Guest guest Posted November 13, 2001 Report Share Posted November 13, 2001 Hi,Karen, Before I figure out what is happened that ancient TCM doctors use TCM herbs,The ????? mark filled whole my brain,I question every herb and herbal formula and TCM approaches. I spend more then ten years to figure out what it is ..Now I only stand in front of TCM library.But,the knowledge I have is enough to make judge that TCM herbs use or formula is good(fit) or bad(not fit) the TCM diagnosis.They all got rigorous rules in TCM and TCM herbs. In the end of Qing -denasty,chinese got almost 100 years in inner war and culture revolution.People who can read ancient chinese language reduced day by day,therefore, chinese culture have been through huge impact during that period.ROC(Taiwan) stay in a small island for 50 years and we still keep very good old fasion chinese culture here very much.but,Young generation didn't pay too much attention on this.Now,we have attract their attention by provide what we alread have.Therefore,no matter TV programs or books or educations and some others all doing great effort to preserve chinese culture and TCM very much. > I was just teasing, since you (and others) are so > passionate about Chinese herbal medicine that I am reluctant to include information on western herbs or western medical understanding. I know what it is going on of TCM,therefore,I am not passionate about TCM(I think that Dr. Jason must have same felling,too).TCM is a real huge madicine system,not like dinosaurs in Jurassic park,Haa! > I am a trained western > herbalist and I use western herbs when they work, > but I try to work with a Chinese diagnosis and my best understanding of the energetics of western herbs. Do you know that we also use western herbs in China and Taiwan:peppermint,si-yan-sen...In the not far future,maybe we will try to turn western herbs in TCM thinking process,classify them by ancient TCM approach:the channels,enter Qi-fen,blood fen, taste,and so on. I didn't mention about the oil western herbs made in TCM approach.I believe in not far future, when we (or I)really get the whole picture what ancient TCM doctors think in TCM herbology ,we may apply the rules to classify what western herbs/oil can do in TCM.No problem at all.There are lot of herbs in TCM all came from western. > I appreciate your information on Chinese home > remedies. Thank you and you are always welcome.Western should try to understand us (Taiwan and Mainland) in clear glass,not frosted glass. This web site is my school web side,it provide few pictures of my school. www.fy.edu.tw We left not much behind western.(Taiwan) Sometimes,I am thinking that maybe I can took some pictures in digital camera to send pictures,(TCM in Taiwan,or kaohsiung area because I live here) to every one of you.but this will going to take a huge amoung of " k " in email address > We get training in the formal TCM medical prescriptions but are often totally unaware of > Chinese home remedies like eating pears for lung > yin. Both are needed. In Taiwan,we spent 7 years for medical school in formal education.Mainland 4-5 years for TCM training. Formal education can only provide the basic knowledge of TCM.TCM doctors have to read lots of TCM books and find good mentors after graduate if he intented to be a great and progressive TCM doctor. Because for chinese,Yao(TCM herbs)-shi(food)-tong-yuan. TCM herbs and food are all come from same original- nature.Therefore,we believe the prevention is much important then any thing in health.This idea also prevernt many madicine spending because we always eager to keep a healthy body,especially for aging people. Practice Tai-Chi every day and food threapy make aging people healthy,and they all willing to do so.Practice Tai-Chi or Qi-kun every moring in the park also got another great social function:aging people can meet their friends,not alone. When you standing in front of TCM library,you wll feel scary because books are so much,like knowledge ocean,and it seems can't finished the goal until the end of life.But,It is also joyful while you got new finding in TCM. Intergrate WM and TCM is the final goal in 21 century. PS,we eat chinese (Japan also got lots of them) pears like fruit daily consume.If we want to turn pear good for lung ,we will put some Tran( river,chinese words like ///)-be in the middle of chinese pears, add some rock(ice) candy,cooked in a steam pot for food threapy. Pears in western also good for taste in summer for reduce thirsty,but I think that the function for lung is not same type pears.I taste lots of it in 1999 summer in US.And we also can buy it here.Pears in US have to wait until soft.The green one is much batter for reduce thirsty,but taste not juicy like soft one. Jean ===== -------------------------------- < ¨C¤Ñ³£ ©_¼¯ > www..tw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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