CHA

[Guest guest]

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¡­ and if you are offended by what someone has

said¡­ 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¡­. And again thanks to all the active participants, Z'ev, Bob,

Alon, Jason,

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

 

doug