Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 22. Re: herbly (what does this mean?) "" <zrosenbe ______________________ ______________________ In response to this thread about 5E and herb teaching, until recently the TAI program was shaped by Ted Kaptchuk, so it is the unique way he wove this approach into the teaching. He also liked to blast away at 5E (or more properly, its institutions) whenever the opportunity presented itself. The approach was not functionally 5 phase, but more 8P, as Anne says. I studied while Kaptchuk was there. It was good and seldom boring except for the memorization, but I can now see plenty more that I would have liked to have received from my training. Frances Frances Gander, L.Ac. Three Treasures Health Center Sykesville, MD > > > I think that it was also done at Tai in Maryland - until recently, the two > programs had the same Dean. Because it is a Five Element school teaching > herbs, herbs are taught in an 8P format, but with a focus on constitutional > application. Formulas and herbs are taught by element at first. So they start > with Earth, and what patterns earth tends to produce. ie- Sp qi xu, Sp yang > xu, Damp, Food Stagnation... Formulas are presented for each formula. ie- the > first formulas is Si Jun Zi Tang. Each herb is presented individually - this > is what Ren Shen does, this is what Bai Zhu does,... then the formula is > covered as a group - this is how they work together. Each condition, formula > and herb are discussed in terms of overall 8P, Zang/Fu patterns, and in terms > of physical and psychospiritual symptomatology / states. Formulas and herbs > are not presented separately. For me, it is a better way to present the > material. It becomes easier to look at new formulas and break them down, and > consider additions. > With Five Element diagnosis, we then look at the constitution of a patient, > their Zang/Fu 8P pattern, and choose formulas with additions and subtractions > that fit. Formulas tend to be more constitutionally based overall. > -Anne > Attachment: vcard [not shown] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 Like what, specifically, would you like to have learned that was missing for you? Cara but I can now see plenty more that I would have liked to have received from my training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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