Chinese herbal medicine




Chinese Herbal Medicine

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Chinese Herbal Medicine

is one of the oldest medicines in the world.
Some of the ancient herbal formulas can be dated back to 400 B.C;
Chinese textbooks on herbal medicine used today were written 2000 years ago.


The aim of Traditional Chinese Medicine

is to restore health rather than simply eliminating symptoms; since the treatment focuses on the constitutional health, more than the illness, the patient, feeling much stronger may sees all the symptoms disappear quickly, and the possibility of relapses are less likely.
Chinese herbal medicine, when practised as part of TCM, is based on an individualized pattern diagnosis as well as a disease diagnosis.
This means the TCM patient receives a custom written herbal prescription designed to treat both the symptom or disease and also their individual pattern.
Such a TCM pattern is made up of a person's signs and symptoms as well as their emotional temperament and bodily constitution.
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Chinese Angelica (Dang Gui)



Herbal prescriptions consist of a mixture of various organic herbs (roots, bark stems, leaves and seeds), which are boiled to make a decoction. Usually half a cup of the herbal 'tea' is taken two or three times a day.
Pills and powders are good for prolonged administration in the case of chronic disease where formulas do not have to be very potent or changed on a frequent basis.
Pills and powders are also commonly used to consolidate therapeutic results after a successful course of therapy with decoctions.
TCM practitioners use ingredients from all three kingdoms, i.e., vegetable, animal, and mineral.
However, in my practice, I only use ingredients from vegetable sources. Leaves, flowers, twigs, stems, roots, tubers, rhizomes, and barks are some of the vegetable parts used.
Most of the medicines in the Chinese materia medica have a very low toxicity compared to even common, over the counter Western drugs. When they are prescribed according to a correct TCM pattern diagnosis, they should have virtually no side effects besides beneficial healing results.
In acute conditions, sometimes results can be expected in a matter of minutes.
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Panax Ginseng (Ren Shen)
Chinese medicine is successfully used for a very wide range of conditions. Among the more commonly treated disorders are:

* Skin disease, including eczema, psoriasis, acne, rosacea, urticaria
* Gastro-intestinal disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, ulcerative colitis
* Gynaecological conditions, including pre-menstrual syndrome and dysmenorrhoea, endometriosis, infertility
* Hepatitis and HIV: some promising results have been obtained for treatment of Hepatitis C, and supportive treatment may be beneficial in the case of HIV
* Chronic fatigue syndromes, whether with a background of viral infection or in other situations
* Respiratory conditions, including asthma, bronchitis, and chronic coughs, allergic and perennial rhinitis and sinusitis
* Rheumatological conditions (e.g. osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis)
* Urinary conditions including chronic cystitis
* Psychological problems (e.g. depression, anxiety)
* Children's diseases



In chronic conditions, some results should be seen within two weeks. Chronic conditions may require taking Chinese herbal medicine for a long time, nonetheless, signs that the medicine is working should be apparent to patient and practitioner alike almost from the very start.
When combined with
acupuncture, the result are quicker and better.

Pregnant women can take specific formulas to help them during the pregnancy and after childbirth

Children respond very well to Chinese Herbal Medicine, often in cases of eczema, and asthma when the only option available is long term use of steroids with all their side effects    




















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Here are various bits and pieces with good information on oriental medicine and complementary therapies
A brief history of Chinese Medicine
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all you wanted to know about Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese Principles of Diet
You and your skin
Practical use of essential oils
Jim's story
The 12 tissue salt & combinations
Bach Flower remedies


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