CHA

[Guest guest]

Thank you Doug for the invite to get to know eachother.

I am Trevor and currently live on a small gulf Island called Pender Island off

of the British

Columbian, Canadian coastline. I am a lisenced Pracitioner of ,

which

entitles me to practice acucpuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. I practice

out of an

integrated medical clinic with 2 md's, a dentist, physio, ect. I have only been

practisng for

two years since graduating.

I am currently enrolled in Mazin Al Khafaji's excellant post graduate

dermatology diploma

program, which I have to fly to London england for 4 different weekends to

attend- so far

a very good experience, although expensive!

Beginning in April I will be moving to Vancouver, BC so that my wife can finish

her mid-

wifery training at the university. While living in Vancouver I will practice out

of a very busy

clinic called www.acubalance.ca, which is the largest CM clinic in western

canada to focus

primarily on reproductive health.

Anyways I greatly enjoy this forum and love hearing the vast array of opinions

and

experiences. Please keep it going!

All the best,

Trevor

[Guest guest]

Hi Doug,

 

Thank you for your " letter from the Moderator " . I'd like to offer a personal

reply explaining why I haven't been posting lately, because perhaps this also

applies to others. For me, it has nothing to do with being too busy - quite the

contrary, my practice is just coming out of its winter dormancy period. Rather,

my absence has to do with recent clarifications from Todd in the past couple of

months or so as to his intention for this list being primarily research oriented

and in the interests of education and furthering the profession along those

lines. I got the distinct idea, perhaps mistakenly so, that case studies and

queries for help with patients were afield from the goals and intents of this

list, and so I stopped writing in, because those are the conversations I have

more need to participate in. Maybe I am not the only practitioner or student to

have received this impression, and if so, that may account largely for the

recent quiet on the CHA list.

 

Sincerely,

 

wrote:

I'm going to attempt a sort of Letter from the Editor/Moderator

because we've had a

number of new members joining in. And I want to encourage everyone to join in.

If there

aren't a lot of posts on CHA I want to be sure it's because we are all busy.

Which is also to

say that if there isn't much activity its because you aren't writing in.

 

First I think I would like everyone who has joined either recently or way back

when to " go

around the room " and briefly introduce themselves. Some people I have no idea

who they

are except that they have a degree and have joined here. I'm sure there are a

fair number

of people who I know but have different screen names.

 

For me it would be:

I'm and I mostly supervise and sometimes teach at Emperor's

College

and Yo-San University in Los Angeles.

 

The range of experience on CHA is incredible. Some of you are students, some are

seasoned veterans. People who write in usually have questions. That means they

don't

know something. Usually what works best is to write about something you have a

little

experience with. So if you get a call from somebody with Cerebral Palsy, don't

write in

asking, " how do you treat CP? " . Wait until you've seen the patient and get an

idea of what

is going on with the case, the symptoms, the tongue and pulse etc... Then write

us after

your first meetings and we can better discuss it. If you haven't heard of an

herb, disease,

formula, whatever, then do some research before presenting the problem to the

group.

 

I would remind long-time (and not so long-time) practitioners that admonishing

people

for not knowing something is beside the point. Often the questions are about the

not-so

obvious problems. I would dare say that the longer you practice the more

questions you

are going to have. I know it's hard for the more experienced, (especially us

teachers) to

write about what we don't know. But I would encourage writing about our own

clinical

issues.

 

As was said several years ago, putting people down for not knowing something is

not

acceptable here. I know that if we can keep to this then we can encourage some

of the less

than vocal members. And of course, Ad hominen attacks are prohibited. This

basically

means to me that you can call a theory or idea " non-sensical " but you can't call

the

person who proposed it an idiot for saying it.

 

CHA is for you to post things and ask questions. I would ask that they pertain

to Chinese

Herbs, of course, and acupuncture and . We're not here to make

comments about Chinese Culture. The recent post about the death penalty for the

Ant

Scammer is marginally pertinent only because ant therapy is of some interest to

CM.

As to veterinary question, despite our fondness for cats and dogs, maybe more

cats than

dogs, I would like to keep discussions away from animals unless it's about a

cat. J

 

It is very hard to detect someone's tone in these posts. What you might have

thought was

funny in a sly sort of way, I promise you, will be seen as an attack by someone

else. So if

you dished it out, think twice¡ & shy; and if you are offended by what someone has

said¡ & shy; think

3 times before responding. It's always wise to say that you are joking just in

case your

subtle humor doesn't get through.

 

People are encouraged to make projects such as Bob recently did with the list of

Cancer

Practitioners. We have a very nice set of files in the file section from members

on various

subjects. I must say I use that section a lot for looking for answers I can't

find anywhere

else.

