Herbal Medicine Roots
Long before modern medicine began compounding chemicals to take the place of hard to find herbs and other botanicals, herbal medicine was the only available type of medical treatment. Through centuries of trial and error herbs were used to treat a plethora of illnesses and injuries and throughout the period, different plants were found to [...]
Concepts of Herbal Medicine
The concept of herbal medicine that evolved in China over the years has some striking differences when compared to herbal medicine principles that were developed throughout the years in Europe. The most notable difference is that in the European and Western tradition they use single herbs as medicines while in China they combine herbs when [...]
Chinese medicine sinus infection
Sometimes modern medicine scoffs at alternative medical systems that have been in use for thousands of years, like Chinese Traditional Medicine. For example, in Chinese medicine, sinus infections are caused by “invasion of negative influences” (rough translation). With Chinese medicines fighting sinus infections are similar to repelling an invading army from the land. [...]