Guest guest Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 One of my Japanese students asked me to help her with a formula for her mother in Japan. My student has been making bottles of powder and sending them home. Of course, I was a little surprised and asked why can't she get one of the MD's to prescribe. She replied that the MD doctors are thought to be totally undertrained, don't really know herbs or Chinese medicine and nobody trusts them to prescribe. Wow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 I don't think there's any argument that the Chinese are the kings of herbal formula therapy. There are a few things that are advantageous with kampo administrations: 1. classical formulations in granule form (with exact percentages and concentrations of each herb ingredient listed on the label)... wish we had this from the US companies. 2. often prescribed based on direct physical signs (abdominal hara reflexes feedback). Kumiko Shirai teaches fukushin (abdominal diagnosis for herbal formula confirmation). This is a very useful and practical methodology, which can confirm the pulse and symptom picture. There are some good articles on www.honso.com K On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:06 AM, wrote: > > > One of my Japanese students asked me to help her with a formula for her > mother in Japan. My student has been making bottles of powder and sending > them home. > > Of course, I was a little surprised and asked why can't she get one of the > MD's to prescribe. She replied that the MD doctors are thought to be totally > undertrained, don't really know herbs or Chinese medicine and nobody trusts > them to prescribe. > Wow... > > > -- "" www.tcmreview.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Some people feel otherwise, but limiting herbal medicine to MD's in Japan was a historically tragic decision. . . On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:06 AM, wrote: > One of my Japanese students asked me to help her with a formula for her mother in Japan. My student has been making bottles of powder and sending them home. > > Of course, I was a little surprised and asked why can't she get one of the MD's to prescribe. She replied that the MD doctors are thought to be totally undertrained, don't really know herbs or Chinese medicine and nobody trusts them to prescribe. > Wow... > > Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine Pacific College of Oriental Medicine San Diego, Ca. 92122 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Of course I meant this restriction of only allowing MD's... not the idea of Kampo. Doug , <zrosenbe wrote: > > Some people feel otherwise, but limiting herbal medicine to MD's in Japan was a historically tragic decision. . . > > > On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:06 AM, wrote: > > > One of my Japanese students asked me to help her with a formula for her mother in Japan. My student has been making bottles of powder and sending them home. > > > > Of course, I was a little surprised and asked why can't she get one of the MD's to prescribe. She replied that the MD doctors are thought to be totally undertrained, don't really know herbs or Chinese medicine and nobody trusts them to prescribe. > > Wow... > > > > > > > Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine > Pacific College of Oriental Medicine > San Diego, Ca. 92122 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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