 

The rules of commerce are that you can write us a note of a seminar you may be

giving.

However, this must be exclusive and personal to CHA. Tell us where and when but

try not

to " advertise " . Don't send a press release. I don't want to spend time

protecting CHA from

mass mailings you probably have gotten otherwise.

 

Posts on CHA are to be kept on CHA. You can't quote people or posts from CHA

unless

you have permission from the writer. I've been on different list for 20 years

now and this

has always been an internet standard. A few months ago there was a discussion in

this

manner on another smaller list about things said here. Again, our discussions

here are not

fodder for other lists. I know that among the moderators of other lists we have

this

agreement.

 

Finally, you can write to me if you have problems with but in 99 percent

of the

cases it has nothing to do with the CHA site. I can't change where your emails

get sent to.

Periodically, might drop sombody but usually its' on your end.

 

That's it for now¡ & shy;. And again thanks to all the active participants, Z'ev,

Bob, Alon, Jason,

Phil et al¡ & shy; and look forward to hearing from the rest of you.

 

doug

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hello all and thanks again to Doug for the introduction invitation!

 

I am in my first year of licensed practice and operate a retail herb shop in

Bellingham, Washington, about 20 miles south off the Canadian/Washington

border. I went to school in Vancouver, BC, but learned alot from my father

who also practices TCM. There is so much to learn now that the license is

out of the way and I am grateful for the experience pracitioners that share

on this forum. I often am amazed at how much knowledge some of you possess.

It motivates me to study as much as possible so THANK YOU FOR POSTING!

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Benjamin Chang, DTCM, ADS, L.Ac.

 

Chang's Apothecary

301 W. Holly St., Ste M3

Bellingham, WA 98225

360-220-1821

http://www.changsapothecary.com

 

 

 

 

" Trevor Erikson " <trevor_erikson

 

 

Re: CHA

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:49:16 -0000

 

Thank you Doug for the invite to get to know eachother.

I am Trevor and currently live on a small gulf Island called Pender Island

off of the British

Columbian, Canadian coastline. I am a lisenced Pracitioner of Chinese

Medicine, which

entitles me to practice acucpuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. I

practice out of an

integrated medical clinic with 2 md's, a dentist, physio, ect. I have only

been practisng for

two years since graduating.

I am currently enrolled in Mazin Al Khafaji's excellant post graduate

dermatology diploma

program, which I have to fly to London england for 4 different weekends to

attend- so far

a very good experience, although expensive!

Beginning in April I will be moving to Vancouver, BC so that my wife can

finish her mid-

wifery training at the university. While living in Vancouver I will practice

out of a very busy

clinic called www.acubalance.ca, which is the largest CM clinic in western

canada to focus

primarily on reproductive health.

Anyways I greatly enjoy this forum and love hearing the vast array of

opinions and

experiences. Please keep it going!

All the best,

Trevor

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi everybody, I think Doug's got a great idea. If we are all gonna contribute

to this forum

and assist eachother we should probably attempt to get to know one another.

 

My name is Eran Even. I am a registered Doctor of TCM and Acupuncturist in

British

Columbia with the College of Traditional and Acupuncture. I

currently

practice in Port Coquitlam (a town about 30 minutes east of Vancouver), and at a

low

income clinic in East Vancouver.

I have a general practice with a focus on Multiple Sclerosis and other

neurological

conditions. I recieved my training both here in Vancouver and in Beijing. In

Beijing I

trained under two very prominent chinese medical doctors; Dr Yu Lan Bai and

Professor

Fan Zheng Lun to whom I am deeply indebted.

I have been studying the Chinese language for the last few years, with the

intent of

translating medical texts, and attempting to assist all those who have been

working to fill

the gap of our much needed literature.

I would like to specifically thank Par Scott for his collection of texts that he

so generously

made available to us all. Thanks Par

Thanks also to everyone who contribute to this forum and offer their insights to

this oh-so

complex medicine we all love to practice.

Thanks,

 

Eran Even Dr. TCM, R.Ac

Coast Acupuncture & Traditional

Port Coquitlam, BC

www.eraneven.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " Benjamin Chang "

<herbalapothecary wrote:

>

> Hello all and thanks again to Doug for the introduction invitation!

>

> I am in my first year of licensed practice and operate a retail herb shop in

> Bellingham, Washington, about 20 miles south off the Canadian/Washington

> border. I went to school in Vancouver, BC, but learned alot from my father

> who also practices TCM. There is so much to learn now that the license is

> out of the way and I am grateful for the experience pracitioners that share

> on this forum. I often am amazed at how much knowledge some of you possess.

