Using Chinese Herbal Medicine For Your Health Problems
Why You Should Consider Using It For Your Health Problems
Chinese Herbal Medicine has a mind-bogglingly amount of historical evidence that it has been in existence for at least 3,000 years. Tangible proof resides in the earliest known book that survives today called Prescriptions for 52 Diseases (Wu Shi Er Bing Fang). This book dates back to the eighth century B.C.
There are some scholars that estimate Chinese Herbal Medicine has been in existence for 10,000 years. This is projected from herbal formulas written on shells and bones that have survived to this day. It is believed that the herbal medicine is far older than the practice of acupuncture, which is thought to have developed approximately 5,000 years ago.
Western medicine advocates often belittle herbal medicine. They argue that it is not scientific and state there is little or no research on it. They imply that it is folk medicine from the dark ages and should be discarded because it not modern and new.
The 20th century delusion in the Western world is that anything scientific or newly discovered must be better to everything and anything that came before it. They think the only knowledge of value is knowledge and data derived during the past 50 years.
In the United States there is a disturbing trend to denigrate anything that does not originate within its borders by the medical community. Western MD’s often have the mindset that if they didn’t learn about it in medical school its not valid. (I can’t tell you how many times a MD has told me, there is insufficient research to prove the validity of acupuncture, let alone herbal medicine.)
A quick comparison –
- Prozac, a popular antidepressant, was introduced in 1989, and studied for about 10 years prior to release in clinical trials. So let’s give Prozac about a 30-year lifespan so far. Do you think Prozac will be around in another 30 years? Hasn’t it been in the news as causing some of the same problems it’s supposed to help such as the Columbine shootings? If you’re interested, just do a quick search online and you’ll find plenty of information that people think it’s harmful.
- An herbal formula, Xiao Chai Hu Tang Wan (Minor Bupleurum) dates from before 219 A.D. and is mentioned in the Shang Han Lun (a publication of that time). This herbal medicine has been in continuous use in Chinese Herbal Medicine for almost 2,000 years. If it were as dangerous as some drugs being prescribed today, it would have been discarded. Xiao Chai Hu Tang Wan remains one of the more commonly prescribed herbal medicines today.
In the real world, any medicine that has little effect and doesn’t improve a patient’s symptoms will no longer be offered in a very short time simply because it doesn’t work. Ineffective treatment will not be continued – the populace will not tolerate it, even when it is forced upon them.
Just consider for a moment that if a treatment or herbal medicine has existed for several hundred years wouldn’t you think it has proven its effectiveness? Chinese Herbal Medicine has proven its usefulness in the experience of thousands – if not millions of patients and doctors. This is a far more exacting and rigorous standard than testing lab rats.
Having health problems? It may be time to consider using Chinese Herbal Medicine.
About the author: Christine Hasinger, DOM, Acupuncturist and Herbalist, has a private practice in Palm Harbor, Florida at the Blue Orchid Healing Center. She offers personal and individualized herbal consultations via phone and email through Herb Consults.
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Hi, I'm Christine Hasinger, DOM. I’m an Oriental Medicine Practitioner of which a large part is utilizing natural herbal medicine. You see, we're Master Herbalists as well as Acupuncturists. A large part of our extensive training focuses on the preparation, making, use and prescribing of herbs and herbal formulas for a wide variety of health disorders and problems.