 12 years of cooperating with "doctors," I never encountered a single one who fully advised the patient about the risks; they simply read the instructions. Many of them may not have had a clue, either. The honest ones succumbed to pressure and answered the patient's questions honestly.

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i always felt it was malicious when the inappropriate prescribing continued and the adverse effects and future prescriptions were predictable... one patient told me she discussed my advice with her doctor, after getting out of hospital with irregular heart rhythms, on a drug known to cause irregular heart rhythms (i.e., Lexapro, in this case) and next time i saw her, i asked patient why she is still taking it and she said her doctor told her to "find a different pharmacy."

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Sometimes I wonder if there is a single "medicine" that is worth taking...

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at about 10 years of retail Rx practice, i used to think i was helping folks make the best use of their medicines, and it became more and more clear, we were killing--literally--killing many... totally disheartening and fundamentally shaking to my foundations of trying to help--not harm-- i had a blog once then lost track of my early inspiration and let it go... all the graphics are gone now, but looks like it's still there! for what it's worth... chickensoupforthepharmacistssoul.blogspot.com

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Thank you for trusting me with the link. I'll take my time enjoying your stories.

You had to take a looong trip to arrive here, requiring integrity, an unusally high level of intelligence, and humility to be able to start over. (For that matter, from the few lines I have already managed to read, you were ahead of the trend already in 2009.)

No matter how hard I'm trying, I cannot come up with a single "medication" that is definitely worth taking.

As I usually say, here, in the village, we prefer to die of natural causes! :)

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reminds me of what i often said counseling patients: everybody has a story to tell and you can't tell what someone is going through by looking at them...

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Jun 7, 2022·edited Jun 7, 2022Liked by Ray Horvath, "The Source" :)

things were different when i graduated in 2009 (at the age of 40)... seems in 13 short years, I've gone from living the dream to living the nightmare... i appreciate your listening! the stories i could tell! common culprit drugs, as of early 2021, when i was sent home because i couldn't tolerate a mask (looooong story), included cholesterol meds (e.g., atorvastatin and diabetes, insomnia)... rescue inhalers (brand names of albuterol generic and heart failure, anxiety)... anxiety medicine (non-controlled substance, buspirone and "pseudo-parkinsonism")... pain medicines (constipation, respiratory suppression) ... antibiotics (e.g., ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, etc. and tendinitis, muscle/collagen breakdown) ... wish i would have kept up my blog!

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Jun 5, 2022Liked by Ray Horvath, "The Source" :)

ahhh, an old farmer pal said when he was young, the doctor would tell him to get checked out by a dentist first...now,THAT's one savvy /humble doc,eh?

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The funny thing is that bad teeth or even a leaking crown/root canal treatment can have devastating impact on a person's health. :)

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Have you encountered Ivan Illich's book Medical Nemesis? 1973, and he discussed doctor caused death. I am 65. I saw my father have his first heart attack when I was six and we were fishing at a trout lake in PA. He died during open heart surgery when I was ready to enter an MA program in Myth Criticism. Symbolism aside, the time between age 6 and the summer of 1963 in PA. and age 22 in Sacramento in 1985 in hindsight is grindingly slow and since then appreciably accelerated. What must it be like for a 90 year old doctor, a GP, seeing sicknesses and treating patients compassionately and professionally?

A doctor born into the world of 1932 and seeing his ART today.

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Jun 3, 2022Liked by Ray Horvath, "The Source" :)

I was thinking this morning more or less along these lines though I never had the old fashioned doctor as a child. I was thinking of the poet and doctor, William Carlos Williams. He was among the very last of the old GP's. He made house calls.

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His poetry resembles the four lines I've just posted. :)

This old doctor (he is about 90 now) also made (and perhaps is still making) house calls... I had him 49 years ago for 14 years and managed to talk to him over the phone shortly before the plandemic started. No clue if he is still alive or not, but in a way, he is, no matter what (yes, I am rhyming by accident :D).

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