Statistical Classification of Chinese Medicine Symptoms and Dise

[Guest guest]

" Is it not true that their culture is so different from ours

(totalitarianism, state enforced atheism, etc.) that we may actually

be significantly advancing the medicine in our own cultural context

beyond what the Chinese are even capable of in their cultural context? "

 

What? The US is easily as or more totalitarian than China and a far more

destructive system as far as the health of the planet is concerned (war, plunder

and environmental devastation [including outsourced polluting factories and

garbage shipped to China, etc.]).

There is freedom of religion in China unless it is a religion that seeks to

overthrow the government (Buddhism, including Tibetan, is OK), for example,

Falun Gong.

Chinese medicine emergent from the Chinese culture and that culture still

exists, especially in the TCM aspects, and is constantly being refined and

developed through practice and research as well as in depth understanding of a

wealth of historical materials.

 

" Isn't it reasonable that practitioners who've practiced here 20-30

years would be so in touch with the heart of the medicine that their

understanding of it, in the most significant ways, would in no way be

limited by lack of access to Chinese literature or teachers? "

 

Practitioners with 50 or more years experience in China just might have touched

that same heart. Not that your experience is any less valuable, but having

access to translated material seems to be a valuable tool for most practitioners

to enhance their understanding and ability.

 

" Is China, at

this point in history the true source of the medicine? Or has

something changed? "

 

It is the true source of Chinese medicine. With no translations, none of us

would even be practicing Chinese medicine.

Of course, we all have a chance to incorporate our own experiences and insights

and yours are definitely extraordinary and wonderful. There have been many

schools of thought in Chinese medicine and there continue to be new developments

and ways of expressing our understanding of this medicine, e.g.,

Jeffrey Yuen (who certainly works from " the source " ).

 

Freedom of insight is inherent in a culture that spawned Daoism and embraced

Buddhism as well as Qi Gong, Tai Ji. The Scholar Tradition is a major factor in

developing and deepening understanding the medicine. Good translations are

important (or you wouldn't have been able to write your book using point names

to express your insights).

The western culture has given us the deep wisdom found in entheogens. Perhaps

this is what you are referring to?

 

David

 

By the way, no matter what you write, we all are enjoying hearing from you and

having a chance to argue constructively (?)