Guest guest Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 I was wondering if anyone has had a chance to thoroughly go through both the new Chen and new Bensky Formula Books and offer some substantive comments on relative differences, strengths and weaknesses, etc. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Daniel, The Chen book is good for pharmacological info and drug interaction material, and the Scheid/Ellis/Bensky text is ideal for the commentaries and historical perspective on the formulas. I find this a lot more interesting in general and use it as a required class text at PCOM, as I like Talmudic discourse in medicine as a superior way of learning rather than the merely didactic. I use the Chen text as a reference. A third fang ji xue/formula text is in the works by Nigel Wiseman and Eric Brand. I assume it will be similar to their new " Concise Chinese Materia Medica " , which means expert translation with glossary, explanation of concepts and clear delivery of material. On Mar 19, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Daniel Schulman wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has had a chance to thoroughly go through > both the new Chen and new Bensky Formula Books and offer some > substantive comments on relative differences, strengths and > weaknesses, etc. > Daniel > > Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine Pacific College of Oriental Medicine San Diego, Ca. 92122 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Thanks Z'ev - that makes sense with how the Materia Medicas compared - guess a complete library would have both since they address such different aspects! D Chinese Medicine , <zrosenbe wrote: > > Daniel, > The Chen book is good for pharmacological info and drug > interaction material, and the Scheid/Ellis/Bensky text is ideal for > the commentaries and historical perspective on the formulas. I find > this a lot more interesting in general and use it as a required class > text at PCOM, as I like Talmudic discourse in medicine as a superior > way of learning rather than the merely didactic. I use the Chen text > as a reference. > > A third fang ji xue/formula text is in the works by Nigel Wiseman > and Eric Brand. I assume it will be similar to their new " Concise > Chinese Materia Medica " , which means expert translation with glossary, > explanation of concepts and clear delivery of material. > > > On Mar 19, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Daniel Schulman wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone has had a chance to thoroughly go through > > both the new Chen and new Bensky Formula Books and offer some > > substantive comments on relative differences, strengths and > > weaknesses, etc. > > Daniel > > > > > > > Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine > Pacific College of Oriental Medicine > San Diego, Ca. 92122 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 The best thing about the Chen materia medica is how organized it is. The formulas book is layed out the same way. So, yes.. it's best as a reference text. The appendices are very valuable for working with biomedical diseases and symptomatology. I like to read the Bensky MM like a book, as it's more fun just to read over and over again, echoing Z'ev's comments. K On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Daniel Schulman <daniel.schulmanwrote: > Thanks Z'ev - that makes sense with how the Materia Medicas compared - > guess a complete library would have both since they address such different > aspects! > D > > > --- In Chinese Medicine <Chinese Medicine%40yaho\ ogroups.com>, > <zrosenbe wrote: > > > > Daniel, > > The Chen book is good for pharmacological info and drug > > interaction material, and the Scheid/Ellis/Bensky text is ideal for > > the commentaries and historical perspective on the formulas. I find > > this a lot more interesting in general and use it as a required class > > text at PCOM, as I like Talmudic discourse in medicine as a superior > > way of learning rather than the merely didactic. I use the Chen text > > as a reference. > > > > A third fang ji xue/formula text is in the works by Nigel Wiseman > > and Eric Brand. I assume it will be similar to their new " Concise > > Chinese Materia Medica " , which means expert translation with glossary, > > explanation of concepts and clear delivery of material. > > > > > > On Mar 19, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Daniel Schulman wrote: > > > > > I was wondering if anyone has had a chance to thoroughly go through > > > both the new Chen and new Bensky Formula Books and offer some > > > substantive comments on relative differences, strengths and > > > weaknesses, etc. > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > > > Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine > > Pacific College of Oriental Medicine > > San Diego, Ca. 92122 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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