Guest guest Posted November 17, 2002 Report Share Posted November 17, 2002 > Yes, you're absolutely correct but I think this general rule is to say that instead of going after every branch when the case is serious, TCM does have a diagnostic method to find the root and treat it. If you feel that is a shortcoming, then so be it. Besides I like lots of rules (because they are made to be broken). ;-) doug > 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 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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