Archive for category: Chinese herbs
A Dit Da Jowis an herbal formula (liniment) used for treating external injuries. They are commonly used in martial art training to speed up the healing of injuries or toughen the body. A common translation [...]
Preparing Tea or Tinctures A tea or decoction (Chinese “tang”) is probably the most common way that herbs are used in China. A tea is an extract of the herb. Water acts as the solvent [...]
Herbs have been used since the beginning of life form. Animals have instinctively learned early on to use different plants for their own healing and strengthening. The usage of herbs by humans has been documented [...]
Herb Formulas are developed to use each herb to its greatest advantage. By combining different herbs together, we will not only adjust and increase the treatment results, but also reduce or release the side-effects from [...]
After diagnosing a pattern of disharmony and administering acupuncture treatments, a doctor of TCM often writes an herbal formula from over a thousand common herbal formulas or from more effective traditional family formulas. Herbal medicine [...]