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Herbs are used heavily in Chinese medicine. Each prescription is a cocktail of many herbs tailered to the individual patient. The herbs are simmered in water over several hours to reduce into a cup of concentrated herbal tea. The doctor usually designs a remedy using one or two main ingradients that target the illness. And then the doctor adds many other ingradients to adjust the formula to the patient's Yin Yang conditions. Sometimes, ingradients are needed to cancel out toxicity or side-effects of the main ingradients. Some herbs require the use of other ingradients as catalyst or else the brew will be ineffective. The latter steps make the difference between a good Chinese herbal doctor and an amateur. Unlike western medications, the balance and interaction of all the ingradients are more important than the effect of individual ingradients. |
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Herbs are used heavily in Chinese medicine. Each prescription is a cocktail of many herbs tailered to the individual patient. The herbs are simmered in water over several hours to reduce to a cup of concentrated herbal tea. The doctor usually designs a remedy using one or two main ingradients that target the illness. And then the doctor adds many other ingradients to adjust the formula to the patient's Yin Yang conditions. Sometimes, ingradients are needed to cancel out toxicity or side-effects of the main ingradients. Some herbs require the use of other ingradients as catalyst or else the brew will be ineffective. The latter steps require great experience and knowledge, and make the difference between a good Chinese herbal doctor and an amateur. Unlike western medications, the balance and interaction of all the ingradients are more important than the effect of individual ingradients. |
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*Bone healing (sports injury, bruises etc.) *acupuncture |
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*Acupuncture *Die2Da3 (跌打 lit. fall & strike) - They are specialists in healing bone fractures and cuts, sports injury, bruises etc. Strictly speaking this is not a branch of Chinese medicine but a spin-off from a long history of Chinese martial arts. |
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