1. article calls for pharmaceutical naming of Chinese herbs (Curing Pill)

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At 06:22 AM 8/3/2006, " miracles28 " <jellyphish

wrote:

>... " Curing pills " ... an imitator,....

>Does anyone on list know why the " Curing pills " were renamed " Culing

>pills " ? A fellow practitioner said it was the FDA's enforcement of a

>law stating that a company can't claim a cure on their package, i'm

>curious if that is indeed the case.

 

Another possibility is simple the oft encountered errors Chinese make

with English/European grammar and spelling. One might think an

" imitation " could copy a name correctly, but the fact is that

attention to detail means different things to Chinese and to

Westerners. As we know well in pronunciation -- subtle differences in

tone or other aspects of pronunciation when a Westerner (e.g. myself

with my wife or her family) trys to speak Chinese can be far more

significant than they may seem, relative to the kinds of differences

we are accustomed to discerning in communicating with English, or

European languages in general. Also, among Chinese dialects, or even

within a single dialect, multiple pronunciations are found, i.e. the

differences are not, to them, significant. E.g. " ren " (human)

sometimes begins with an " r " sound, sometimes a " zh " sound; and " b "

and " p " are widely and freely interchangeable - Beijing/Peiking. " R "

and " L " are also in some contexts not significantly different.

 

As to the " Curing Pills " , there are domestically produced forms (in

the USA, at least), e.g. " Quiet Digestion " from Health Concerns,

which employs GMP standards. They (HC) also have a variant ( " Chzyme " )

with 50% CuringPill formula and 50% digestive enzymes. Not doubt

other major domestic (again, USA) suppliers will have versions, with

which one can count on consistency and genuiness.