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Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chinese herbal medicine is based on the concepts of Yin Yang. These make up the life essence or Qi which flows through invisible channels called meridians. When the yin (which controls one half of the body's organs) is out of balance with the yang ( controlling the other half) disease results because of the blockage to the free flow of Qi. The organs of the body are composed of five elements; fire, earth, metal, wood and water. The herbs are classified into 5 tastes, sweet, salty, bitter, pungent and sour. These correspond to the 5 elements. The treatment would involve matching the herb with the organ type. Unlike western herbal medicine some preparations include animal products. The practitioner is also likely to employ Acupuncture and some form of dietary advice.
Life and Health Issues Helped
The life and health issues shown below have been noted as being helped by Chinese Herbal Medicine:-
| Acne |
| Asthma |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| Eczema |
| Endometriosis |
| Infertility |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| Panic Attacks |
| PMS |
| Psoriasis |
| Stroke |
Chinese Herbal Medicine Blog
Add your contributions to the blog for this page. The button is at the bottom of the page or follow this link to the blog for this page. These can be absolutely anything related to the topic of this page that needs an answer from other members of the community, or a space for you to complain about or comment on anything related to that topic.
How to Help your Practitioner
You will have certain questions that you want to ask your practitioner about the therapy and your practitioner will have standard questions to ask you about yourself.
The "How to Help Your Practitioner" page for Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chinese Herbal Medicine Practitioner Organisations and Schools
The qualifications and requirements for a practitioner to be registered may vary markedly from organisation to organisation. We would strongly recommend that you visit the organisation's website to ensure that your chosen practitioner is registered with an organisation which has requirements with which you approve.
The home country of the organisation is listed. Although their practitioner lists and training courses are likely to be limited to their own countries most will provide more information, advice, contacts and help wherever you live:-
| The Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association | Australia | National |
| Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada | Canada | National |
| The Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine | Great Britain | National |
| ChineseMedicine.ie | Ireland | National |
| The Acupuncture Foundation | Ireland | National |
| New Zealand School of Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine | New Zealand | National |
| American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | United States of America | National |
| Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | United States of America | National |
| National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) | United States of America | National |
| The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | United States of America | National |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com with the name and URL of your suggestions for additional organisations.
Chinese Herbal Medicine Practitioner List
As the relationship between practitioner and the person consulted by them is a very personal one we would recommend that you check out their qualifications and, if possible, decide whether you have suitable empathy with them. This listing does not imply any special competence.
Practitioner lists for Chinese Herbal Medicine:-
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| The United States of America |
Lists of Practitioners and Practices
Please access the list of practitioners listed by therapy from the Therapies Home page
The full searchable practice list for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
The practitioners and practitioners' organisations lists for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
Shopping Zone
Editors Choice
Not all good things come from Amazon. The following are my choices of goodies that I have come across or in which I have had some involvement. If you want to add anything please email me (editor(at)shared-care.com) with details
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | Gluten free cookbook; lots of good recipes |
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | |
| Dr Michaels New Horizons | Self help tapes from No Panic |
| No Panic | |
| Lumie Sunlamp | Sunlamp for SAD (works for me! (ed)) |
| Lumie | |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | Free downloadable book about treating migraine |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | |
| The FISH Plan for Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Free downloadable book about treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| The FISH Plan for IBS | |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | Necessary dietary reading for everyone |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | |
