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What is an Herbal Consultation?
Herbal Consultations are a powerful catalyst for identifying the most beneficial herbal medicine remedies, lifestyle recommendations, and dietary advice to restore and promote natural health, and support your overall well-being.
Herbal Consultations at GoldStar Acupuncture provide the opportunity to have your medical history and overall health condition evaluated by our master herbalists, who will use highly specialized diagnostic methods rooted in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to uncover the root of poor health conditions and imbalances, and devise a personalized herbal medicine treatment plan just for your needs.
Traditional Chinese Herbology
Traditional Chinese Herbology is a cornerstone of a complete healthcare system known as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In continual use since 100 BCE, Traditional Chinese Herbology is the most highly developed and most commonly used herbal medicine system in the world, and has been integrated into modern healthcare settings worldwide for over 50 years.
Traditional Chinese Herbology primarily relies on the use of various parts of plants, such as flowers, fruits, seeds, stems, twigs, branches, leaves, barks and roots, as well as various fungi species such as medicinal mushrooms. Over thousands of years of continual use, the therapeutic properties and actions of these substances were discovered through trial and error, and classified according to fundamental TCM theories. This process produced an elaborate system whereby herbs correspond to various body systems and their functions, and they can be matched with any number of patterns of poor health.
Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Herbology
Traditional Chinese Herbology views the human being as an integrated and indivisible organism. These different aspects are not separate from one another. Rather they work inseparably as a holistic system through mutual and complimentary interactions, and a network of intrinsically dynamic relationships.
Traditional Chinese Herbology does not solely rely on a Western medical diagnosis. Using its own unique system of diagnosis, Traditional Chinese Herbology views the body similar to a tree— an interconnected unifying whole system that is in dynamic relationship to its natural environment.
Traditional Chinese Herbology takes into account not just the manifesting symptoms of disease (branch), but it also identifies patterns of imbalance at the root of poor health. It aims aims to return functional synergy to body systems by restoring balance, thereby optimizing the fundamental processes that support health and well-being.
Herbal Formulas
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) emphasizes combining herbs together into prescription medicines called herbal formulas. Over millennia, thousands of TCM herbal formulas have been developed and used to help treat a wide variety of health problems, support wellbeing and promote longevity. Relatively inexpensive and accessible to everyone, TCM herbal formulas have become a staple in most industrialized households, with many now being studied for their effectiveness in the treatment of biomedically defined diseases.
Herbal Formulas In Modern Healthcare
Modern research has shown that many TCM herbs and herbal formulas offer a range of nutritional value and health benefits, and most contain active components that display a wide spectrum of pharmacological effects. Combined with traditional indications of use, Chinese herbal formulas have become an effective natural choice treating many different types of illnesses and conditions that are often closely associated with biomedically defined diseases.
| Modern Pharmacological Effects of Chinese Medicine Herbs |
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Herbal Formulas Help Boost Immune Function
TCM herbal formulas are especially effective in supporting optimum immune system function, particularly in relation to common colds and other infections, stress, skin problems, insomnia, fatigue, and various unresolved illnesses that have not responded well to conventional care. They are also commonly used to alleviate pain and other symptoms and conditions related to the inflammatory response such as stress, anxiety, trauma, injury, arthritis, chronic diseases and/or drug treatment.
Herbal Formulas Regulate Digestive Function
TCM herbal formula are also well known for their excellent ability to regulate and optimize digestive function. They are commonly used to help with various digestive symptoms such as indigestion, constipation, diarrhea, poor appetite, gas, nausea, bloating, heartburn, and vomiting, and related disorders of the gastrointestinal tract including IBS, SIBO, colitis, and acid reflux (GERD).
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