Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Hi All, I only recently joined the list and would like to learn more about TCM/Chinese herbal.I will probably attend some courses next year, but have not the time to start anything right now.Would anyone be able to give me three to four good references for books that " get you into the subject " ?I have had a look through catalogues,but there are so many out that I find it very confusing and dont know where to start. Many thanks.Andrea Best regards, Andrea Hehlmann, Dr.med.vet.,MRCVS Tel.02086607954 Hair of the dog Hehlis Holistics www.hehlis-holistics.com info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Hi Andrea, & All, Andrea Hehlmann, DVM, MRCVS, wrote: > Hi All, I ... would like to learn more about TCM/Chinese herbal. > I will probably attend some courses next year, but have not the > time to start anything right now.Would anyone be able to give me > 3-4 good references for books that " get you into the subject " ? I > have had a look through catalogues but there are so many out that > I find it very confusing and dont know where to start. Many > thanks. Andrea Andrea, welcome to the world of confusion! I most be a very slow learner, because I am still confused after >30 years of study of AP/ TCM. But I learn new things every day. 1. Re acupuncture: The Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture " [Foregin Languages Press, Beijing] is a great text. 2. If you want to go into detail on TCM, " A Practical Dictionary of " (by Wiseman & Feng) is an essential book.IMO it is a masterpiece. It has the most comprehensive coverage of TCM terminology, herbs, formulas and AP points available between two covers! I only wish that it could be purchased as an interactive digital database! Better still, I wish that I could " beam it " into my brain and recall its material at will! 3. Re human AP charts / point functions, see: http://www.acuxo.com and http://www.yinyanghouse.com There are great data online [free] on those sites. 4. Re dog/horse charts, see Janne Potter's Pages at: http://www.wbvc.bc.ca/ivas.htm [Janne, you have done a great job there. Please keep adding good stuff to your site!] 5. Re Earpoints in dog/horse, see Uwe Petermann's pages at: http://home.t-online.de/home/druwepetermannmelle/akueng.htm Best of luck in your studies! Best regards, Email: < WORK : Teagasc Research Management, Sandymount Ave., Dublin 4, Ireland Mobile: 353-; [in the Republic: 0] HOME : 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0] WWW : http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/searchap.htm Chinese Proverb: " Man who says it can't be done, should not interrupt man doing it " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 That, Phil, is in the works as we speak. On Sep 18, 2004, at 5:14 PM, wrote: > 2. If you want to go into detail on TCM, " A Practical Dictionary of > " (by Wiseman & Feng) is an essential book.IMO > it is a masterpiece. It has the most comprehensive coverage of > TCM terminology, herbs, formulas and AP points available between > two covers! I only wish that it could be purchased as an interactive > digital database! Better still, I wish that I could " beam it " into my > brain and recall its material at will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Wow; I hope you mean the beaming part Z'ev;-) But seriously, any idea of when the digital version will be available? Best Wishes, Steve On 19/09/2004, at 2:08 PM, wrote: > That, Phil, is in the works as we speak. > > > On Sep 18, 2004, at 5:14 PM, wrote: > >> 2. If you want to go into detail on TCM, " A Practical Dictionary of >> " (by Wiseman & Feng) is an essential book.IMO >> it is a masterpiece. It has the most comprehensive coverage of >> TCM terminology, herbs, formulas and AP points available between >> two covers! I only wish that it could be purchased as an interactive >> digital database! Better still, I wish that I could " beam it " into my >> brain and recall its material at will! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Yes your right that is a brilliant book but there is a better one. Read Unification of Western Medicine & Traditional . It explains TCM so well from a historic and cultural perspective, it compares why it is so different to Western Medicine to. This book is just so logical and clear I find find most TCM books so confusing, how ever after reading this book now I know what they are talking about. Let me know what you think. Manu Steven Slater <laozhongyi wrote: Wow; I hope you mean the beaming part Z'ev;-) But seriously, any idea of when the digital version will be available? Best Wishes, Steve On 19/09/2004, at 2:08 PM, wrote: > That, Phil, is in the works as we speak. > > > On Sep 18, 2004, at 5:14 PM, wrote: > >> 2. If you want to go into detail on TCM, " A Practical Dictionary of >> " (by Wiseman & Feng) is an essential book.IMO >> it is a masterpiece. It has the most comprehensive coverage of >> TCM terminology, herbs, formulas and AP points available between >> two covers! I only wish that it could be purchased as an interactive >> digital database! Better still, I wish that I could " beam it " into my >> brain and recall its material at will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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