Submitted by Ken Rose on February 14, 2007 - 6:36pm.
On Collaborative Creation of Content in Chinese Medicine
If you have been following the Chinese Medicine Network listserv over the past couple of years, you are already familiar with the thread about collaborative creation of content in Chinese medicine. I want to append a few comments to what’s been said on the list in order to introduce this topic a bit more formally in anticipation of the launching of a particular collaborative project: qi and complexity. Why do we need a collaborative project on the topic of qi and complexity? What has it to do with medicine?
Submitted by Zev Rosenberg on February 1, 2007 - 5:29pm.
The TECHNICIAN and the SCHOLAR PHYSICIAN by’ Z’ev Rosenberg, L. Ac.
Submitted by Ken Rose on February 1, 2007 - 3:58pm.
Submitted by Nigel Wiseman on January 31, 2007 - 10:00pm.
The Problem with "Wheezing"
"Wheezing" has recently loomed up as a major problem for the Chinese medical community's clinical understanding. The problem came to the fore in the context of the American Association of Oriental Medicine (A.A.O.M.) Asian Medical Nomenclature Debate (Oct. 19, 2006, Phoenix AZ), on the eve of which Eastland Press and Jake Fratkin issued bilingual terms lists in which the Chinese term chuan (which is translated in A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine (PD) terminology as "panting" and by others as "dyspnea") appears with the English translation of "wheezing."
In Chinese literature, chuan is universally defined as urgent or rapid breathing, in severe cases with raising of the shoulders. It is distinct from xiao, which is defined as rapid breathing with a "phlegm rale" described as "wheezy" (xia ya). Clearly, the English term "wheezing" corresponds to xiao, not chuan.
Submitted by Robert Felt on January 22, 2007 - 10:00pm.
Why a CMN Blog, what do I hope to accomplish?
I consider the CMN list service successful. Although it has never had the following of the large, commercial services, we have had many interesting and productive discussions. There has never been pressure for anyone to post and the moderation process has been relatively painless. We have achieved what we sough to do in terms of creating a community and I would like to see that community develop further. Thus, this site -- in addition to the commercial catalog of books -- has two features that I hope will extend our ability to discuss matters of interest and importance to our field: this blog and a members area with features designed to encourage and archive community participation.
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