How We Built the Formula Architecture of Fu Ling, Gui Zhi, Bai Zhu, and Gan Cao 1. STARTING POINT: A FORMULA IS NOT A LIST OF HERBAL ACTIONS We did not begin by memorizing Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang as: Fu Ling: promotes urination Gui Zhi: warms Yang Bai Zhu: strengthens the Spleen Gan Cao: harmonizes the formula This conventional explanation lists the traditional functions of each herb but does not adequately answer the more important questions: Why are Fu Ling and Gui Zhi used t

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