Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 > It's just a trick to make them look into their books and try to figure out and understand the herbs of their use. Verbally telling students things is the least effective way of having them get the material. Which is how I was taught and look where it got me. ;-) doug > > > Doug, > how does this teach single herbs? Looks like you1re comparing and > contrasting different formulas. Also, why did you include BZYQT in a group > of 3 blood formulas? As a distracter? > > > In teaching a beginning herb class, I would come in with a paper with the herbs of formulas grouped on one side. For example, I would have four seperate groups of Si Wu Tang, Tao Hong Si wu Tang, Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang and Xue Fu zhu Yu Tang. (no names of the formulas though) On > the other side would be four groups of the symptoms of the formulas. Students would break into groups and try to match them using their Materia Medica books. I thought it seemed to work pretty well. It was my first and last successful innovation for teaching single herbs. > doug > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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