Chinese Medicine

As we all know that herbal ginger is one of the most commonly used spices in our food recipes, especially in Asian cookery. In addition, due to its special healing property, ginger bath is also one of the most popular ways for natural detox these days. So, what benefits ginger bath can bring to us [...]

Vitex agnus-castus is one of important fertility herbs for women who try to get pregnant quickly. Also known as chaste berry, vitex agnus-castus actually is not a native Chinese herb. The native vitex in China is the close relative to European vitex agnus-castus. They are different but both chasteberry can be used as fertility herbs [...]

Schizandra berry is also known as Wu Wei Zi in Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which means five-flavor fruit literally. As we know that herbs in Chinese medicine are categorized according to four natures and five flavors. And the Chinese cuisine is also based on five flavors – sour, hot, bitter, sweet and salty. Just as [...]

Herbs for hot flashes is a more of natural alternative way to hormones therapy or Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) nowadays. It is a popular belief that herbs for hot flashes can relieve and cure the symptoms in a holistic and natural way, instead of man-made chemicals and drugs. When it comes to herbs for hot [...]

Dong quai herb ranks 8th among the 25 most frequently used Chinese herbs clinically, which means that nine in ten formulas contain dong quai herb and earns dong quai herb the fame as “King of Herbs”. Especially in the treatments of gynecological diseases, the efficacy of dong quai herb is so distinguished that it is [...]

Immune system herbs refer to those herbs can help strengthen the immune system. When we talk about immune system herbs, a series of questions would follow. For instance, what are immune system herbs? Do immune system herbs work just as well as vitamins and minerals? How immune system herbs work? Immune system Before talking about [...]

Lobelia herb is a beautiful herb, which is one of lobeliaceous plants in family Campanulaceae. In China, lobelia herb mainly grows in south districts, such as provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and Guangdong and so on. From the perspective of Traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese lobelia herb tastes sweet and neutral in nature, influence the channels [...]

Herbs for hemorrhoids, as a matter of fact, can be found everywhere in our daily life. You just have no idea they are herbs for hemorrhoids. After you finish this article, you will find that herbs for hemorrhoids are only something that reach your hand forward and you can get. In fact, it is also [...]

Lo han kuo, or Luo han guo, is the fruit of climbing or trailing plants of the family Cucurbitaceae. In ancient China, Lo han kuo was the tributes to the emperors. In addition, Lo han kuo is known as longevity fruit and fairy fruit in ordinary people. What makes Lo han kuo so popular? Nature [...]

Dong quai is regarded as one of the most effective herbs for women diseases in Chinese medicine. Since dong quai is so time-honored and actually used so widely, are there any side effects in dong quai? Surely as one kind of herbs used to correct the imbalance inside our body, dong quai side effects do [...]