Guest guest Posted July 25, 2000 Report Share Posted July 25, 2000 on 7/26/00 3:19 AM, Phosphor at phosphor wrote: TCM as usually taught presents an artificially homogenous herbal theory, eliminating a lot of the nuances of herbal knowledge available in ancient taoist teachings - especially in relation to influence of spirit on soma. That's a summary of some stuff I've been reading. Is it a fair comment? Andrew What is the stuff you are reading? Certainly, you should have a look at Shen nong ben cao/Divine Farmer's Materia Medica for alternative information on medicinals.. .and the Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicinals (only in Chinese) has a lot of additional information on medicinals. However, the categories, and order of medicinals in materia medica through the ages is pretty standard, even if some of the information has been edited down. Certainly, we need more of the taoist perspective around. . . .but it doesn't negate what is listed in modern TCM texts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2000 Report Share Posted July 26, 2000 TCM as usually taught presents an artificially homogenous herbal theory, eliminating a lot of the nuances of herbal knowledge available in ancient taoist teachings - especially in relation to influence of spirit on soma. That's a summary of some stuff I've been reading. Is it a fair comment? Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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