TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) utilizes botanical herbs and other natural substances create remedies to specific ailments. 3000 years of trial and error has produced this time-tested healthcare system. Many herbal formulas have been developed to treat thousands of illnesses.
Herbs can be derived from different parts of medicinal plants, minerals such as talcum, or even animal products. Herbs are often taken internally as a decoctions and distillations and are also used externally as herbal ointments for eczema or itch, herbal patches for pain, and steamed over the skin for various ailments. We often dispense patented herbs such as pills, capsules, and granules.
The body comprises of channels that link the muscles, sinews, organs, nerves and its vasculature. These channels serve to facilitate the circulation of blood, nutrients, functional hormones, and other necessary biomolecules, all of which Chinese Medicine practitioners call "Qi".
When you consume herbs, they will be digested, absorbed by the body, and enter the various pathways through cells, membranes, and organs. Each herb has its own unique natural therapeutic effects directed at specific locations/regions of the body depending on its nature. Thus, depending on combination of these factors, it produces healing response.
Most often, patients will experience several pathologies. Therefore, your provider will often combine different herbs together to treat multiple patterns of disharmony.
Your provider will first assess you to find your body's pattern of disharmony. Once they have discovered it through a combination of real-time physical signs and verbal inquiry, they will prescribe an herbal formula accordingly to ensure you receive the best results possible. Various ingredients may be substituted in the case of cetain dietary restrictions, like in the case you are vegan.
Here are some conditions herbal medicine can be used for:
• shoulder, neck, and back pain
• tendinitis and carpal tunnel
• arthritis, rheumatism, and other joint pain • cardiovascular disease: ‘The Three Highs’ : high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol
• bone diseases: Degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, bulging and slipped discs, osteoporosis, and other bone diseases
• digestive disorders: diarrhea, epigastric pain (stomach ache), abdominal pain, constipation, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), Crohn’s disease, gastroenteritis
• respiratory disorders : asthma, dyspnea (difficult breathing), chronic cough, wheezing, and even nicotine addiction (smoking)
• psycho-emotional disease: anxiety, stress, depression, mania, learning difficulty
All first-time patients will require an initial consultation prior to treatment. Patients visiting solely for a recommendation of herbs WITHOUT other additional services, regardless if they are an established patient or not, will require a new consultation. This is so we can take the time to understand the physiological state of your body and formulate an herbal concoction that suites the specific cause of your condition.
Pricing of the herbs themselves varies according to herbs, quantity, weight, and other factors including shipping and expiration date.
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