Herbology
I am a trained herbalist and can create an, herbal formula tailored to your body type and physical/ mental problems. Traditionally, Oriental Medicine includes Acupuncture and herbal therapy together but they can be administered separately. Herbal medicine is a great adjunct to Acupuncture as it aids the body’s healing ability and enhances your Acupuncture treatments. Its written Oriental history stretches back over 2,500 years but its practice is undoubtedly much older.
This medicinal approach is gaining great popularity in the West as an effective alternative therapy. Traditional Western folk herbalism primarily treats diseases and symptoms, such as headache. Oriental herbal medicine, when practiced in conjunction with Acupuncture treatments, is based on your diagnosis and individual needs. Formulae are designed to strengthen your body and to restore health by treating the basis or cause disease process. Herbs do not merely treat symptoms as western pharmaceuticals do. They go to the root of the pathological process.
Herbal medicines are taken in pill or capsule form, tinctures, teas or granules; they could also be administered as soaks or plasters. Herbal formulas must be prescribed by a trained herbologist. Herbs, when taken properly, have no side effects. Herbal medicine is a great adjunct to Acupuncture as it aids the body’s healing ability and enhances your Acupuncture treatments. Its written Oriental history stretches back over 2,500 years but its practice is undoubtedly much older. This medicinal approach is gaining great popularity in the West as an effective alternative therapy. Traditional Western folk herbalism primarily treats diseases and symptoms, such as headache. Oriental herbal medicine, when practiced in conjunction with Acupuncture treatments, is based on your diagnosis and individual needs.
Formulas are designed to strengthen your body and to restore health by treating the basis or cause disease process. Herbs do not merely treat symptoms. Herbal medicines are taken in pill or capsule form, tinctures, teas or granules; they could also be administered as soaks or plasters. Herbal formulas must be prescribed by a trained herbologist. I have that training and often prescribe herbs for my patients and generally see great results. One must keep in mind that herbs are medicine that works in your body to achieve a physical result and should not be taken unless prescribed by a licensed Acupuncturist.
“Most over-the-counter and almost all prescribed drug treatments merely mask symptoms or control health problems or in some way alter the way organs or systems such as the circulatory system work. Drugs almost never deal with the reasons why these problems exist, while they frequently create new health problems as side effects of their activities.” John R. Lee, MD
“It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.” Hippocrates (460-377 BC)