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Herbal Medicine & Chinese Herbal Medicine You can consult a herbalist for any of the problems that you would normally take to your doctor. However, the slower and more profound action of herbal medicines works particularly well for chronic conditions. Medicines prescribed by herbalists are often ‘tinctures’, which you drop on your tongue or dissolve in water. You might also be prescribed pills, teas or ointments. You should only treat yourself with herbs for minor conditions and for short periods. It may not be a good idea to mix conventional medicines with herbal ones. Chinese Herbal Medicine uses the same principles and methods of diagnosis as other types of traditional Chinese medicine. It has grown rapidly in popularity recently in the West and demand for herbs has outstripped supply, so they have occasionally been contaminated or of poor quality - to avoid this, choose a practitioner from the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (UK). Some of the remedies come from animals (including endangered species, such as the tiger or bear - although this is very unlikely in the West) and you need to say if you want to avoid these. Remedies are usually ‘decoctions’,which involves you simmering dried herbs in water and then drinking the liquid. These taste fairly disgusting. Chinese herbal medicine can probably be used for an even greater range of illnesses than Western herbalism, but is particularly noted for its success with skin problems and infertility.
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