General Herbalism

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Chinese Herbal Formulas and Self-Help Acupressure for Colds and Flus - Yin Qiao, Gan Mao Ling, ...

Submitted by Chad Dupuis on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:19pm

Similar to other western conditions, Chinese Medicine does not use western terminology such as a “cold” or the “flu” in formulating proper treatments.  Colds and flus are merely western names which describe an array of symptoms with some common underlying factors and symptoms.  Chinese Medicine, on the other hand, treats collections of symptoms unique to the individual - what we call “patterns.”  While both the cold and the flu (influenza) are understood as viral infections (from a few different viruses), within Chinese Medicine they are vi

Feng Mei's herbal formula

Submitted by Feng Mei on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:56am

                                             Feng Mei's herbal formula

      Ren Shen 6g, Fu Ling 8g, Bai Zhu 9g, Fang Feng 6g, Gui Zhi 6g, Chen Pi 6g, Ban Xia(fa) 8g, Xin Ren 8g, Chai Hu 6g, Bai Shao 6g, Bai He 8g, Gan Cao 3g, raw herb total 80grams(boil and drink like tea).

Aspirin vs. Dan Shen in pain treatment

Submitted by Feng Mei on Sat, 07/09/2011 - 11:17pm

Aspirin vs. Dan Shen in pain treatment
                                              Online researched by Feng Mei ,  07/09/11

TCM herb is very safety and effective in treatment

Submitted by Feng Mei on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 9:14am

Diagnosis, Pattern, Formula and Herbs are the TCM treatment important steps, also is Chinese medicine very big special points. Under the correct diagnosis, to find out what pattern it is, then make formula of herbs, this is the Chinese medicine treatment's safety and effective procedure.

Flower Essences

Submitted by Jacqueline Wooden on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 4:46pm

      Each and every one of us is sustained from vital energy, from those things that we take in and metabolize that bring us life; water, sunlight, food, breath, love, to name a few. This in turn, can describe the nature of a flower essence. That is the vital life force of the plant captured in the medium of water. When administered, the flower essence is said to 'uplift the life energy of the individual'.

Scorpions, Centipedes, and Hornets Nests: Chinese Herbal Medicine History

Submitted by Chad Dupuis on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 3:29pm

Even though Chinese Medicine is new to many of us, it is far from a new medicine, a new "alternative", or any other relationship to "new" that it may gain in popular media. The theories and methods utilized within Chinese Medicine are drawn from thousands and thousands of years of collective human experience. When people ask "does it really work?", this question always amazes me. This is not because I'm surprised that they are unfamiliar with some of the techniques, but because of how much sense it makes when people stop and think about it.

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