What is Chinese herbal medicine?

 For well over 2,000 years Chinese herbalists have been studying the medicinal properties of various natural substances in their environment. Through time-tested trial and error, they arrived at safe and effective treatments for many different kinds of illnesses. These Chinese herbalists recorded their experiences and recorded it in various ancient texts, which have been carefully preserved and handed down through time.

     Common themes among these herbal texts include the values of prevention, respect for the natural healing power within each individual, the need to understand the interaction between the human body and the natural world, the manifestation of seasonal changes in the human body, and the desire for effective treatments which do not harm the patient’s constitution.

     In modern China, herbal medicine remains an extremely popular treatment modality. Many patients in China choose herbal treatment over Western medicine or they use it in combination with modern Western medical treatment for common and complicated illnesses.

      When practiced at the height of its potential, Chinese herbal medicine is one of the safest and most effective forms of alternative medicine in the world. Well-trained Westerners who practice Chinese herbal medicine are a rare find, as mastery of this discipline takes years of study and experience.