Chinese Herbs
The Characters and Functions of Traditional Chinese Drugs
Posted under Chinese Herbs on Tuesday, 28 October 2008 by admin
Each drug has its own specific characters. In traditional Chinese medicine, the different characters of drugs are employed to treat diseases, rectify the hyperactivity or hypoactivity of yin or yang, and help the body restore its normal physiological functions, consequently curing the diseases and...
A fairy tale of cinnabar
Posted under Chinese Herbs on Thursday, 23 October 2008 by admin
In ancient China, most people were very superstitious. They didn’t visit a doctor but went for a necromancer when they were sick. At that time the doctors couldn’t treat mania and withdrawal but the necromancer did. So, people preferred the...
cinnamon bark on story
Posted under Chinese Herbs on Sunday, 19 October 2008 by admin
Holy Farmer (Shen Long) was the celestial being of medicine in folk legend. His great exploits of saving people from diseases were greatly praised by the people through the ages.
Once there lived a scholar called Mao Song who was honest and kind. Though he had studied The Four Books (The...
A story of China Herbs whose name is pig-ear weed
Posted under Chinese Herbs on Sunday, 19 October 2008 by admin
There was a famous general named Ma Wu in Han Dynasty.
There had been a drought in summer one year and no crops could survive. It happened that Ma Wu's army was defeated and had to retreat to the wilds.
Food supplies were few and it was even difficult to find wellspring. Many...
Chinese Herbal medicine introduced
Posted under Chinese Herbs on Saturday, 18 October 2008 by admin
Together with acupuncture, herbal medicine is a major pillar of Chinese medicine. The Chinese pharmacopoeia lists over 6,000 different medicinal substances in terms of their properties and the disharmonies that they were helpful with. There are about 600 different herbs in common use today....