@algancao – On Speaking Chinese in English
My favorite line from a current TV commercial “He can speak French… in Russian.” http://bit.ly/e5W3i Sat Aug 01 15:25:29
But what of the MD who speaks Western medicine with Chinese medicine terms? http://bit.ly/4EBbA
Are an MD’s Western medicine (WM) descriptions of essence (jing) deficiency as the cause of cancer valid from Chinese medicine (CM) logic?
The author of “Acupuncture and the Cancer Patient” describes Kidney essence as governing reproduction, growth, and development. I agree.
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@algancao – On Metaphorical Medicine
@bweapons One insight provided by alt.med is looking at the body (and everything else) differently, provided it is clinically relevant. Thu Jul 23 14:35:14
Docs say that “damp” or the external “evil qi” terms we use are bogus colorful speech. No reality to these perceptions at all.
We can choose to perceive the body at gross or molecular levels. Ultimately, our scientific perceptions are as questionable as CM ideas.
Looking under microscopes of increasing magnification, the lines between the discrete individual and the non-self environment are blurred.
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