Herbs properly prescribed / improperly presribed - how do we
differentiate this?
The same herb if prescribed according to chinese medicine might be
because of 5 element theory.According to Indian medicine it would be
because of 3 dosha theory. The problem is none of this is so very
easily understood since the writings are couched in symbolism and
use archaic terms.
In this context of discussion, for a combination of herbs that were
taken for cold and cough, what decides their propriety or otherwise?
These have been used based on past experience for some kind of cough
or cold, not on 3 dosha or 5 element... not based on
phytochemistry...
The fact that the cough and cold are gone does not mean something is
not suppressed...it may be or may not be...
All I am pointing is there is no clearcut way of saying something is
properly prescribed or not in these ancient methods of prescribing -
lots of wisdom has been lost. The appropriateness is known more
after the fact of prescribing than before.
So in absence of such guidelines, there is always the chance that
some of these prescriptions can suppress.
And so, lots of common day-to-day herbal practice has potential to
suppress since not all people are masters of traditional and
phytochemical diagnoses.
I am not saying that such herbalism is bad or good- just saying that
suppression is possible since individualization is difficult (esp,
when the prescriptions are complex) and so NEVER is such a strong
word in this context. We know for a fact that even homeopathic
medicines do suppress. ( Not to forget that we do not have a
standard way of selecting a medicine)
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