What are Chinese Herbs and how are they used?

Acupuncture and Chinese herbs are both tools in the Chinese medical toolkit. Every time you take your herbs, you are helping to shift the imbalance at the root of your symptoms. Herbs are an incredibly cost-effective way of supporting your health goals between treatments, as a months worth of herbs typically costs half as much as an acupuncture visit. Chinese herbs are available in both powdered forms (custom blends) and standardized formulas in pill form for ease of use.

Depending on your condition, Chinese herbs may play an important role in your treatment plan. While conditions like back pain or arthritis tend to respond best to acupuncture, internal problems with digestion, sleep, menopause, skin, immunity, and reproductive health tend to be best treated with a combination of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Taking a personalized herb blend allows you to reinforce the same message that we send to your body during acupuncture about how to get back into balance. Because formulas are aimed at correcting the underlying imbalance in the body, a welldesigned Chinese Herb formula can treat many different symptoms at once.