> It motivates me to study as much as possible so THANK YOU FOR POSTING!

>

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Benjamin Chang, DTCM, ADS, L.Ac.

>

> Chang's Apothecary

> 301 W. Holly St., Ste M3

> Bellingham, WA 98225

> 360-220-1821

> http://www.changsapothecary.com

>

>

>

>

> " Trevor Erikson " <trevor_erikson

>

>

> Re: CHA

> Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:49:16 -0000

>

> Thank you Doug for the invite to get to know eachother.

> I am Trevor and currently live on a small gulf Island called Pender Island

> off of the British

> Columbian, Canadian coastline. I am a lisenced Pracitioner of Chinese

> Medicine, which

> entitles me to practice acucpuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. I

> practice out of an

> integrated medical clinic with 2 md's, a dentist, physio, ect. I have only

> been practisng for

> two years since graduating.

> I am currently enrolled in Mazin Al Khafaji's excellant post graduate

> dermatology diploma

> program, which I have to fly to London england for 4 different weekends to

> attend- so far

> a very good experience, although expensive!

> Beginning in April I will be moving to Vancouver, BC so that my wife can

> finish her mid-

> wifery training at the university. While living in Vancouver I will practice

> out of a very busy

> clinic called www.acubalance.ca, which is the largest CM clinic in western

> canada to focus

> primarily on reproductive health.

> Anyways I greatly enjoy this forum and love hearing the vast array of

> opinions and

> experiences. Please keep it going!

> All the best,

> Trevor

>

> _______________

> Want a degree but can't afford to quit? Top school degrees online - in as

> fast as 1 year

> http://forms.nextag.com/goto.jsp?url=/serv/main/buyer/education.jsp?

doSearch=n & tm=y & search=education_text_links_88_h288c & s=4079 & p=5116

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Group

 

My name is Stacey Nazitto, L.Ac. and I have been practicing Acupuncture and

TCM in Buffalo, NY going on four years. I graduated from the Pacific College of

OM in San Diego in 2002. I had to abandon my herbal practice two years ago (I

birthed my two year-old son at home in 2004) , but I am anticipating starting

that up within the year. I had been on the CHA while in school (mostly as a

non-vocal member, I guess for lack of confidence), left it for a bit and just

recently joined up again.

I have enjoyed reading everyone's posts and I have learned a great deal from

all of you over the last few years.

 

I wish everyone a healthy and prosperous year of the Boar!

 

Stacey

 

 

 

wrote:

I'm going to attempt a sort of Letter from the Editor/Moderator

because we've had a

number of new members joining in. And I want to encourage everyone to join in.

If there

aren't a lot of posts on CHA I want to be sure it's because we are all busy.

Which is also to

say that if there isn't much activity its because you aren't writing in.

 

First I think I would like everyone who has joined either recently or way back

when to " go

around the room " and briefly introduce themselves. Some people I have no idea

who they

are except that they have a degree and have joined here. I'm sure there are a

fair number

of people who I know but have different screen names.

 

For me it would be:

I'm and I mostly supervise and sometimes teach at Emperor's

College

and Yo-San University in Los Angeles.

 

The range of experience on CHA is incredible. Some of you are students, some are

seasoned veterans. People who write in usually have questions. That means they

don't

know something. Usually what works best is to write about something you have a

little

experience with. So if you get a call from somebody with Cerebral Palsy, don't

write in

asking, " how do you treat CP? " . Wait until you've seen the patient and get an

idea of what

is going on with the case, the symptoms, the tongue and pulse etc... Then write

us after

your first meetings and we can better discuss it. If you haven't heard of an

herb, disease,

formula, whatever, then do some research before presenting the problem to the

group.

 

I would remind long-time (and not so long-time) practitioners that admonishing

people

for not knowing something is beside the point. Often the questions are about the

not-so

obvious problems. I would dare say that the longer you practice the more

questions you

are going to have. I know it's hard for the more experienced, (especially us

teachers) to

write about what we don't know. But I would encourage writing about our own

clinical

issues.

 

As was said several years ago, putting people down for not knowing something is

not

acceptable here. I know that if we can keep to this then we can encourage some

of the less

than vocal members. And of course, Ad hominen attacks are prohibited. This

basically

means to me that you can call a theory or idea " non-sensical " but you can't call

the

person who proposed it an idiot for saying it.

 

CHA is for you to post things and ask questions. I would ask that they pertain

to Chinese

Herbs, of course, and acupuncture and . We're not here to make

comments about Chinese Culture. The recent post about the death penalty for the

Ant

Scammer is marginally pertinent only because ant therapy is of some interest to

CM.

