Guest guest Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 , " " <@e...> wrote: > > With AA being a confirmed toxin, it is important to use medicinals > with zero to low levels of AA. But how can we be sure? This is why Andy Ellis at springwind has devoted his company to identifying all chinese medicinals they sell by the latin botanical name. Using shorthand latin pharmaceutical (plant part and genus only) or chinese characters or pinyin are all error-prone methods. the same chinese characters may be used for two species, one which is toxic and the other safe. Or the latin pharmaceutical does not often specify species, just genus, which also leaves room for error. the entire latin botanical is precise. It always refers to one plant and one plant only. so while we may not be sure what it means that product is guaranteed to be mu tong or fang ji. We can be sure that if product is guaranteed to be akebiae trifoliatae or stephania tetandra, respectively, then you know you are safe. It is is really vital that we know the chinese names to communicate with our esteemed teaqchers, the plant parts so we can properly identify our herbs and actual latin names to guarantee safety to our patients. Chinese Herbs " Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds " -- Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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