Guest guest Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 First, I want to remind you and everyone that there are many plants out there and just because we may not have easy access to Chinese plants doesn't mean we can't practice Chinese medicine. In fact, let them do it. >>>>One thing that people should also consider when quickly rejecting " Homeopathic " preparations in LAc scope of practice is that they will always be available and FDA approved as MEDICINES and not just nutritional supplements. If we loose our pharmacopea we would at least still have excess to botanicals. And if we use low potency remedies then we have excess to real physical extracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Both homeopatics and herbs seem to me to be working BETTER if we prepare then ourselves. There are plenty of herbs here in the west, and may be western herbs really work BETTER in western men than eastern herbs???!!! >>>>>>>Are This will not solve the legal problems in US. Homeopathic perpetration are licensed in the US and the FDA cannot touch them. I am talking about practicality of excess to botanicals. I would just like to see the Acup profession in the US protected in the worst case scenario. Hopefully we will always have excess and this will not become an issue. Better safe than sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 If recent trends in politics (ignore the masses) continue then we will begin to lose our pharmacy. This should be a concern for all of us. As for growing our own, that is a great idea but few of us have the time, land or know-how to pull it off. Additionally, the seed sources you mention could be taken away and then we would be stuck. There is a pattern here of more and more loss of our tools (pinellia/ban xia being a biggee). There tends to be an air of fear that holds us paralyzed to getting involved politically. I am not sure why we do not want to make it better for ourselves. I have never seen this before with other groups. If we only keep focus on our own little selves we will not help our profession to grow and prosper. Then again, that seems to be what some want. Mike W. Bowser, L Ac > > > > Oh no, there taking my herbs away! >Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:12:15 -0800 (PST) > > >Mike, > >First, I want to remind you and everyone that there are many plants out >there and just because we may not have easy access to Chinese plants >doesn't mean we can't practice Chinese medicine. In fact, let them do it. >Let's see how the public responds. I, for one, will be quite comfortable in >my practice and in fact I would likely personally profit for such a >circumstance. There are many seeds available for many of the plants you use >in Chinese herbology and more and more every year. > >So have no fear, there will always be plants to use as medicine and there >will always be people to teach others how to use those plants. > > >P.S. Perhaps such a sinario would weed out those students some of you have >been complaining about who are just looking for a job and are not moved by >a calling. > > >I understand what you are saying but would add that while you are >worried >about having to become licensed your access to herbs is about to be >cut-off. > There will not be any need for you or the herbal profession of which >you >speak as it will no longer exist. Our current times have created a >completely disfunctional political leadership that does not care about >your >rights as citizens. This group in power does not follow the laws as is >evident by the usage of federal funds to take out ads to convince the >people >that " no child left behind " is a great program or that social security >is in >such dire straits that we need to scrap it. Do you see my point? Laws >are >being manipulated, circumvented (FDA supplements act) or ignored. >Until we >deal with this at a political level everything else is for naught. >Mike W. Bowser, L Ac > > > > >Celebrate 's 10th Birthday! > Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Ma Huang is illegal if home grown or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Are In the US homeopathic are FDA approved as medicines this makes them protected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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