A Mind-Opener

As some of you know, I recently started my own company and was on a project in NY this week. It was a great week! It felt great facilitating and brainstorming innovation platforms.

I still can't get out of my head one of the "experiences" for the workshop a pulse reading by a Chinese medicine doctor. I have always been a big fan of Western medicine, big hospitals, and the ability of pharmaceuticals to solve my medical problems. Perhaps that is why i am shocked by how fascinating I found the Chinese medicine approach. I know some folks from the office have successfully used acupuncture to help with fertility issues, so I have had a very rudimentary exposure to non-Western medicine. So, when they asked if anyone wanted a pulse reading, i thought, why not. He explained he was using three fingers to evaluate the blood, heart, and liver (if memory serves me). So, he did the reading. He seemed a bit puzzled and then asked me if I had children. i indicated that I had 2. He then decided to feel the pulse on my other wrist. He asked me the date of my last period. Since I did not have my chart with me I said 3-4 weeks ago and that I should be menstrual in the next few days or so. He asked if I could be pregnant. I said that was impossible (yea, welcome to my world!). He wasn't so sure he believed me but I reinforced that i definitely was not. He sensed that I had a lot of heat in my core/low. He then asked if my hands/feet got cold. I indicated that this happened to me all the time. He asked me what I ate-i said chicken, pork, some fast food. He said I need to drink warmer beverages, eat beef, and wear socks when I am menstrual to release the "blockage". I was absolutely fascinated when I got my period an hour later (3 days early). I was also befuddled about the hold hands/feet comment since the venue was so hot and my hands/feet were definitely not cold at the moment. This of course got me thinking whether there was something to it. A 10 min reading can only get one so far. So then I was thinking, should I go see a Chinese medicine doctor? Would that make me an official nut? What else should I change about my diet? What is this blockage? Or is this just another step on my current midlife crisis???