My herb teacher was ecstatic, “You just made a Gu Syndrome formula!” I had never heard of Gu Syndrome, so I was in for an education that day.
It was my third year of Oriental medical school and the beginning of my second year in student clinic. My patient had Epstein Barr Syndrome and had experienced brief periods of remission followed by low energy and body pain. I had enough education to figure out that Epstein Barr was a virus, and viruses must be expelled from the body according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The tricky part is that
This formula contains loads of essential oils that push pathogens to the exterior!
Chinese vitex pushes pathogens to the exterior and poria seen above help to resolve accumulating Dampness
Ageless Herbs - Ancient Remedies for the Modern World 