Where did you dig out this [herbal] information

[Guest guest]

Hi Michael & All,

 

Michael Tierra wrote:

> What i love about CM views of herbs used by Western herbalists is that

> the classification of them actually makes them clinically useful.

 

Because they have a market for them in the West, I understand that

the Chinese are growing some (many??) Western herbs that were not in

the ancient Chinese books.

 

> Notice that it is not so easy to stick these into one of the categories

> -- I'd say that's good or at least alright. One of the problems is

> deciding how relatively strong an herb like alfalfa is in one of its

> properties compared to one in Bensky.

 

Even in China, depending on the text used to source the data, the

Nature (temperature, taste and Channels Entered) of some (??many)

CHINESE herbs differs between texts.

 

> Where did you dig out this information?

 

From WWW in English (by entering the common name, Pinyin name, or

Latin name in Google) AND from Chinese WWW (by entering the HANZI

term) and translating initially in " Google Translate " and later in

Wenlin.

 

Best regards,

 

[Guest guest]

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On Behalf Of

 

 

Even in China, depending on the text used to source the data, the

Nature (temperature, taste and Channels Entered) of some (??many)

CHINESE herbs differs between texts.

 

 

 

I do agree that there is a lot of seemingly contradictory

information. Modern Materia Medicas do present differing opinions.

 

However, this is many times less of an issue when one puts this seemingly

contradictory information into the original context. If you just compare the

raw data (this book says cold, this one says hot) then one can come to

erroneous conclusions. You must read the source book to truly understand why

the author is calling something salty, cold, acrid or whatever. There are

many different systems within the threads of CM.

 

 

 

-Jason

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

You know I've spent a lot of time comparing hot cold between Ayurveda for

instance and CM and then with western herbs as well. They are not

consistent. I am not being metaphysical here but I think intended use has a

lot to do with outcome. For instance who would doubt that cayenne pepper is

not hot? Yet before I learned CM I used it repeatedly and widely for curing,

yes I said curing a sore throat. It is also used as an anti-inflammatory and

it is very effective for, of all things, stomach ulcers.

 

The problem i had using it is because despite its ability to cure many acute

conditions (I think strong heat over coming lesser heat, strong yang

overcoming lesser yang, etc) -- I know that it aggravates yin deficiency.

 

MT

 

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:33 PM

 

RE: Where did you dig out this [herbal] information

 

 

 

 

 

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Even in China, depending on the text used to source the data, the

Nature (temperature, taste and Channels Entered) of some (??many)

CHINESE herbs differs between texts.

 

I do agree that there is a lot of seemingly contradictory

information. Modern Materia Medicas do present differing opinions.

 

However, this is many times less of an issue when one puts this seemingly

contradictory information into the original context. If you just compare the

raw data (this book says cold, this one says hot) then one can come to

erroneous conclusions. You must read the source book to truly understand why

the author is calling something salty, cold, acrid or whatever. There are

many different systems within the threads of CM.

 

-Jason