Traditional Chinese Medicine

Article in Herbal Therapy

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Chinese herbal formulas have been in use for more than 2,200 years, and are composed of ingredients chosen to function in combination with each other.

In Western medicine, medications are usually prescribed individually for a specific effect. In classical Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal formulas, each herb has a different purpose or role to help the body achieve harmony. For a plant to have been included in the Chinese apothecary, each of its parts had to be identified for a different healing purpose.