classics

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Karen

 

I want to clarify one point. I am not suggesting that anyone learn to

read the classics in Chinese. Very few can do this or should even try;

even Bob Flaws cannot do this, as he will admit. However, ample

translations are now available and one thing I can say unequivocally is

that TCM was never meant to be practiced without their study. To merely

add a specialty on top of an already weak foundation merely exacerbates

the existing problem. People who learn this way end up broad, but not

deep.

 

Also, in order to make heads or tails from the translations, one must

have a decent knowledge of medical chinese. In addition, medical

chinese allows one to access modern chinese journal articles, which,

ironically, is the place to find the stuff you crave, such as

integration of modern and TCM theories and the impact of the modern diet

and environment.

 

I really don't see how anyone can defend a doctor NOT having access to

over 99% of the extant medical literature and NO peer reviewed journals.

I would not go to such a doctor myself.