What is Chinese Herbal Medicine?

Chinese herbal medicine has been used as a form of treatment for a multitude of ailments ranging from acute infections to chronic fatigue. Traditional Chinese herbal medicine consists of some 6, 000 substances derived from plant, animal and mineral sources, each with its own unique property and specific effect on the body.

The prescribing of Chinese herbal medicine is based upon individual pattern differentiation using techniques of pulse and tongue diagnosis.

In our clinic, the prescription will consist of from 5 to 15 different herbs chosen from a selection of 400. These individual herbs are combined to form a complex herbal formula which has been testified to be effective in the long history of TCM practice.

The herbs in our clinic are available in the form of:

raw herbs, granules extracts, tablets/capsules, tinctures, lotions/ creams, salves or poultices.