Chinese herbal medicine
Chinese herbal medicine is the oldest and most comprehensive form of herbal medicine in the world. The use of these substances can be traced back to 1,000 BC. Over the past 5000 years, along with acupuncture, it is a main component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Herbal medicine involves the use of individual herbs, or more often, herbal formulas. Chinese herbal medicine is widely used for treatment and prevention of diseases and general health maintenance. It helps restore physiological functions in the body by detoxifying organs, supplementing energy, decreasing inflammation, combating infections (with anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-biotic herbs,) and regulating hormones. Furthermore Chinese herbal medicine may be used to treat conditions that are not as effectively treated by acupuncture.
Each patient is given a customized herbal formula to suit the unique health needs. To determine the herbs and formula you need, we will go through your symptoms, health history, our medical pulse diagnostic system, and tongue diagnosis system.
Quality of Chinese herbs
The Chinese herbs that we use are of the highest potency, purity and safety. We only use herbs from manufacturers that are certified by following standards of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP- strict international standards of manufacturing even more strict than in the U.S.) established by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and World Health Organization (WHO).
Herbs are verified for authenticity via advanced laboratory equipment’s. Pesticide, heavy metal, fungus, mold and bacteria tests are performed to ensure purity and safety, which guarantees that you receive the highest quality product that is safe and effective.