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What is the procedure for herbal consultation?

1. Consultation & Examination:
a) Before treatment the practitioner will explain what herbal medicine is and its action is and what it may do.
b) Questions about health and disease. A case history will be taken to ascertain the level of injury/disease and the strength of your own constitution.
c) This may be followed by an analysis of the patient's tongue. The patient's pulse may also be taken. These two activities ascertain the condition of internal organs.

2. After the consultation you may be given dietary or lifestyle advice to lessen the effect of disease and to strengthen your constitution.

3. Herbs are written as a prescription and made up for the patient to take internally or externally depending on the type of disease.

Raw herbs, granules or capsules

At tuina uk herbs are give in many forms raw herbs are prepared for external use only . After many years of experience I have found the patients find the taste of herbs unpleasant, patients do not comply with recommendations, and in the west there is not enough time to boil and prepare the herbs.

The herbs are prepared in granule form, there is little preparation with this method all the patient has to do is add hot water stir allow to cool then drink. This form is very convenient for storage and transport as the shelf life of the herbs once made is longer than the raw herb decoction.

Herbs are also given in capsule form. First the prescription is made up in granules then placed in veggie caps. One of the main reasons for capsules is that there are still some patients who cannot swallow and dislike the taste of the herb medicine.

Internal herbs or external herbs

The most common way of taking herb medicine is orally, there are many conditions where external application would assist or be the preferred method.

Four standard herbal recipes are available for common ailments. A recipe can be made to suit your own needs:

Recipe 1: Athletes foot, Warts, Tinea, verrucas, Hard skin, Hard dry skin (with cracks).

Recipe 2: Poor circulation, Rheumatoid arthritis.

Recipe 3: Poor circulation, poor energy.

Recipe 4: Poor circulation, Diabetes, Hard dry skin.

The herbs are ingested through the acu points of the feet rather than experiencing the bitter taste in the mouth.

Through external trauma injury to the muscle or skin herb spray's, herb poltices and creams are given to stop local bleeding, clear bruising and quicken the speed of repair.

What are the benefits?

Herb medicine offers a wide range of benefits, both physiological as well as psychological, for all the systems of the body. While allopathic practitioners and doctors claim to treat the disease, while using herb medicine I claim to treat the person with the disease strengthening the constitution and improving the quality of their lives. Herb medicine can be used to treat the symptoms while improving the immune system, strengthen the digestion, tonify and cleanse the blood and increase ones energy. Herb medicine can be used to regulate the organs and the flow of blood. Some conditions that can benefit from the use of herbs are: