liver dep fire vs liver fire now terminology

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Jim said:

> Let's use the dictionaries when they match the patient; but be open

> to new expressions in CM.

 

Jim,

 

Are you suggesting that we make up new terms, patterns, etc. to help explain

what we are seeing? If that is the case then I gather you are suggesting

that the patterns (as seen through the eyes of a TCM practitioner) in humans

are changing or our understanding of those patterns is changing. Is this

your belief? If it is, would you please elucidate your point. I find this

very interesting and would very much like to hear your explanation.

 

Respectfully,

thomas

 

> But it's not a matter of " too much precision " . The real issue is

> that there is more novelty and variety in our patients, than in our

> dictionaries. The typical diagnosis found in modern TCM journals and

> texts is highly simplified (IMO from, at least, the point of view of

> the pulses), and this can dovetail with the Western sensibility to

> reduce things to their basic elements rather than see things in

> context and as relationships.

> Jim Ramholz

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, " " wrote:

> Are you suggesting that we make up new terms, patterns, etc. to

help explain what we are seeing? If that is the case then I gather

you are suggesting that the patterns (as seen through the eyes of a

TCM practitioner) in humans are changing or our understanding of

those patterns is changing. Is this your belief? If it is, would you

please elucidate your point. I find this very interesting and would

very much like to hear your explanation. >>>

 

 

Thomas:

 

Yes, I'm saying that it is possible to do so; in part, because it is

an inevitable consequence of the collision of Chinese and Western

cultures. In my own pulse diagnosis system, based on using the

Chinese models of the Nan Jing and Mai Jing, we're able to see many

new patterns---as well as old, forgotten ones. It even incorporates

ideas from WM in a pulse framework because my teacher was expert in

both CM and WM.

 

I have written about it in, " Organs and Their Associated Pulses in

the Dong Han System. " My article can be downloaded from the Files

section of the forum.

 

 

Jim Ramholz