Ayurveda-- & medicines of the future

[Guest guest]

Chinese Medicine , Yangchu Higgins <ycmgh

wrote:

>

" In many circles the search for " orgins " is considered a blind alley...

Medicine like language changes constantly, taking on a life of its own, relevant

to the particularities of its context. "

 

 

Yet it is the future which may be more intriguing for adherents of any

traditional medicine, in the face of allopathy's current dominance, and the fact

that we humans literally and figuratively cross-fertilize with each other.

 

In 200 years - assuming we continue to migrate, integrate and comunicate at

blistering speeds - how do we imagine our medical models will be? What will they

be called? Who will practice them?

 

Will being custodians of 'origins' and the 'past' help to maintain the coherence

of CM - and other traditional healing systems - or will the sweet young things

of the future become ever more dismissive of the past, and ancient histories?

 

Margi Macdonald

[Guest guest]

Hi Margi:

 

Can't see how being dismissive of the past can lead to good things. Standing on

the shoulders of giants...

 

Without knowing our origins we will become watered down. If the past isn't

important, then only the now and the future are, and we end up enmeshed, once

again, in our modern myth of 'progress'.

 

Hugo

 

 

________________________________

Hugo Ramiro

http://middlemedicine.wordpress.com

http://www.middlemedicine.org

 

 

 

 

 

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margi.macdonald <margi.macdonald

Chinese Medicine

Thursday, 17 September, 2009 8:45:20

Re: Ayurveda-- & medicines of the future

 

 

Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine , Yangchu Higgins

<ycmgh wrote:

>

" In many circles the search for " orgins " is considered a blind alley...

Medicine like language changes constantly, taking on a life of its own, relevant

to the particularities of its context. "

 

Yet it is the future which may be more intriguing for adherents of any

traditional medicine, in the face of allopathy's current dominance, and the fact

that we humans literally and figuratively cross-fertilize with each other.

 

In 200 years - assuming we continue to migrate, integrate and comunicate at

blistering speeds - how do we imagine our medical models will be? What will they

be called? Who will practice them?

 

Will being custodians of 'origins' and the 'past' help to maintain the coherence

of CM - and other traditional healing systems - or will the sweet young things

of the future become ever more dismissive of the past, and ancient histories?

 

Margi Macdonald

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Well said, Hugo!

 

 

 

 

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Hugo Ramiro <subincor

Chinese Medicine

Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:06:07 PM

Re: Re: Ayurveda-- & medicines of the future

 

 

Hi Margi:

 

Can't see how being dismissive of the past can lead to good things. Standing on

the shoulders of giants...

 

Without knowing our origins we will become watered down. If the past isn't

important, then only the now and the future are, and we end up enmeshed, once

again, in our modern myth of 'progress'.

 

Hugo

 

____________ _________ _________ __

Hugo Ramiro

http://middlemedici ne.wordpress. com

http://www.middlemedicine.org

 

____________ _________ _________ __

margi.macdonald <margi.macdonald@ gmail.com>

 

Thursday, 17 September, 2009 8:45:20

Re: Ayurveda-- & medicines of the future

 

Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine , Yangchu Higgins

<ycmgh wrote:

>

" In many circles the search for " orgins " is considered a blind alley...

Medicine like language changes constantly, taking on a life of its own, relevant

to the particularities of its context. "

 

Yet it is the future which may be more intriguing for adherents of any

traditional medicine, in the face of allopathy's current dominance, and the fact

that we humans literally and figuratively cross-fertilize with each other.

 

In 200 years - assuming we continue to migrate, integrate and comunicate at

blistering speeds - how do we imagine our medical models will be? What will they

be called? Who will practice them?

 

Will being custodians of 'origins' and the 'past' help to maintain the coherence

of CM - and other traditional healing systems - or will the sweet young things

of the future become ever more dismissive of the past, and ancient histories?

 

Margi Macdonald

 

Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.