I am so sensitive that if I eat french fries cooked in the same oil chicken nuggets are cooked in I will get a headache that lasts for days.

So...

I got my first acupuncture treatment at my school, AIMC, on Tuesday. I got herbs: Si Wu Tang and Si Jun Zi Tang, but thought I was taking Gan Mai Da Zao Tang since that was what it said on the bottle. Well if you are not familiar with Gan Mai Da Zao Tang , it has Fu Xiao Mai (Triticus Fructus aka WHEAT) as an ingredient. I told my practitioner I am highly allergic to wheat and she had it marked on my chart.

I freaked out when I thought she prescribed Gan Mai Da Zao Tang. I called the school three times yesterday and I still have yet to talk to her. But I did find out this morning from the receptionist that conversations happened about my situation and that that she didn't prescribe Gan Mai Da Zao Tang, it was only the bottle they put the other formulas in.

I am so sensitive to wheat that the dust from the formula that HAD BEEN in the bottle triggered a headache. A two day, knock me off my feet, kind of headache. Good to know my practitioner didn't overlook the wheat allergy and prescribe wheat to me, too bad she didn't take it one more step and check out the bottle she was putting my herbs into.

PS. I am in my first trimester and haven't had any TCM courses yet, including herbs. The only way I became clued in was that I googled what was on the label. I guess it is common practice to use bottle of one formula for another formula and not write was is really in the bottle on the label. At least this is the second time that has happened. And when I have gotten herbs a couple of times in a bag, the ingredients weren't listed there either. Hmmm...