Guest guest Posted February 24, 2002 Report Share Posted February 24, 2002 All, I've been giving some thought to CM herbal styles. Do members of this list find that after a period practice, your herbal prescriptions are more influenced by one school of thought over others? In other words, as an example, do you find that your thought process is more inclined to decipher a particular pattern of disharmony following the rational/logic behind Li Dong-yuan's prescriptions? Or do you find that a more ecletic style to be the norm among Western practitioners? What about in Asia? We know this to be true in other CM aspects such as pulse reading, acupuncture, massage, and in disciplines such as martial arts, poetry, music, etc. What do you think? Thanks, Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2002 Report Share Posted February 24, 2002 Fernando, It appears that we attract certain kinds of patients according to our own temperment, style and training, and that is certainly true for myself. I find myself using mostly a Li-Zhu medicine approach to prescriptions, , as I treat a lot of patients with chronic disorders and spleen/stomach damage. I also use SHL prescription families such as xiao chai hu tang and ban xia xie xin tang, and warm disease prescriptions when necessary. On Sunday, February 24, 2002, at 06:41 AM, fbernall wrote: > All, > > I've been giving some thought to CM herbal styles. Do members of this > list find that after a period practice, your herbal prescriptions are > more influenced by one school of thought over others? > > In other words, as an example, do you find that your thought process > is more inclined to decipher a particular pattern of disharmony > following the rational/logic behind Li Dong-yuan's prescriptions? Or > do you find that a more ecletic style to be the norm among Western > practitioners? What about in Asia? > > We know this to be true in other CM aspects such as pulse reading, > acupuncture, massage, and in disciplines such as martial arts, poetry, > music, etc. What do you think? > > Thanks, > > Fernando > > > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed > healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate > academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety > of professional services, including board approved online continuing > education. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2002 Report Share Posted February 25, 2002 Z'ev, Thanks for the input. It does seem to work that way. I've often wonder which came first, the patients with s/s that leads us to a particular school of thought or the training that in turn attracts a certain kind of patient. Thanks again, Fernando , " " <zrosenbe@s...> wrote: > Fernando, > It appears that we attract certain kinds of patients according to our > own temperment, style and training, and that is certainly true for > myself. I find myself using mostly a Li-Zhu medicine approach to > prescriptions, , as I treat a lot of patients with chronic disorders and > spleen/stomach damage. I also use SHL prescription families such as > xiao chai hu tang and ban xia xie xin tang, and warm disease > prescriptions when necessary. > > > > > On Sunday, February 24, 2002, at 06:41 AM, fbernall wrote: > > > All, > > > > I've been giving some thought to CM herbal styles. Do members of this > > list find that after a period practice, your herbal prescriptions are > > more influenced by one school of thought over others? > > > > In other words, as an example, do you find that your thought process > > is more inclined to decipher a particular pattern of disharmony > > following the rational/logic behind Li Dong-yuan's prescriptions? Or > > do you find that a more ecletic style to be the norm among Western > > practitioners? What about in Asia? > > > > We know this to be true in other CM aspects such as pulse reading, > > acupuncture, massage, and in disciplines such as martial arts, poetry, > > music, etc. What do you think? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Fernando > > > > > > > > > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed > > healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate > > academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety > > of professional services, including board approved online continuing > > education. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2002 Report Share Posted February 25, 2002 Fernando, Z'ev, and All, > Thanks for the input. It does seem to work that way. I've often wonder > which came first, the patients with s/s that leads us to a particular > school of thought or the training that in turn attracts a certain kind > of patient. I find this to be a strong argument in favor of developing greater access to the literature. If students are encouraged to read a variety of approaches, as reflected in the literature, they have a better chance of finding and synthesizing an approach that will match both their own predilections and the characteristics they encounter in their patients. Without such access, individuals are left at the mercy of one or more orthodoxies, which curiously claim to be based upon the classics in some way, shape, or form that is often not quite so clear when you search out its particulars. Whatever traditional Chinese medicine is, it is eclectic. An aggregation of many schools of thought, it presents students and practitioners with so wide a variety of options that choosing those to include is a challenge in and of itself. The general response to this challenge to date has been to ignore the bulk of this literature and therefore severly limit the options of today's students. Most individuals who purvey this or that system tend to focus rather narrowly on one particular aspect of the classical literature. This, of course, is only natural as no one could possibly master all of it. Various trends have emerged over the centuries and we talk about this, that and the other school. But in the clinic one sees individuals. I believe that everyone in the field should be aware of the panoramic view as well as the more tightly focused ones that abound in various quarters...especially students who have yet to develop a clear sense of their personal approaches. I think this approach, coupled with strong clinical instruction that demonstrates and establishes competence in students' capacity to integrate their theoretical knowledge into clinical realities, best suits the needs of students. Again, as Will pointed out the other day, if students demand it, it will be delivered. Students who are intelligent enough to think the thought through can easily see that those who are best prepared by their education stand the best chance of succeeding in practice. And as the numbers continue to grow and both students and schools become more selective and more discerning in their selections, people will ask the obvious question, " Why settle for less? " I see this happening already, a very hopeful sign. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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