Guest guest Posted March 16, 2005 Report Posted March 16, 2005 Hobbs wrote a very nice little book that I happen to have, " Foundations of Health, The Liver & Digestive Herbal " , isbn 0-9618470-8-5, published back in '92. Though written for laypeople, it presents background info on digestion according to modern Western anatomy and physiology and TCM, natural integrative therapies (many of them naturopathic--he is a student of Bernard Jenson), and a short materia medica with 25 or so TCM and western herbs. It's folksy, yet informative and I like the way he integrates different approaches, but focuses specifically on digestive health. Yehuda On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:29:25 -0000 " Bob Flaws " <pemachophel2001 writes: > > > " In addition to the addition of Western herbs, " > > Gotta remember, Christopher Hobbs was a famous Western herbalist who > only fairly recently became an acupuncturist/practitioner of Chinese > medicine. Since I don't know anything that he's published > specifically > on Chinese medicine, we don't known the depth or quality of his > knowledge. Having met him, he does seem like a very smart > individual. > > Bob > Quote
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2005 Report Posted March 16, 2005 He's also written an excellent book on medicinal mushrooms. I agree with Bob, I've met Christopher and he is a great guy. I just don't think we should be giving mixtures of western and chinese herbs to patients without a lot of testing and trials by TCM practitioners. On Mar 16, 2005, at 7:03 PM, Yehuda L Frischman wrote: > > Hobbs wrote a very nice little book that I happen to have, " Foundations > of Health, The Liver & Digestive Herbal " , isbn 0-9618470-8-5, published > back in '92. Though written for laypeople, it presents background info > on digestion according to modern Western anatomy and physiology and > TCM, > natural integrative therapies (many of them naturopathic--he is a > student > of Bernard Jenson), and a short materia medica with 25 or so TCM and > western herbs. It's folksy, yet informative and I like the way he > integrates different approaches, but focuses specifically on digestive > health. > > Yehuda > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:29:25 -0000 " Bob Flaws " > <pemachophel2001 writes: >> >> >> " In addition to the addition of Western herbs, " >> >> Gotta remember, Christopher Hobbs was a famous Western herbalist who >> only fairly recently became an acupuncturist/practitioner of Chinese >> medicine. Since I don't know anything that he's published >> specifically >> on Chinese medicine, we don't known the depth or quality of his >> knowledge. Having met him, he does seem like a very smart >> individual. >> >> Bob >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Quote
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