Handbook of Chinese Herbs- references to formulas

[Guest guest]

Dear friends, teachers and colleagues,

 

In Yeung's Handbook of Chinese Herbs in the selection listing for each herb,

there are listed formulas that include the herb. However, many of those

formulas are not listed in Bensky's formula book, nor in the couple of other

smaller formula books I have. Anybody have any ideas why she would list

formulas that even her own Handbook of Chinese Herbal Fornulas doesn't include,

and any other suggested formula books that might have them?

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I guess she thinks the formulas exemplify the particular usage of the herb

regardless of their current popularity.

 

I have a little book I found in Boston China town called 簡明方劑辭典

jianming fangji cidian (shanghai science and technology press (I think) 1987).

It contains about 4000 formulas, and while I stump it very occasionally usually

its good for most everything. The info per formula is pretty basic, source text,

indications and ingredients with proportions, in some cases it talks about

variations. It's in simplified characters and has a stroke count index at the

beginning which is all you get for looking stuff up, but if you can use a stroke

count dictionary index then your golden. I'd say each entry is under 200

characters.

 

If this isn;t available I assume there is a more recent text of similar depth

available, anybody have a more recent title?

 

Par

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yehuda frischman

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:39 PM

Handbook of Chinese Herbs- references to formulas

 

 

Dear friends, teachers and colleagues,

 

In Yeung's Handbook of Chinese Herbs in the selection listing for each herb,

there are listed formulas that include the herb. However, many of those formulas

are not listed in Bensky's formula book, nor in the couple of other smaller

formula books I have. Anybody have any ideas why she would list formulas that

even her own Handbook of Chinese Herbal Fornulas doesn't include, and any other

suggested formula books that might have them?

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

http://traditionaljewishmedicine.com/

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, " Par Scott " <parufus wrote:

>

> I guess she thinks the formulas exemplify the particular usage of the herb

regardless of

their current popularity.

>

> I have a little book I found in Boston China town called ç°¡æ?Žæ–¹??`è¾­??

jianming

fangji cidian (shanghai science and technology press (I think) 1987). It

contains about 4000

formulas

 

I think that the one you named (jianming fangji cidian) remains one of the most

important

ones, as far as a small handbook goes. There is also a comprehensive set of

some 12

volumes or so, if you really need info on an obscure historical formula. I

think that one has

something like 90,000+ formulas listed with their original citations.

 

Eric Brand

[Guest guest]

One of my students has this book, 5th edition. . . browsed through

it in my formulas class yesterday, looks pretty good.

 

 

On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Eric wrote:

 

> , " Par Scott "

> <parufus wrote:

> >

> > I guess she thinks the formulas exemplify the particular usage of

> the herb regardless of

> their current popularity.

> >

> > I have a little book I found in Boston China town called ç°¡æ?Žæ–

> ¹??`è¾?? jianming

> fangji cidian (shanghai science and technology press (I think)

> 1987). It contains about 4000

> formulas

>

> I think that the one you named (jianming fangji cidian) remains one

> of the most important

> ones, as far as a small handbook goes. There is also a

> comprehensive set of some 12

> volumes or so, if you really need info on an obscure historical

> formula. I think that one has

> something like 90,000+ formulas listed with their original citations.

>

> Eric Brand

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I've got the 12-volume formula set Eric mentioned. It'd be overkill

for the average practitioner (even assuming the ability to read

Chinese). Under any given formula name, there's typically 5-20

different versions, each from a different cited text. If one needs to

know when a particular version of a formula was first introduced in

the literature, this is a great set. Otherwise it's heavy, cumbersome,

and expensive. I've only ever used this set for purely academic,

non-clinical problem-solving, like footnoting, writing commentary, etc.

 

Bob

 

, " Eric " <smilinglotus

wrote:

>

> , " Par Scott " <parufus@> wrote:

> >

> > I guess she thinks the formulas exemplify the particular usage of

the herb regardless of

> their current popularity.

> >

> > I have a little book I found in Boston China town called

ç°¡æ?Žæ–¹??`è¾­?? jianming

> fangji cidian (shanghai science and technology press (I think)

1987). It contains about 4000

> formulas

>

> I think that the one you named (jianming fangji cidian) remains one

of the most important

> ones, as far as a small handbook goes. There is also a

comprehensive set of some 12

> volumes or so, if you really need info on an obscure historical

formula. I think that one has

> something like 90,000+ formulas listed with their original citations.

>

> Eric Brand

>

[Guest guest]

, " Bob Flaws "

<pemachophel2001 wrote:

>

> I've got the 12-volume formula set Eric mentioned. It'd be overkill

> for the average practitioner (even assuming the ability to read

> Chinese). Under any given formula name, there's typically 5-20

> different versions, each from a different cited text. If one needs to

> know when a particular version of a formula was first introduced in

> the literature, this is a great set. Otherwise it's heavy, cumbersome,

> and expensive. I've only ever used this set for purely academic,

> non-clinical problem-solving, like footnoting, writing commentary,

etc.

 

Yes, it is by academics, for academics. The concise book that Par

named is far more practical.

 

Eric