Blue Dolphin : Thanks so much! But oops--I meant to write "NON-life threatening condition" so as to make you aware that nothing dire was happening (just uncomfortable and frustrating). Still, that said, there is a bit of time pressure on my situation, since i'm really trying to heal multiple things and one of them is uterine fibroids. I'm trying to avoid a second surgery (first was a myomectomy), but if they grow too large and cause too many problems that i'll probably end up with a VERY unwanted hysterectomy. I'm also trying to do away with many other problems that are hard to quantify or describe. I've been on the diet for a short time, and am noticing positive improvements already! However I am VERY afraid of starting to discharge in a super unpleasant way, as I have water fasted before with some pretty bad consequences. I'm also afraid of doing harm to myself, as some of the other problems I haven't described seem to have come out after a very aggressive homeopathy treatment. I've tried TCM, and found myself having great difficulty tolerating herbs (which I love in concept), though a local (American) TCM herbalist has been able to make a dent in my condition in spite of this. This is one of the issues--I'd like to do the diet while continuing the herbs, but the counselor is very much against this. I don't want to listen to her, but the herbs alone haven't fully helped my problems and i'd like to see what MB can do without stopping the herbs. The counselor says the herbs are too yin and I "won't heal" if I don't do this right, ditto the oil (I "won't heal" if I don't deal the regimen described). I don't want to stop oil completely--it's not that I can't do this, but that I don't want to for fear of health worsening. I suppose I should go to someone else for MB counseling (i'm curious who you would recommend in my area for TCM, though the herbalist I go to is well known and supportive of MB). I think, though, that you've answered my question about the controversy. I'm thinking I will go with my instincts, but I'm going to have to find a different, more open-minded MB counselor, as I need someone to guide me along here in some way especially if I discharge unpleasantly.
--Meeso