Guest guest Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 Dear Ken and Z'ev and list... Z'ev,> There is no doubt that a concentration on language and terminology, > along with the core concepts of yin fire theory, would be at the core > of such a class. Ken:I know that you and I see eye toeye on this matter, but I suspectthat there are others who continueto hold the view that all we need to know is what we can find intranslations and that time spentbecoming familiar with the relationshipbetween Chinese thought and languageand Chinese medical theory is notworth the trouble, causes moreproblems than it's worth, and so on.When the seasons change, like nowin Beijing the autumn gives wayto winter, I like to pause andreflect on where we stand on variousfronts. I just wonder how many peoplestill devote themselves to theignorance of language. Marco: In a way this is what I am considering with regard to Traditional medicine and worked done on a "Macro" level, WHO and other "non" affiliated (hmm, a whole new thread but suffice to say that in the short term and definably in the long run TCM practitioners ought to be aware of their work and how it might impact the discipline - Oriental medicine) international bodies. How much evidence if any is there that they are considering Language and all that is "embedded" in lingustical aspects and its associations by interconnectness and hence clear evidence that they are taking the medical paradigms seriously. An interesting example of this is how different is CAOM and SAR approach to the publish document by WHO and therefore WHO´s position paper thus far. I do not consider this merely an rhetorical exercise since "we" (the various lists, practitioners, institutions clinics hospitals and so forth) as a grouping - conjunction of people can and somehow do influence (participate in any further outcome), in a way implicit ethics justify-urge: "to uphold and promote the highest standard of Chinese medicine, for patients and for future practitioners i.e. for future patients". For example: http://www.samkhya-ayurveda.org/main.asp - The Foundation for Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM) an interesting web site and links. The Foundation for Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM) will work with a number of Collaborating Centers. The objective of the Collaborating Centers is to do combined effect research in given areas of specialization. Scientific research is done using methods and techniques for diagnosis and assessment based on Ayurveda Medicine & Surgery (kAya chikitsa), Ayurveda Mind-Body Medicine (Sattva Ayurveda) and Allopathic Medicine. Guidelines for doing research are supplied by the World Health Organization. For further reading see the documentation in the Library / Reference section. Whether they are aware of your work and others and or of say the S.T.R.I.C.T.A. "approach" or SAR or Complexity and other unfolding in Chinese medicine, I do not know but it would be a potentially useful for such awareness. (will write a letter suggesting they read CAOM and SAR, hmm maybe not the SAR website its still rated as the most boring web site and as such less then realizing its potential and SAR objects in the first place). However in the long run it would be very useful if Traditional medicine per say have a fairly similar approach at least a initial wider inter-active discussion as to visibilisias the medical paradigm(s). As I am fairly sure that Chinese medicine in the west can learn from say Sidha, Unani, Tibetan medicine and so forth in terms of cultural acculturations and integration and so forth and visa versa. I am presuming that Who´s paper is a far cry from those that recognise (even as it means more work and obligations): > When you get down to the details of> what's involved in doing these, the> language issues constitute a considerable> barrier. If researchers don't understand> the terms and concepts, studies can hardly> be well designed. To quote you from an earlier letter... This presumptions might surprisingly but pleasantly change once I had a chance to say read STRICTA and WHO´S paper and relevant documents, which by the way is available on: http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/medicinalplants/assessdocs.shtml and http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/researchdocs.shtml Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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