Guest guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 That one is free and is made by one of the contributors to the . How does one go about making an app? I've got tons of good ideas but very little tech. K On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:16 AM, < wrote: > > > Hi Doug & All, > > Is the Itouch / Iphone TCM Application the one at > http://tinyurl.com/cjd3bh ? > > It [ http://iphone.mindbodycures.com/#_home ] covers > * Channels of Acupuncture (with point details) > * Herbs and Medicinals (by action class) > * Formulas [not ready yet] > > The data are useful but minimal. Functionality also is minimal. There are > no search options, no syndrome definitions, no facility to search for > combined SSs, etc. > > That is understandable in a free system for hand-held, small screen > devices. It is a good start but needs great development before it would > replace the files of digital data collectors / addicts. > > Best regards, > > > > -- Turtle Island Integrative Health TCM Review director CA State Board Prep Courses www.tcmreview.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 This application looks great also. What you might not get from the web views here is the alphabet on the right that allows one to jump closer to the herb or formula you want. Or possibly cross reference categories on the bottom. The Ben Cao program I described has symptoms on the bottom row that you can jump too. These are very limited as computer tools. Yet about 100 pounds lighter than all the basic information they contain. For my students and myself there is the increased miniaturization and consolidation that tools like this involve. It's a two way street. For my case review class I have them bring their Dave Kouch's relatively new ADR, Acupuncture Desk Reference that seems to have replaced Lucky Dog's Pocket Manual. It fits in the lab coat and both are a quick reference. You see them being quickly thumbed through in the clinic. HB Kim's study book is a reference book for ALL the information in CAM and the Giovanni books as well as the western books. Its a big book but smaller and organized into bite-sized bits. Yet the other side of this is that I have to continually have my students write papers in complete sentences and not bullet points. I explain that bullet points (such as guides, Iphones, etc) have information but not Knowledge. The danger is of all guides, perhaps even the ancient ones, is that you get a narrow idea of the actions. One of the best examples of this is the update of the Formulas and Strategies. It is clearly a teaching text brought about by the collective authors' experience in the classroom's of modern Western TCM schools and away from being a translation of Chinese texts. We, as teachers, have always said that F and S was the best way to learn TCM and the new addition takes that up a dozen notches. For example, read the differences in the descriptions of Chai Hu Long Gu Mu Li Tang from the old and new books. Or, I taught Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin last week and when you read that this is a modern formula for the Western disease of high blood pressure the formula makes sense (where as before to me its TCM roots seemed a little shaky). So, perhaps like Phil, I am ambivalent about " tools " in the modern age. But wasn't the SHL a tool in this sense in its day as well? They are a convenience in their portability and one shouldn't be misled that distillation means crystallization. I am very appreciative to those who sits down and writes them. The Iphone - I touch apps are supposed to be easy to write, but only relatively easier in comparison if you are a computer programmer. They take a lot a lot of time to write and it isn't so easy for anyone. Doug , < wrote: > > Hi Doug & All, > > Is the Itouch / Iphone TCM Application the one at http://tinyurl.com/cjd3bh ? > > It [ http://iphone.mindbodycures.com/#_home ] covers > * Channels of Acupuncture (with point details) > * Herbs and Medicinals (by action class) > * Formulas [not ready yet] > > The data are useful but minimal. Functionality also is minimal. There are no search options, no syndrome definitions, no facility to search for combined SSs, etc. > > That is understandable in a free system for hand-held, small screen devices. It is a good start but needs great development before it would replace the files of digital data collectors / addicts. > > Best regards, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hi Doug & All, Is the Itouch / Iphone TCM Application the one at http://tinyurl.com/cjd3bh ? It [ http://iphone.mindbodycures.com/#_home ] covers * Channels of Acupuncture (with point details) * Herbs and Medicinals (by action class) * Formulas [not ready yet] The data are useful but minimal. Functionality also is minimal. There are no search options, no syndrome definitions, no facility to search for combined SSs, etc. That is understandable in a free system for hand-held, small screen devices. It is a good start but needs great development before it would replace the files of digital data collectors / addicts. Best regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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