ramblings of 03S78

03S78. HCJC.

27 of us make up the lovely class of 03S78 :)

it was a year and 6 mths ago that we graduated from hwachong, nothing much has
changed since then - we still have the good old class outings when we spend most
of the time walking around (+ extended one in europe recently), we still play
mahjong, watch movies, go æçå¦! together (at nwxiang's request of course)..

to many more years of friendship!

teddy! :)

our beloved school :)

our lovely flag.

outside canteen.

chalet in ubin.

'A' lvls results '05

Chao recruits!! '05

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Yijin + girls! '05

Xiz, Ms Wang + guys! '04

* 03S78
* hwachong junior college

* candice
* lifang
* yang
* xiaoxuan
* hilda
* quanyao
* xizhen
* sharon
* huiqi
* meiyin
* yijin
* yifan
* pear
* nwxiang
* weixin
* samuel
* ningqi
* pua
* yilin
* eliza
* wijaya
* ronnie
* weilei
* bong
* ryan shea
* wuwei
* r~linz

* hwachong!
* IVLE :)
* 30th Anniversary!
* HJC Council! :)
* our funky yahoogroups! :)
* winning thinkquest entry - i-Matrix
* blogger
* blogskins

* junior class!
* grandjuniors!
* 06s78
* 07s78
* 08s78

* dearly beloved ms wang!
* 03S77
* 03S75
* 03S71
* 03S7A
* 03A11
* 03A12
* 03S62
* 03S69

* 04S68
* 04S62

always think again?

recently my uncle got hospitalised for vomiting blood and was bleeding from the stomach.

the first response my mom had was that he should eat ink (mo4 shui3) n burnt hair to stop the bleeding! being skeptical of my mom's knowledge of tcm (as usual and for good reason too) i didnt want to believe her. in fact, the "treatment" sounded more like an old maid's tale than anything else.

but today when visiting my uncle with my dad, my dad actually told me that the "treatment" my mom mentioned is actually what he would recommend too.

i was shocked. i could believe how anyway ink or bUrNt HaIr can help stop bleeding in the stomach.

this is the explanation my father gave me, integrated with some of my intepretations

my uncle was bleeding in the stomach due to diabetes (angiopathy etc. rare but possible) aggravated by ketoacidosis (because he went overseas and without the supervision of my cousins refused to take any medicine)

by not giving him food, the acid secreted during the cephalic phase of the gastric secretion and the basal secretion is not diluted and it further damages the wounds in the stomach lining.

this is why even with a lot of saline transfusion, my uncle is still bleeding and his BP is still low and HR is still high (indicating low blood volume)

ink and burnt hair (apparently) can help to gel the wounds together. some powder or some other thing should also be ingested to help dilute the acid.

after my dad's explanation, along with my supreme trust and admiration for my dad, it kinda sounded logical even though i was still extremely skeptical.

he went on to offer some explanation why scientists jus cant find chinese medication useful..if you extract individual chemicals from the herbs and test them indivdually on cells, bacteria and viruses, most likely you wont find anything useful.

this is because tcm works from a diff basis from western drugs. tcm emphasises on development n strengthening of the entire body's constitution and immune system.

we went on to talk about epidemics and other stuff

i do not know if my dad is right. maybe he is wrong. maybe tcm is a load of bullshit and it is really jus shit and nothing else.

but the moral of this very long post is:

to my dear scientists, civil servants and fellow docs that bother to read this very long post:

dun dismiss something the moment you hear it.

dun dismiss something that you cannot understand or cannot explain.

dun dismiss something as impossible until you have tried it, experienced it and tried to understand it.

always think again.

especially when there is almost 3000 years worth of experience behind it.

qy lived on 9:27 PM

- 03S78 forever -

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