Herbal medicine is another major treatment method used by asian medical practitioners.
It employs specific plants,minerals and animal products that have been used in many parts of asia for over 5,000 years to cure a wide variety of ailments.
There are more than 7,000 herbs identified and about 400 of these are common in the united states.
Each herbs has unique properties that include taste and temperature. They enter different organs and produce various effect: nourishing, tonify the body, moving Qi, and blood to purge and clear heat remove cold, and detoxify the body according to the patient`s condition, symptoms and constitution.
Different groups of herbs are selected to creat formulas to address each patient`s specific needs.
Besides acupuncture and herbal formulas, Asian Medicine provides other treatment methods.
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