Guest guest Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 $25!!??? Are you freakin' kidding me??? Li Shih Zhen just sat up in his tomb. On Apr 24, 2009, at 2:20 PM, wrote: > > > I bought an iTouch which is an iPhone without the phone. Recently I > found the exact application I wanted for it. Below is a short review > of Ben Cao: Chinese Herbology that I posted to the iTunes store. > > Very, very good application. I'm sure it's use will be limited to > the student and practitioner of . This is not for > the consumer or casual user of herbs. Licensed acupuncturists will > appreciate how it gives formulas and individual herbs that are > easily found by category, Pinyin or English name. Seems to follow > standard Bensky. Some very nice features such as listing the > formulas that each herb is found in. Also for those of us teachers > and students in California, it flags California State Board > formulas. Listings can be found through a menu or either herbs, > formulas, symptoms or syndromes. > Me and some of my colleagues with Itouch have begun to write a > similar app. This is so complete that we've stopped because there is > no need for another. It's very expensive compared to other Apps but > it has a very limited audience and is well worth the price. I use it > in my clinic and when I am teaching herbal classes. > Very well done. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I'm not sure if you think this is expensive or dirt cheap. In the Itouch Iphone world, programs usually sell for under $3 in the hopes that millions will buy their funky game or ... funky game. So it is expensive comparatively. The Itouch itself is $200 so it ain't a cheap toy. I generally haul my laptop around anyway and use Formula Finder but this is nice as well as a pocket device. I tried a Palm Pilot for years but it never lived up to its potential for me. Yes I'm sure that Li Shih Zhen would be writing a Iphone program in our time. Doug , " A. Brameier " <snakeoil.works wrote: > > $25!!??? Are you freakin' kidding me??? > > Li Shih Zhen just sat up in his tomb. > > > On Apr 24, 2009, at 2:20 PM, wrote: > > > > > > > I bought an iTouch which is an iPhone without the phone. Recently I > > found the exact application I wanted for it. Below is a short review > > of Ben Cao: Chinese Herbology that I posted to the iTunes store. > > > > Very, very good application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 they have to charge that: it's not like an app that millions of users will download. Cara O. Frank, R. OM Six Fishes China Herb Company Chinese Herb Department Tai Sophia Institute www.carafrank.com 215-772-0770 On Apr 24, 2009, at 11:42 PM, A. Brameier wrote: > > > $25!!??? Are you freakin' kidding me??? > > Li Shih Zhen just sat up in his tomb. > > On Apr 24, 2009, at 2:20 PM, wrote: > > > > > > > I bought an iTouch which is an iPhone without the phone. Recently I > > found the exact application I wanted for it. Below is a short review > > of Ben Cao: Chinese Herbology that I posted to the iTunes store. > > > > Very, very good application. I'm sure it's use will be limited to > > the student and practitioner of . This is not for > > the consumer or casual user of herbs. Licensed acupuncturists will > > appreciate how it gives formulas and individual herbs that are > > easily found by category, Pinyin or English name. Seems to follow > > standard Bensky. Some very nice features such as listing the > > formulas that each herb is found in. Also for those of us teachers > > and students in California, it flags California State Board > > formulas. Listings can be found through a menu or either herbs, > > formulas, symptoms or syndromes. > > Me and some of my colleagues with Itouch have begun to write a > > similar app. This is so complete that we've stopped because there is > > no need for another. It's very expensive compared to other Apps but > > it has a very limited audience and is well worth the price. I use it > > in my clinic and when I am teaching herbal classes. > > Very well done. > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Thanks for the review, Doug! I'd recently written to Mark Tryling who did the Formulas and Herbs databases for the treo and he really wasn't interested in doing an application for the iPhone yet. I'm glad you found one! And, compared to the one for the treo, $25 is pretty reasonable. I think the treo app ran for about $35 if I'm not mistaken. I mean, we're not trying to use a Lightsaber application, we're trying to look up formulas, so it's worth $25 to me. -Denise Cicuto, L.Ac. , " " wrote: > > I'm not sure if you think this is expensive or dirt cheap. In the Itouch Iphone world, programs usually sell for under $3 in the hopes that millions will buy their funky game or ... funky game. So it is expensive comparatively. The