HERBOLOGY

Herbology is the art of identifying medicinal herbs to address each patient’s particular conditions. The first book found on Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine “The Classic of Materia Medica - Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing” was compiled in the era of the Qin and Han dynasties, circa 206 B.C. The herbs are classified into different properties of temperature and taste. Temperature characteristics are warm, hot, cold, cool and neutral. Characteristics of taste are sour, sweet, spicy, astringent, bitter, salty or neutral. Chinese Herbology utilizes all of the parts of plants, including leaf, stem, flower, and roots. Each herbal prescription is a combination of different herbs that resolves the underlying root cause, restoring balance and harmony.

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