Internet herb store: dit dat jow's

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This issue came up recently on one of the martial arts forums. It

would appear that martial artists who would like to prepare their own

Die Da Wan honey pills for use for acute injury find it difficult to

get the formula due to the presence of ma haung. As some are typicaly

from small towns in the mid-West, it's hard to find an herbalist who

could prescribe for them, so their options are to turn to patents

that are generally not as effective and/or actually not as safe to

use as raw herbs in the first place.

 

Since these are people who (a) understand that they are using a

specific formula for a specific purpose over a short period of time,

(b) understand the contra-indications and side-effects associated

with ma huang, © are NOT using the formula for such foolish

purposes as weight-loss or to get more " energy, " and (d) are NOT

buying hundreds of pounds of Die Da Wan so that they can somehow

extract the ephedrine in the formula in a mid-West amphedamine lab:

it seems unfair that they are penalized for being such small fish in

a very large pond.

 

Best,

 

Steve Lamade

 

one of these martial artists searching for herbs for shaolin dit dat jows

found his way to me, via the internet. he's in TN, and i'm in WNC, but he

was happy to come in to see me for an herbal consult. her brought the px's

with him that he wanted filled. he was legit, and i felt comfortable, and

so filled the px's for him. i actually went to great lengths to find

obscure herbs that i don't carry in my pharm so to preserve the integrity of

the px's.

 

an illustration of a way that we can work with the folks and still remaining

guardians of the chinese herbal tradition.

 

kb

 

 

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