AW: Current herbal practice in China

[Guest guest]

Thanks Ken

 

Actually, I am not referring to the Korean pouches. I am referring to the dried extracts which are packaged in very small envelopes, 5-10 g (corresponding to 30-50g of raw herbs. These little bags can then be mixed together. It is similar to the Taiwanese granules except that the Chinese variety does not contain starch. This means, they have to be individually wrapped. If you leave them exposed to air, they become hard in less than a day.

 

It is not a big argument; it is just that he represents these type of granules here in Switzerland and makes the government believe that this is the method used all over China. I have said many times that this does not seem correct to me. Before I now say that this is definitely not right, I wanted to check with you. So thanks to you and all others who have contributed a comment or two.

Sincerely,

Simon

 

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----Von: dragon90405 [yulong]Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. April 2003 14:28An: Betreff: Re: Current herbal practice in ChinaSimon,The operant word in your argument is"predominant". If I understand the typeof doses you are referring to, i.e., theones made in Korean-made pressure cookersthat are then packaged in plastic hermeticallysealed bags (which are generally dividedinto two bags per daily dose), then Ican tell you that these kinds of administrationsare increasingly popular in larger, morewell-equipped Chinese hospitals offeringtraditional Chinese herbal medicines.Are they predominant? I've not way of knowing.I presume that by far the predominant dosageform remains bulk raw herb formulas thatare prepared in the traditional ways athome by the patients or their families.But again, I've just got no idea of howto even begin to go about determiningthe extent of each type. Remember that90% of the Chinese population remainsin the countryside, and I can more orless guarantee that these folks haveno access to anything but the traditionalmethods.Why don't you guys just slug it out?That's often the best way to settle sucharguments.Why in the world are you arguing aboutthis anyway?KenChinese 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.