Acupuncture
treatment and Chinese Herbal Medicine consultations in
central London,
W8,
W11, W14, SW3, SW5,
Kensington and South Kensington, South West London,
SW14,
SW15, SW18, SW19,
Earlsfields, Southfields and Wimbledon
Chinese
Herbal medicine and acupuncture are the main modalities or
treatment method within Traditional Chinese Medicine or
TCM. TCM is the World's oldest, continually practised,
professional medicine. Its written history stretches back
not less than 2,500 years and its practice is undoubtedly
much older than that.
Although acupuncture was the first Chinese modality to gain
wide acceptance in the West, Chinese herbal medicine is
quickly establishing itself as one of the most popular and
effective alternative therapies in the Western world.
Chinese herbal medicine, when practised as part of TCM, is
based on an individualized pattern diagnosis as well as a
disease diagnosis.
This means the TCM patient receives a custom written herbal
prescription designed to treat both the symptom or disease
and also their individual pattern.
Such a TCM pattern is made up of a person's signs and
symptoms as well as their emotional temperament and bodily
constitution.
Western herbalism primarily uses single herbs or groups of
herbs which treat the same symptom or disease. A TCM
formula may include 6-18 different kinds of herbs. It is
carefully crafted to include herbs addressing a person's
main symptoms as well as the their entire pattern.
TCM practitioners use ingredients from all three kingdoms,
i.e., vegetable, animal, and mineral.
However, in my practice, I only use ingredients from
vegetable sources. Leaves, flowers, twigs, stems, roots,
tubers, rhizomes, and barks are some of the vegetable parts
used.
How are Chinese herbs taken?
The most common method of taking Chinese herbal medicine is
as a decoction.
This means that the herbs are cooked at a low boil for an
hour or more and then strained and drunk 2-3 times per day.
However, there are also herbal pills, tinctures, and
powdered extracts for those who do not have the time or
taste for drinking traditional decoction.
Pills and powders are good for prolonged administration in
the case of chronic disease where formulas do not have to
be very potent or changed on a frequent basis.
Pills and powders are also commonly used to consolidate
therapeutic results after a successful course of therapy
with decoctions.
Most of the medicines in the Chinese materia medica have a
very low toxicity compared to even common, over the counter
Western drugs.
When they are prescribed according to a correct TCM pattern
diagnosis, they should have virtually no side effects
besides beneficial healing results.
In acute conditions, results can be expected in a matter of
minutes.
In chronic conditions, some results should be seen within
two weeks.
Chronic conditions may require taking Chinese herbal
medicine for a long time, nonetheless, signs that the
medicine is working should be apparent to patient and
practitioner alike almost from the very start.
I often use acupuncture with Chinese herbal medicine: this
method is excellent to bring quicker and better result.
For the treatment of both male and female infertility, it
is definitely the best approach to these problems.
The combination of acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine
is also extremely effective for Gynecological issues and
for all sort of chronic conditions
Acupuncture
London:
fertility clinics of acupuncture and complementary medicine
at 95 Replingham Road london SW18 5LU
and 211-213 kensington High Street London W8 6BD
