Chinese Herbal Medicine

As with acupuncture, herbal medicine has been an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 3,500 years. Although acupuncture has gained wide acceptance throughout the world, herbal medicine has always been the primary treatment method within TCM. Over the centuries, it has developed into a sophisticated, systematic method of classification and prescription including thousands of substances.

Active ingredients found in medicinal herbs have been extracted to produce some of our most common pharmaceutical drugs. Aspirin, penicillin, digoxin, and morphine are just a few of the many drugs which are derived from herbs.