Guest guest Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 I think the below is very true. I had a Korean friend who was all cocky when she started school and said CM wouldn't be hard to learn because she came from the Eastern culture. After a year of CM she had a different story and struggled just like her colleagues. The other story I have about transmission is a Chinese student I had who preferred to study in English because she found the English writers much more precise. The Chinese writings were too emersed in metaphor and multiple meanings. I thought this was interesting. The problem for us is that the best writers in English(Clavey, Bensky, Mitchell) have focused on specialized and advanced subjects. No one has yet tried to tackle a beginning/fundamental text which rises above Macioccia and the Bensky and Wiseman Paradigm translation texts. I am hopeful that Bob Damone will publish something along these lines. Also I found the Scheid book very helpful in contextualizing the medicine if one skips the anthropological sections. L.Ac. >> Eric: >> This is a frequently encountered myth. Modern Chinese people are >> educated with a scientific viewpoint. They grow up with ideas like >> qi and yin-yang as familiar concepts, but these basic theories are >> generally well-grasped by many Western practitioners and are not a >> source of a great divide within the educated Western community. We >> may tend to overmystify qi in comparison to Asian cultures, where qi >> is not treated as some obscure concept or leap of faith, yet the >> specific theories of Chinese medicine are as foreign to modern >> Chinese students as they are to modern Western students. >> >> Everyone needs to learn advanced TCM theory more or less from >> scratch no matter what culture they come from. Chinese people have >> the advantage that they have a great deal of solid literature upon >> which to form their ideas, whereas we have a great deal of distorted >> literature targeted to different audiences for different purposes. >> The Chinese belief that Westerners are incapable of comprehending >> the authentic depth of TCM has caused the presentation of TCM to be >> modified and simplified in expectation that this is required to >> appeal to the Western pallate. Yet it is simply not true that >> Westerners cannot learn to understand the depth of traditional >> Chinese theory. We simply need reliable sources of minimally >> distorted information that preserve the authentic viewpoints, >> historical evolution, and metaphors that influence the expression of >> traditional theory. >> >> The shortcomings in the Western understanding of TCM are not due to >> the fallacy that Western minds cannot understand the concepts, the >> shortcomings are due to the fact that many have had poorly >> transmitted literature as the basis of their education. >> >> Eric Brand >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Greetings all! I hope this email finds you all well. I was curious, & maybe I've overlooked it in a past message..but does anyone have any suggestions for hormone replacement?? I'm on the hormone pill..but don't like it because it seems to make the hair on my body/face grow faster & more course. I've increased my soymilk intake as well as eating soy burgers (they aren't as bad as you may think! they are actually pretty good when you add seasonings to it) But i still have trouble sleeping and some nite sweats.. ANY suggestions from drinking a tea, to an excercise would be and WILL be appreciated! Thanks again & many blessings Angie There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.-Edith Wharton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Actually you may want to cut back on the soy milk and soy burgers. Too much will put the hormonal inbalance in your system more out of whack. I use Evening Primrose Oil, Black Cohosh and Wild Yam as supplements and Use a wild yam cream twice a day rubbed into the soles of my feet and my palms. I also drink raspberry tea 3 times a day. Since I have started using these, I have been much better and do not take HRT's. Kelly Everyone is raving about the all-new Mail Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 You could try the following tea recipe: Menopause Tincture 2 parts Wild Yam Root 1 part Sarsaparilla 1 part Blue Cohosh 2 parts False Unicorn 1 part Dong Quai 3 parts Sage 3 parts Licorice 3 parts Dandelion Root Steep these in boiling water for about 30 mins. Strain. You can drink this hot or cold. I always added honey to sweeten and added lemon for taste. OR you could try going to the herb/health food store and purchasing a menopausal supplement. They worked for me also. BB, Lady Wystira , MystikalMom <mystikalmom2003 wrote:>> Greetings all! I hope this email finds you all well. I was curious, & maybe I've overlooked it in a past message..but does anyone have any suggestions for hormone replacement?? I'm on the hormone pill..but don't like it because it seems to make the hair on my body/face grow faster & more course. I've increased my soymilk intake as well as eating soy burgers (they aren't as bad as you may think! they are actually pretty good when you add seasonings to it) But i still have trouble sleeping and some nite sweats.. > ANY suggestions from drinking a tea, to an excercise would be and WILL be appreciated!> Thanks again & many blessings> Angie> > > > > There are two ways of spreading light: > to be the candle or> the mirror that reflects it.> > -Edith Wharton> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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