brian's thing

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I hate it when that happens... you fiddle with your prescription etc...

I assume Brian is a relatively new practitioner and it kind of shows

here. What he writes about might well apply to his own situation.

However, he forgets about two variables... one) the concept of writing

the classic formula without writing the herbs in the formula... was it

Qin BoWei who said he was writing in the spirit of Liu Wei Di Huang?

two) is the idea of using classic formulas for purposes " outside the

box " . The beginner knows a hundred formulas for one disease, the expert

one formula for a hundred diseases. Certainly as I practice more I use

fewer different herbs, leaving behind many and pulling them out only

for the special cases. When I started I bought a lot of single

Quali-herb herbs that I still haven't used. At the time I thought Su Mu

was really cool, I still do, but I've never had occasion to use it. So

I would suggest that new practitioners use Quali-herb, Lotus (green

mountain?) or other manufacturer mixing services for a year or so until

they establish what their needs are.

doug

 

> When you

> fiddle with your personal prescription, eliminating various seemingly

> redundant herbs, you sometimes thwart the whole prescription: Problems

> pop

> up, and the whole thing becomes an incomprehensible puzzle. "

>

 

>

> Brian then goes on to propose a solution to this dilemma, which is to

> purchase custom liquid combinations from a new virtual pharmacy. What

> he

> fails to mention is that he founded this pharmacy and it is now owned

> by

> his wife.

 

slick...

>

> " It costs money. A full liquid pharmacy costs from $5,000 to $10,000,

> and

> a granular pharmacy of 400 single herbs about $2,000. If you want 100

> granular classic formulas to combine, that will cost an additional

> $1,000

> or so. "

 

Wow, 100 classic formulas... That should do pretty well.