Giving up smoking

Chinese herbal medicine is part of an ancient way of healing, which helps balance the body and soul. It is the mainstay of Chinese medicine as a whole, and many of the herbs have been used for centuries, and are dispensed either as the raw herbs, which need to be cooked, or as powders to be mixed with water, or as pills.

The first writings on Chinese herbs were published in 220AD on the subject of treating the common cold and a lot of the formulas in that text are still used today, with slight modifications.  Even today, in Chinese hospitals, around 90 percent of patients are under herbal doctors.

Herbal practitioners in this country believe that conventional medicine cannot treat all long term chronic enduring problems satisfactorily and so people begin to look for alternatives.