Itouch itself is $200 so it ain't a cheap toy. I generally haul my laptop around anyway and use Formula Finder but this is nice as well as a pocket device. I tried a Palm Pilot for years but it never lived up to its potential for me. > Yes I'm sure that Li Shih Zhen would be writing a Iphone program in our time. > Doug > > > > , " A. Brameier " <snakeoil.works@> wrote: > > > > $25!!??? Are you freakin' kidding me??? > > > > Li Shih Zhen just sat up in his tomb. > > > > > > On Apr 24, 2009, at 2:20 PM, wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I bought an iTouch which is an iPhone without the phone. Recently I > > > found the exact application I wanted for it. Below is a short review > > > of Ben Cao: Chinese Herbology that I posted to the iTunes store. > > > > > > Very, very good application. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 couple of other useful- and free- apps: epocrates- a terrific drug database icd-9 dx codes diagnosaurus- for dx symptoms. Cara O. Frank, R. OM Six Fishes China Herb Company Chinese Herb Department Tai Sophia Institute www.carafrank.com 215-772-0770 On Apr 25, 2009, at 10:42 AM, Nisaa wrote: > > > Thanks for the review, Doug! I'd recently written to Mark Tryling > who did the Formulas and Herbs databases for the treo and he really > wasn't interested in doing an application for the iPhone yet. I'm > glad you found one! > > And, compared to the one for the treo, $25 is pretty reasonable. I > think the treo app ran for about $35 if I'm not mistaken. I mean, > we're not trying to use a Lightsaber application, we're trying to > look up formulas, so it's worth $25 to me. > > -Denise Cicuto, L.Ac. > > , " " > wrote: > > > > I'm not sure if you think this is expensive or dirt cheap. In the > Itouch Iphone world, programs usually sell for under $3 in the hopes > that millions will buy their funky game or ... funky game. So it is > expensive comparatively. The Itouch itself is $200 so it ain't a > cheap toy. I generally haul my laptop around anyway and use Formula > Finder but this is nice as well as a pocket device. I tried a Palm > Pilot for years but it never lived up to its potential for me. > > Yes I'm sure that Li Shih Zhen would be writing a Iphone program > in our time. > > Doug > > > > > > > > , " A. Brameier " > <snakeoil.works@> wrote: > > > > > > $25!!??? Are you freakin' kidding me??? > > > > > > Li Shih Zhen just sat up in his tomb. > > > > > > > > > On Apr 24, 2009, at 2:20 PM, wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I bought an iTouch which is an iPhone without the phone. > Recently I > > > > found the exact application I wanted for it. Below is a short > review > > > > of Ben Cao: Chinese Herbology that I posted to the iTunes store. > > > > > > > > Very, very good application. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 now I'm larfing. I was amazed the price was so low! (in case you thought I was thinking the opposite) Or is that a monthly fee?? haha ann On Apr 25, 2009, at 10:41 AM, cara wrote: > they have to charge that: it's not like an app that millions of users > will download. > > Cara O. Frank, R. OM > Six Fishes > China Herb Company > Director Chinese Herb Department > Tai Sophia Institute > www.carafrank.com > 215-772-0770 > > On Apr 24, 2009, at 11:42 PM, A. Brameier wrote: > >> >> >> $25!!??? Are you freakin' kidding me??? >> >> Li Shih Zhen just sat up in his tomb. >> >> On Apr 24, 2009, at 2:20 PM, wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I bought an iTouch which is an iPhone without the phone. Recently I >>> found the exact application I wanted for it. Below is a short review >>> of Ben Cao: Chinese Herbology that I posted to the iTunes store. >>> >>> Very, very good application. I'm sure it's use will be limited to >>> the student and practitioner of . This is not for >>> the consumer or casual user of herbs. Licensed acupuncturists will >>> appreciate how it gives formulas and individual herbs that are >>> easily found by category, Pinyin or English name. Seems to follow >>> standard Bensky. Some very nice features such as listing the >>> formulas that each herb is found in. Also for those of us teachers >>> and students in California, it flags California State Board >>> formulas. Listings can be found through a menu or either herbs, >>> formulas, symptoms or syndromes. >>> Me and some of my colleagues with Itouch have begun to write a >>> similar app. This is so complete that we've stopped because there is >>> no need for another. It's very expensive compared to other Apps but >>> it has a very limited audience and is well worth the price. I use it >>> in my clinic and when I am teaching herbal classes. >>> Very well done. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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