[TCM] erbs

[Douglastaiqi at taiqi.com]

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>> For me the only way to remember the herbs was to actually touch and 
>> be with them. If you have a clinic herb room try to be around as much 
>> as possible. Most people only get to know herbs only when they learn 
>> about formulas. Get a list of 2 dozen commonly used formulas and then 
>> use your set of samples and make the formulas on your desk/floor. It 
>> would also be helpful to make another set of samples just of common 
>> formulas. Mark these in a way that you can reassemble them and make a 
>> game out of mixing them up and reconstructing them.
>> As a teacher in a school,  we've often debated that a better way to 
>> learn herbs would be to start with formulas and then learn the 
>> individual herbs. The problem is that in beginning herbs students 
>> learn (or attempt) to learn twice the number of herbs that would ever 
>> be used even in a well stocked clinic. Focussing on the more commonly 
>> used would be more helpful.
>> IMHO, I think doing the physical-touch learning would be more time 
>> effective than trying to do nemonics off either the latin or pinyin.
>> doug
>>
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>> Douglas Eisenstark
>> taiqi at taiqi.com




Douglas Eisenstark
taiqi at taiqi.com