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I don't know if this concept has been mentioned but I was taught that sreious

diseases tended to have smaller formulas while less serious were more complex (I

assume to get at the branches).

 

doug

 

 

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> People - it is a matter of style, there are those who are effective with

> large formulas and those who are effective with small formulas given

> appropriate context. Also, there are plenty of people who are ineffective

> with either. Noone is going to be 'right' on this.

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> Will

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> > To me, a prescription doesn't need 30 herbs to work on a complex

> > pattern, 9-15 should be enough in most cases. I am open to the idea of

> > Jim's 30 ingredient prescriptions, but I also think that prescriptions

> > should be as refined and elegant as possible. This means

> > 'no waste', no unnecessary ingredients.

> >

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, douglas wrote:

> I don't know if this concept has been mentioned but I was taught

that serious diseases tended to have smaller formulas while less

serious were more complex (I assume to get at the branches).

 

 

Doug:

 

Less serious becomes more complex? On the face of it, these

arbitrary rules for numbers don't make sense to me. You can also say

that serious diseases can have more patterns and branches and

therefore require more herbs in a formula. Ultimately, Your insight

into diagnosis and strategy for treatment determines how many herbs

go into a formula; not some preconceived number.

 

I suspect that TCM formulas are shorter simply because TCM always

reduces any complicated problem to the same few 8-Principle/Zangfu

patterns. The adage of 'one solution for many problems, many

solutions for one problem' excuses and hides many shortcomings.

 

 

Jim Ramholz

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