As to veterinary question, despite our fondness for cats and dogs, maybe more

cats than

dogs, I would like to keep discussions away from animals unless it's about a

cat. J

 

It is very hard to detect someone's tone in these posts. What you might have

thought was

funny in a sly sort of way, I promise you, will be seen as an attack by someone

else. So if

you dished it out, think twice¡ & shy; and if you are offended by what someone has

said¡ & shy; think

3 times before responding. It's always wise to say that you are joking just in

case your

subtle humor doesn't get through.

 

People are encouraged to make projects such as Bob recently did with the list of

Cancer

Practitioners. We have a very nice set of files in the file section from members

on various

subjects. I must say I use that section a lot for looking for answers I can't

find anywhere

else.

 

The rules of commerce are that you can write us a note of a seminar you may be

giving.

However, this must be exclusive and personal to CHA. Tell us where and when but

try not

to " advertise " . Don't send a press release. I don't want to spend time

protecting CHA from

mass mailings you probably have gotten otherwise.

 

Posts on CHA are to be kept on CHA. You can't quote people or posts from CHA

unless

you have permission from the writer. I've been on different list for 20 years

now and this

has always been an internet standard. A few months ago there was a discussion in

this

manner on another smaller list about things said here. Again, our discussions

here are not

fodder for other lists. I know that among the moderators of other lists we have

this

agreement.

 

Finally, you can write to me if you have problems with but in 99 percent

of the

cases it has nothing to do with the CHA site. I can't change where your emails

get sent to.

Periodically, might drop sombody but usually its' on your end.

 

That's it for now¡ & shy;. And again thanks to all the active participants, Z'ev,

Bob, Alon, Jason,

Phil et al¡ & shy; and look forward to hearing from the rest of you.

 

doug

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Greetings,

 

My name is Michael Johnston and am new to this group.

I practice in Colorado and have been at this for about

7 years now. I graduated from the now defunct IICM,

great school, terrible administration. I spent some

time in China, primarily Chengdu and I continue to

re-visit there as much as I can. My recent focus in

the last few years has been translating articles from

modern medical journals. I have found this work to be

very beneficial as a practitioner and am glad to

share any of the work I have done. I look forward to

learning from and contributing to this group. Thanks

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hello CHA,

 

 

 

My name is Kip Roseman. I graduated from PCOM, San Diego in 2001. I’ve been

a CHA lurker since my PCOM days. I have a very busy practice in the center

of the state of Oregon in a town called Bend, with my wife who is an ND,

LAc. Bend is an outdoor destination for skiers, rock climbers, mountain

bikers, fly fishermen, etc., so I tend to do a ton of musculo-skeletal

acupuncture as my bread and butter. My wife focuses on Endocrinology and

women’s health.

 

 

 

My focus, however, is and always has been herbal medicine. I use KPC

granules and Blue Poppy formulas and have almost a 100% compliance rate. I

have also been studying traditional Amazonian medicine with my mentor in

Peru, Dr. Jorge Gonzales-Ramirez, a mestizo shaman (he received two PhD’s

and was the president of his local university before ditching Academia for

shamanism) with over 40 years of clinical experience. I am currently working

on a series of liquid extracts combining TCM and Amazonian herbal

medicinals.

 

 

 

On top of all that, I am in the middle of a steep learning curve as a new

parent to my beautiful 8 month old daughter named Pema.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Kip Roseman Lac, Dipl CH, RH(AHG)

[Guest guest]

Hello CHA members,

My grandfather was a hebalist in Los Angeles. My mother was his secretary and

thru her influence I studied Botany to be close to the profession. Instead I

followed my father and became a plumber. My brother has been collecting

historical evidence of Chinese herbal use in America.

 

Unfortunately I have lifted some of the topics for a forum, generally though if

it is in the News I use that topic and source, but yes personal comments have to

be respected and permission has to be asked...

 

Stacey Nazitto <acustace wrote: Hi

Group

 

My name is Stacey Nazitto, L.Ac. and I have been practicing Acupuncture and

TCM in Buffalo, NY going on four years. I graduated from the Pacific College of

OM in San Diego in 2002. I had to abandon my herbal practice two years ago (I

birthed my two year-old son at home in 2004) , but I am anticipating starting

that up within the year. I had been on the CHA while in school (mostly as a

non-vocal member, I guess for lack of confidence), left it for a bit and just

recently joined up again.

I have enjoyed reading everyone's posts and I have learned a great deal from

all of you over the last few years.

 

I wish everyone a healthy and prosperous year of the Boar!

 

Stacey

[Guest guest]

Keep those introductions... there is no need to include the original post in

this case. Some

people get the " digest " form and so keeping your posts as short as possible

(while keeping

some coherence) is helpful.

doug