What is Chinese herbal medicine?

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Adam Schreiber · Answer

What is Chinese herbal medicine? Chinese herbal medicine, also known as traditional Chinese medicine or TCM, refers to the long history of using plant and animal products to treat disease in China. There are hundreds of different herbs used within the tradition of Chinese herbal medicine and most often they are prepared and consumed as medicinal teas. Unlike some other herbal traditions which tend to use a single herb to treat a symptom or disease, Chinese medicine almost always uses multi-herb formulas to treat a presenting pattern of disharmony or disease. There are different methods of administering Chinese herbs. I tend to use one of three in my practice which I'll show you right now. The first method of administration and the most traditional one would be to use the actual herbs themselves as seen here in these two examples. This is actually licorice root, okay, and this is the petals of safflower flower. These would be combined in a formula and boiled in water for a certain amount of time and then consumed as a tea. The second method that I use are these powdered extracts, okay. This happens to be chrysanthemum flower. I would mix these extracts into the proper formula for the patient. They would dissolve this powder in hot water and then drink it like a tea. The third method would be utilizing prepared medicines, pills and tablets and tinctures and topical products to treat a symptom or disease.

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