East Gate Healing Arts Center Health, Healing & Rejuvenation with Acupuncture & Chinese medicine

Chinese Herbs

Chinese herbs are often used in conjunction with acupuncture for added therapeutic effect. While many cultures have herbal medicine traditions, the sophistication of Chinese herbal medicine is unsurpassed. Chinese herbal medicine has a long history reaching back several thousand years, and the resulting system is now used to treat everything from the common cold to certain types of cancer.

There are thousands of herbs in the Chinese materia medica, of which about 300 are commonly used. You will generally receive a mixture of several different herbs in a formula that has been tailored to your condition. Chinese herbs are extremely effective and rarely have any side effects. We do a full history and come up with the best formula for you, not just your pervailing symptoms. Herbs, like all aspects in Chinese medicine, is treating you as a complex system that includes your body, mind/emotions and spirit.