Nan Acupuncture Therapy Centre
Nan Mah C.M.D. Dr. Ac
1368 McPhillips Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Phone: (204) 633-6195

Chinese Herbal Treatments

Herbal therapy is another aspect of traditional Chinese medical treatment. It's the largest area of practice and has been use in China for about 8,000 years. It developed through the use of herbs and spices such as garlic, green onions, ginger and cinnamon. There are over 5,000 basic herbal ingredients. About 400 are available in Canada. Another 4,000 that have been created as herbal patent formulae, about 1,000 of which are available in North America.

Herbs are classified into two major categories. The first category refers to the temperature characteristics of the herb, being one of:

The second category refers to the taste property of the herb, being one of:

The various combinations of temperature and taste give the herb its properties that can influences the Yin and Yang energy patterns of the body. Thus, there are herbs that will warm, herbs that will cool, herbs that will tonify, herbs that will move stagnation and so on.