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There have been a number of references to different materia medicas on the list. What is the most comprehensive materia medica in english? Is it Hong-yen Hsu's Oriental Materia Medica? And in Chinese?

Also on this theme, has anyone gotten a pre-publication peak at the new 10 LEctures by Jiao Shu-De translated by mitchell and ergil? If so is it worth pre-ordering?

 

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Jiao Shu-de's text is definitely worth pre-ordering. It should be out

very soon.

 

All the English materia medicas are about the same, in terms of amount

of herbs and information. Hong-yen Hsu's has some additional, unusual

medicinals but much of the pharmacological info is out of date. The

Zhong yao da ci dian, with about 5000 medicinals, is far more

comprehensive than anything in English.

 

 

On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 11:48 AM, Rich Blitstein wrote:

 

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> There have been a number of references to different materia medicas on

> the list.  What is the most comprehensive materia medica in english? 

> Is it Hong-yen Hsu's Oriental Materia Medica? And in Chinese?

> Also on this theme, has anyone gotten a pre-publication peak at the

> new 10 LEctures by Jiao Shu-De translated by mitchell and ergil?  If

> so is it worth pre-ordering?

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> 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.

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ditto. bensky is still the best, but I like wang and xu. Hsu is the only =

place to

find a lot of obscure herbs in english. you definitely need a copy. It is m=

y

understanding that most of the herbs in zhong yao da ci dian are in very

limited use, if at all. So it is not like we are really missing out on tho=

usands of

herbs, but it also has much more info on the ones we use all the time (25

pages on chai hu, I think). Most people rely on less 200 herbs in daily

practice.

 

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zrosenbe@s...> wrote:

> Jiao Shu-de's text is definitely worth pre-ordering. It should be out

> very soon.

>

> All the English materia medicas are about the same, in terms of amount

> of herbs and information. Hong-yen Hsu's has some additional, unusual

> medicinals but much of the pharmacological info is out of date. The

> Zhong yao da ci dian, with about 5000 medicinals, is far more

> comprehensive than anything in English.

>

>

> On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 11:48 AM, Rich Blitstein wrote:

>

> >  

> >

> > There have been a number of references to different materia medicas on =

 

> > the list.  What is the most comprehensive materia medica in english? 

> > Is it Hong-yen Hsu's Oriental Materia Medica? And in Chinese?

> > Also on this theme, has anyone gotten a pre-publication peak at the

> > new 10 LEctures by Jiao Shu-De translated by mitchell and ergil?  If

> > so is it worth pre-ordering?

> >  

> >

> >

> > 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.

> >

> >

> >

> >

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25 pages on Chai Hu? Sign me up! Where can I get this book, and what is its

exact name and author?

 

Julie

 

 

herbs, but it also has much more info on the ones we use all the time (25

pages on chai hu, I think). Most people rely on less 200 herbs in daily

practice.

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> Most people rely on less 200 herbs in daily

> practice.

 

In a clinic seeing more than four hundred patients a week with several senior

practitioners prescribing, the rapid reorder group of herbs is less than one

hundred.

 

Will

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I can check w/China Herb's manager, but offhand, I agree w/ Will. Bai Shao, by far, is our fastest mover. BTW- we are really having a hard time getting Shu Yang Chuan- which I rely on a lot. does anyone have any leads?

--

Cara O. Frank, R.Ac

herbbabe

China Herb Company

 

 

WMorris116

 

Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:44:22 -0500

 

Re: Re: materia medica

 

 

 

> Most people rely on less 200 herbs in daily

> practice.

 

In a clinic seeing more than four hundred patients a week with several senior practitioners prescribing, the rapid reorder group of herbs is less than one hundred.

 

Will

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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In a clinic seeing more than four hundred patients a week with several senior practitioners prescribing, the rapid reorder group of herbs is less than one hundred.>>>I hope they are not mostly tonics,are they?

alon

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