Some of you may find this interesting. It may be hard for some to read, though.
/www.pacificcollege.edu/acupuncture-massage-news/articles/1011-treating-chronic-inflammatory-diseases-with-chinese-herbs-gu-syndrome-in-modern-clinical-practice-.html I'm considering taking my daughter to the man who wrote this since she responded so well to the Lightning Pearl formula.
Here's one section from it if you don't want to read it all. I broke it up for easier reading...hopefully.
"In general, chronic inflammatory patients that belong to the category of Gu syndrome need to be treated for a period of 1.5 to 5 years. Since this class of disorders involves living pathogens that have the ability to adapt, I recommend a regular change in the details of the prescript
ion.
It is best to make modifications to a Gu prescript
ion regimen every six weeks. Frequent alteration of remedies is a traditional component of Gu treatment. I recommend doing this by leaving the herb categories intact, but rotate at least one herb in each category. In this way, the general arrow of the therapeutic approach never changes, yet the formula is different enough each time to stay ahead of the microorganism’s attempts to adapt.
Your knowledge of individual herb qualities should play a role in the selection of what gets rotated in and what gets rotated out. The more precise the use of these herbs, the fewer chances there are for adverse reactions in your patients. This is particularly important with chronic inflammatory syndrome patients because they tend to be incredibly sensitive. For this reason, it is best to begin with a lower dose and gradually work up to the desired amount.
After almost two decades of working with chronically inflamed patients, I have synthesized the classical Gu approach into the Classical Pearls line of herbal patents, which can be used for patients suffering from “Digestive Gu” (chronic parasitic gut infections) and “Brain Gu” (chronic nervous system inflammation). See the following table for details of the Black “Gu” Label (Thunder Pearls, Lightning Pearls, Dragon Pearls) and other Classical Pearl remedies that were designed for this class of difficult and recalcitrant diseases."