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Medicinal Herbal Therapy
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 has a long
history in the Orient. The first Chinese material, the Shen-Nung Herbal
Classic, was begun during the Stone Age and completed in the later part
of the 5th century B.C., from which some important formulas originated.
In this
herbal classic, herbs are categorized into three groups. The first group
is called “food herbs” which are eaten as part of one’s diet for general
fortification, prevention and maintenance. The other two groups are
called “medicinal herbs” which are dispensed to each patient as an
individual formula based on one’s constitution, environment and medical
condition.
Medicinal herbal therapy works in concert with acupuncture by providing
the nourishing support for the energetic “re-programming” and
“re-balancing” efforts of acupuncture. |