Chinese Herbs

The fast advancement in the science and technology has

no doubt provided mankind with many conveniences and

facilities in the field of medicine, but even now we

cannot deny the significance and importance of the

herbal cure and treatment. Chinese herbal medicine has

great antiquity and history with beneficial and

curative roots extending back to Zhou Empire, Late

Bronze/Early Iron Age at about 2500 to 3000 years ago.

Due to its shamanistic origins, the current form of

etiological concepts is the roots of the ancient

herbalism in China now days. In the latter half of the

first millennium, there was a troubled socio-economic

environment was prevailing in the China and this

philosophy and idea of the causes of disease in human

society related directly to that disturbed environment

of the country at that time. During that dark time of

depression and distress, people found the only solution

of the sickness in herbal medicine to extirpate those

unwanted intruders. That laid the foundation of the

traditional Chinese herbal medicine.

The value of herbal medicine is claimed to be one of

the most important traditions in China. Scientists

working in this field have claims that herbs

prescriptions and materials contain active components

that can explain many of their actions. Drugs have been

developed from those herbs and by them the treatment of

many hilarious diseases is possible now. These herbs

have a history of more than 2000 years old and since

than many useful components have been added in it to

make it more effective and valuable. It also decreases

the side effects and sometimes replaces them

completely.

Table Of Contents:

A General Synopsis to Chinese Herbs

a. EARLY EVIDENCES OF CHINESE HERBALISM

b. HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AND ITS EXPANSION

c. DEVELOPMENT IN CHINESE HERBALISM

Treatment of Disease

a. CONSTIPATION

b. DIABETES

c. CANCER

d. ACNE

i. TOXIC-HEAT

ii. PHLEGM-ACCUMULATION

iii. BLOOD HEAT TYPE

e. DEPRESSION

f. INTESTINAL PARASITES

g. ARTHRITIS

How To Reduce Weight

a. CHINESE HERBS TEA

Chinese Herbs And Side Effects

Conclusion