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[Guest guest]

, " James Ramholz " <jramholz> wrote:

 

-including

> literature already in translation

 

I wonder what additional books we would need in translation for the master'

s program. It would be interesting to know what the required reading list

for TCM classes is at a chinese university. What exactly are we missing?

 

From the list below, it would seem we now have good translations and other

texts to cover the master's training in all areas (narrowly considering

the use of internal medicine for complaints other than musculoskeletal).

While this does not represent the limit of what one can learn about TCM,

the question is whether it represents an adequate foundation and if not,

what else do we need? part of this discussion has centered around the

inadequacy of the english language literature for even master's level's

studies in standard TCM. Arguably, the wider access one has to diverse

sources, the more one will learn. On the other hand, there is certain

core information everyone must learn in order to have basic competence.

We must use standard texts to impart this information and it doesn't

really matter what other texts say. I tell my students there are

differing opinions on various things, but ultimately one has to settle on

something. At the basic level,it is good to know there are options out

there, but also to know what is general consensus. I think one of the

values of modern TCM is that it is basically a summary of past experience,

a general consensus. It is not the last word, but supposedly a pretty

thorough summary.

 

Even if we had another slew of commentaries on the classics and reams of

case studies in english, I am not sure where in the master's program they

would go. some schools do not even intend to teach the classics at the

doctoral level, much less the master's. There is really no room for

anything else at the master's level and everything currently there is

arguably desirable. In addition, there are good arguments to be made for

beefing up the masters in many areas including the classics, but none of

it can fly. for those who think otherwise, send me a model curriculum and

show me how it can be done in a 3200 hour program that meets CA standards

for western sciences. All of this can only happen at the doctoral level.

Someday this may be entry level in CA and then everyone will be satisfied.

 

Standard Materia Medica (bensky, flaws, wiseman, xu and wang, pao zhi, dui

yao, jiao shu-de-just released)

Standard Formulary (bensky, flaws)

Basic theory text : Fundamentals of CM

Point location: Fundamentals of CA

Point function: FCA

Classics (Shang han lun, wen bing, nan-jing, mai jing, jia yi jing, li shi

zhen, shen nong ben cao, dan xi xin fa, pi wei lun, hua to, nei

jing-non-wiseman, qin bo wei, clavey, others from blue poppy)

Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Gynecology, Modern diseases, psychiatry

(sionneau, flaws, wu, maciocia, dozens of others from blue poppy, shanghai

text-ACT)

Dietary Therapy (peck, flaws, lu)

Diagnosis (kirschbaum, ergil, flaws)

Terminology (Practical Dictionary)

 

 

Chinese Herbs

 

 

" Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre

minds " -- Albert Einstein

[Guest guest]

 

 

What exactly are we missing?

 

 

I've just posted a reply to this on

the ChineseMedicine.net list. It's

rather lengthy, and as I understand

the emphasis of the lists, it's more

well suited for that forum than this

one.

 

I just wanted to let anyone who's

on this list and not on that one

know that my response can be found

there.

 

Ken

[Guest guest]

> Dietary Therapy (peck, flaws, lu)

 

 

What is the 'peck' book? any comments on it?

 

-JAson