How are Herbs Used?

• Herbal medicine is by itself a powerful method of healing. Western drugs are usually used to control symptoms but do not alter the disease process. For example: antibiotics kill bacteria but do not improve a person's resistance to infection; diuretics drain excess fluid from the body but do not improve the kidney function. Chinese herbs can also rid the body of disease but they also nourish and balance the body in very specific ways, thereby improving organ function and building up a person's constitution and immune system.

• Chinese herbs are traditionally given as a very strong tea. The practitioner will give the patient a bag of herbs. Each bag contains a formula of about 12 or so granulated herbs that has been prepared specifically for the patient and his or her condition. The patient then prepares the herbs at home by adding boiling water and drink the herbs as a tea. The benefit of this method is that the formula can be customized to the patient's particular condition. The practitioner may also prescribe herbal pills, or tinctures instead because these are more convenient. However, the granulated herbs are usually stronger and always more adaptable.

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