so much for Kampo

[Guest guest]

One of my Japanese students asked me to help her with a formula for her mother

in Japan. My student has been making bottles of powder and sending them home.

 

Of course, I was a little surprised and asked why can't she get one of the MD's

to prescribe. She replied that the MD doctors are thought to be totally

undertrained, don't really know herbs or Chinese medicine and nobody trusts them

to prescribe.

Wow...

[Guest guest]

I don't think there's any argument that the Chinese are the kings of herbal

formula therapy.

There are a few things that are advantageous with kampo administrations:

1. classical formulations in granule form (with exact percentages and

concentrations of each herb ingredient listed on the label)... wish we had

this from the US companies.

2. often prescribed based on direct physical signs (abdominal hara reflexes

feedback).

Kumiko Shirai teaches fukushin (abdominal diagnosis for herbal formula

confirmation). This is a very useful and practical methodology, which can

confirm the pulse and symptom picture.

 

There are some good articles on www.honso.com

 

K

 

 

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:06 AM, wrote:

 

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>

> One of my Japanese students asked me to help her with a formula for her

> mother in Japan. My student has been making bottles of powder and sending

> them home.

>

> Of course, I was a little surprised and asked why can't she get one of the

> MD's to prescribe. She replied that the MD doctors are thought to be totally

> undertrained, don't really know herbs or Chinese medicine and nobody trusts

> them to prescribe.

> Wow...

>

>

>

 

 

 

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www.tcmreview.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Some people feel otherwise, but limiting herbal medicine to MD's in Japan was a

historically tragic decision. . .

 

 

On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:06 AM, wrote:

 

> One of my Japanese students asked me to help her with a formula for her mother

in Japan. My student has been making bottles of powder and sending them home.

>

> Of course, I was a little surprised and asked why can't she get one of the

MD's to prescribe. She replied that the MD doctors are thought to be totally

undertrained, don't really know herbs or Chinese medicine and nobody trusts them

to prescribe.

> Wow...

>

>

 

 

Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine

Pacific College of Oriental Medicine

San Diego, Ca. 92122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Of course I meant this restriction of only allowing MD's... not the idea of

Kampo.

Doug

 

, <zrosenbe wrote:

>

> Some people feel otherwise, but limiting herbal medicine to MD's in Japan was

a historically tragic decision. . .

>

>

> On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:06 AM, wrote:

>

> > One of my Japanese students asked me to help her with a formula for her

mother in Japan. My student has been making bottles of powder and sending them

home.

> >

> > Of course, I was a little surprised and asked why can't she get one of the

MD's to prescribe. She replied that the MD doctors are thought to be totally

undertrained, don't really know herbs or Chinese medicine and nobody trusts them

to prescribe.

> > Wow...

> >

> >

>

>

> Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine

> Pacific College of Oriental Medicine

> San Diego, Ca. 92122