Comments on: Deepest Health Chinese Medicine Podcast Episode 12 : Interview with Dr. Arnaud Versluys LAc, PhD (Part 2 of 3)

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:17:35 +0000

AirJordans,

Chinese medicine pediatrics is a thriving field in China, and I’ve seen many children in the clinic. Surely there has been research done, at least in China, on the use of Chinese herbs in children.

As for body weight – kids do take slightly lower doses sometimes and I suppose if I had a very obese patient I might prescribe slightly higher, but in general I haven’t seen much dosing differences depending on body weight. I think this has to do with the fact that Chinese medical theory doesn’t assume that the majority of the clinical effects of Chinese herbs are chemical in nature. There is an alchemy and an energetic influence that carries the majority of the clinical effect – we are tweaking physiology in a subtle way and it doesn’t take tons of chemicals to cause this effect. Thus, dosing based on body weight holds less importance.

Eric

By: Bakugan Battle Brawlers Pack

Bakugan Battle Brawlers Pack — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:10:57 +0000

Indeed, more research should be done and encourage on chinese medicine. Really need to bring the knowledge into scientific evidence to gain wider acceptance and benefits much more people.

By: Saqib

Saqib — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:10:58 +0000

Dr. Versluys gave such wonderful interview with many informative and obvious helpful links in it.

thanks to Dr. Versluys and this site

By: Liz Calm

Liz Calm — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:26:57 +0000

this was a great podcast! I really think chinese and holistic medicine deserve so much more attention

By: AirJordans

AirJordans — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:07:24 +0000

Great analogy (when attacked, fight first and closest attacker first).
I have a couple questions about regulation of the formulae you use (you indicating medical practitioners). Do you take into account the body weight of the patient when prescribing? Has research been done on use of the herbal formulae as used for children?

By: Prevodi

Prevodi — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:08:13 +0000

Me too. I must say it was very good organized and informative. Keep up the good work.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:21:40 +0000

Really enjoyed both interviews. I share the clinical, as opposed to philosophical focus of Dr. Versluys. The interview will inform and direct my reading focus.

By: Acne

Acne — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:28:42 +0000

I’m looking forward to the release of the final part of the interview. I’m quite interested to learn more on the issue of substitution. I’ll watch out for it.