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Foreword
Chinese herbal medicine is a medical system that The biggest challenge facing any serious practitio-
has evolved empirically over many thousands of ner, having undergone this lengthy and arduous
years, with countless millions contributing to its process, is the understanding of how to modify clas-
development and systemisation. Its’ roots reach sical prescriptions into useful and effective formu-
back to the