Chinese Herbal Medicine returns your energy balance (Qi)
The underlying principles employed by the Wentworth Clinic’s Chinese herbal medicine practitioners go back over 2,000 years and are very different from traditional Western thinking about health, illness and the workings of your body.
Today, amalgams of over three hundred herbs are prescribed to normalise imbalanced energy, or Qi ("life force", "breath" or "spiritual energy"), that runs through invisible meridians in your body. The conventional way of administering Chinese herbs is to make a strong tea that is simmered for about an hour or more, they can also be administered as pills or granules.
Chinese herbal medicine forms a major part of a holistic healing system called Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), popular with around three million Australians who annually visit TCM practitioners for therapies that include acupuncture, massage dietary advice and exercise in addition to Chinese Herbs to balance your body’s Yin and Yang energy.
Making an enquiry is your first step to meeting your Chinese Herbalist the return of balance to your energy.
Traditional Chinese medical practitioners are acknowledged to have considerable diagnostic skill, acquired over a period of years if not decades. Your Wentworth Clinic Chinese Herbal Medicine practitioner might advise you to make specific changes in your diet, avoiding foods that either ‘heat’ or ‘cool’ your constitution. The full complexity of symptoms and dynamic balances make dietary changes an important part of your healing process. Five Element Acupuncture may also be used in conjunction with Chinese herbal medicines to treat your disrupted Qi
Studies have shown Chinese herbal medicines to be successful in treating a range of ailments, particularly gynaecological and gastrointestinal disorders. Chinese Herbal Medicines are often used in conjunction with modern western pharmaceuticals and can be deployed in the treatment of many common ailments including.
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- Asthma
- Autoimmune disorders
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Digestive problems
- Eczema
- Fatigue
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- Gynaecological disorders
- Hay fever
- Hepatic (liver) disorders
- Menstrual regulation
- Psoriasis
- Stress
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Chinese Herbal Medicines have achieved widespread Many modern drugs have been developed from traditional Chinese herbs. Rather than being prescribed individually, anywhere from 3 to 25 single herbs are combined into formulas designed to adapt to your specific needs.
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