Chinese Herbal Medicine As an important part of Chinese traditional culture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has evolved into an unique and complete medical system that is available to the modern world. It is not merely symptomatic medicine, for when correctly applied, a patient is first holistically assessed for an underlying pattern of imbalance. In general, the techniques of TCM are Chinese Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Herbology, Massage, Cupping, Gua Sha, Qi Gong, etc. TCM originated from the summarization of experience of the ancient Chinese people in their struggle against diseases and it also has been tested by the long history of China.
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Raw TIENCHI(tian qi) use internally for swelling, bruising or bleeding in acute trauma.
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Useful in other bleeding disorders including postpartum bleeding, nosebleed, blood in urine or stool, bleeding ulcer, and menorrhagia.
HISTORY OF CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE
Chinese herbal medicine has great antiquity, with therapeutic roots extending back to Zhou Dynasty, Late Bronze/Early Iron Age at about 2500 to 3000 years ago. From its shamanistic origins, herbalism in archaic China evolved in response to aetiological concepts current at the time. These notions of the causes of disease in human society related directly to the troubled socio-economic environment that prevailed in early China in the latter half of the first millennium BC. Somewhat euphemistically termed the Warring States period, the general uncertainty of life during these dark times gave rise to the belief that sickness was due to the malevolent action of demonic forces. Incipient herbal medicine was employed to extirpate these unwanted intruders, laying the foundation of what was to become traditional Chinese herbal medicine.
The earliest extant evidence of nascent herbalism in China comes from two graves from the Han Era at 202 BCE to 220 CE. In 1973, the grave of a Han aristocrat was found at Mawangdui in Hunan Province. This exciting find included valuable medical data written on silk scrolls. The herbal literature included reference to 247 substances that were used by these early people for many different maladies. The body had been placed in the grave in 168 BCE. This means that the medical information is well over 2000 years old and is the oldest extant therapeutic material.
A year earlier, Chinese archaeologists discovered the tomb of a Later Han (25 to 220 CE) physician in Wu-Wei County, Kansu Province. The grave contained 92 wooden bamboo slips, which provided important pharmaceutical data. The medical records included a list of some thirty prescriptions, which featured about a hundred drugs. It is evident from the extant material that some three centuries after the burial of the Han elite at Mawangdui, Chinese herbal medicine had developed to an increased level of therapeutic sophistication. This development was to continue and in 500 CE, the first extensive materia medica or compendium of herbal substances was published. It was the work of the Daoist adept Taohong Jing and had 364 entries.
WHAT IS CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE?
Health is more than just the absence of disease, and Chinese Medicine recognises this with its unique capacity to harmonise and enhance our capacity for enjoyment fulfillment and happiness.
Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) is an ancient system of health care that has undergone continual development over the centuries as the causes of illness that afflict mankind have evolved. In its country of origin it is not an alternative form of therapy, but is used in the state hospitals alongside modern medicine.
Chinese Medicine is a complete medical system that is capable of treating disease in all its forms. Although your practitioner will treat whatever complaint you have come for, the traditional view places great importance on preventing disease before it occurs.
Chinese Medicine consists of:
herbal therapy
acupuncture
dietary therapy
exercise
lifestyle management.
WHAT CAN THEY TREAT?
Chinese Medicine can understand and treat all forms of ill health. The results that can be expected and the length of treatment required will depend on the severity of the disease, it’s duration and the general health of the patient. Chinese Herbal Medicine is probably most renowned in the west for it’s effects on:
Ski a disease
Gynaecology
Digestive complaints
Respiratory conditions
Allergies
Disorders of the immune system
Addiction.
Psychological problems
Children ‘s diseases
CHINESE HERBS:
Lycium Fruit
One of the most well-known traditional properties of lycium fruit is its ability to improve vision. This has been documented for over fifteen centuries.
Radix Glycyrrhizae
The liquid extract is used in cough mixtures and to disguise the taste of nauseous medicines, especially the alkali iodides, quinine and liquid extract of cascara.
Lotus Leaf
To relieve summer-heat, to invigorate the function of the spleen and arrest bleeding by reducing heat in blood.
Flos Chrysanthem
To get rid of fire and toxicity. Used in sore swollen throats, red eyes caused by wind fire, boils, carbuncles and sores.
Ginseng
Ginseng root is used in toothpaste, soft drinks, tea, candy, chewing gum and cigarettes. It also appears on the market as crystals, extract, powder capsules and is sold as the whole root.
Chinese Angelica
Angelica Root is used mainly to treat menstrual cramps, regulate menstrual periods, and lessen menopausal symptoms.
Herba Opuntiae
the stems are used as an external treatment for dysfunction of the liver, skin problems and inflammation of the eyes. As a liquid it is drunk for the treatment of dysentery, diarrhea, worms...
Calculus Bovis
To clear heat and release toxins; eliminate endogenous wind and stop convulsions,
resolve phlegm and promote resuscitation.
Chinese knotweed
Nourishing the kidney, promoting blood circulation and dispelling pathogenic wind.
Arctiin
Arctiin, a plant lignan, is a possible environmental endocrine disruptor compound and has been shown to influence hormone metabolism as well as protein synthesis, steroid biosynthesis.
Cordyceps Sinensis Hyphas Mycelium is an excellent strengthening tonic for convalescing patients; and patients with reduced appetite, weak blood, weakened resistance of respiratory tract and susceptibility to colds or flu can take this product orally to strengthen resistance.
Red Sage Root Invigorating blood circula-tion, removing blood stasis, cooling the blood, treating carbuncles, and tranquil-lising the disturbed mind by nourishing the blood.
