| There aren't many subjects I know as well as | | | | Ginseng: this traditional chinese herb has been studied |
| traditional chinese herbs. After all, I studied them for | | | | as much as any other chinese herb. It promotes |
| four years in school, prescribed them to patients, and | | | | healing, increases your energy level, and improves |
| wrote a book that spends a lot of time helping | | | | blood sugar profiles. However, too much (or any in |
| regular folks choose the right traditional chinese herbs | | | | the wrong people) can cause headaches, |
| for themselves. | | | | hypertension, and insomnia. |
| Of course, traditional chinese herbs are best | | | | Ginger is a great digestion chinese herb. If you've had |
| prescribed by a Chinese medicine herbalist. The | | | | sushi, you know ginger is one of the two other |
| reasons for this are numerous. | | | | things you eat with it- it promotes digestion, |
| 1. Traditional chinese herbs are usually taken in | | | | prevents nausea, and warms you up. It's also a nice |
| multiherb formulas | | | | adjunct for mild winter colds. You can cut up some |
| 2. These chinese herb formulas are sometimes | | | | of the raw form of this traditional chinese herb and |
| written from scratch for each individual patient | | | | boil it into a fresh, warming tea. |
| 3. Even if a classical standard herbal formula is | | | | Astragalus is a energy and immune system booster. |
| chosen, it takes the expertise of the herbalist to | | | | It's a good herb to take in the winter before you get |
| diagnose you according to Chinese medical theories | | | | a cold - don't take it after you get sick, but but |
| and choose the appropriate traditional chinese herb | | | | before. It's also good for those who are tired and |
| formula | | | | sweat without exertion. |
| 4. If the wrong traditional chinese herbs are used, the | | | | Cinnamon sticks promote circulation, warm you up, |
| patient can get worse, or not heal and just waste | | | | and help you fight winter colds. |
| their money. | | | | All of these can be boiled into teas. |
| Still, there are some traditional chinese herbs that | | | | There are many other traditional chinese herbs - we |
| almost anyone can take, that will promote health in | | | | studied only about 500 of them in my four year |
| nearly everyone. Many of them are well known | | | | Masters program, but there are perhaps 10,000 out |
| already. The following is a list of traditional chinese | | | | there. Likewise, we learned about 200 major chinese |
| herbs that are good for promoting health in most | | | | herbal formulas, but there are hundreds more classical |
| people. Still, you should consult with a local herbalist to | | | | ones, and still more modern ones based on traditional |
| be sure that they'll help you, not harm you. | | | | plus pharmacological knowledge. |
| Also, you should buy my book Powerful Body, | | | | Traditional chinese herbs are not only great herbs, |
| Peaceful Mind: How to Heal Yourself with Foods, | | | | but part of a sophisticated system that treats |
| Herbs, and Acupressure and find out what other | | | | everything from colds and sinusitis, to menopause |
| essential traditional chinese herbs you need to have | | | | and impotence, lupus and chronic fatigue, all the way |
| at home before you need them. | | | | to AIDS and cancer. |