Guest guest Posted September 19, 2002 Report Share Posted September 19, 2002 > What I saw at the Beijing hospital last spring was pretty much like what goes on in America. Patients with big problems were willing to take raw herbs, a lot of people with smaller problems only wanted pills and the doctors rolled their eyes and said OK. By the way, the hospital used the Korean herb baggie machines alot to precook the formulas for a not so small price (50 cents a bag). It seemed like a third of the out-patients got their herbs this way. All the in-house hospital formulas at the China Japan Friendship hospital were prepared this way. doug > what is elitist about it. perhaps you mean arrogant. SionneAu > reflects the dominant practice of TCM worldwide, which is the > use of decoctions or their equivalents (such as powders and > high potency extracts). He is dismissing the use of patent > medicines made from ground raw herbs and simple tinctures. > As long as one candeliver an effective dose, Mr. Sionneau would > be satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 , wrote: > > > > What I saw at the Beijing hospital last spring was pretty much like what goes on in America. Patients with big problems were willing to take raw herbs, a lot of people with smaller problems only wanted pills and the doctors rolled their eyes and said OK. It is the fact that they rolled their eyes that says more to me than that they prescribed pills. Like most chinese docs, they apparently don't think the pills do much, but they know there is a decent chance the patient will respond anyway. We must never forget that most diseases are self-limited. While most people eventually die of a chronic illness, most of the complaints people go to the doctor for over the course of their life would have gone away by themselves (such as nightsweats and hot flahes in most cases -- less than 20% of women have prolonged debilitating perimenopause sx). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Todd what do you think about historical records of small dosages. Many of the so called great masters have used small dosages alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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