New Perspective, New Opportunities, Ⅰ
When an average person decides on considering the completely new option of healing through Chinese Herbal Medicine, one of the biggest barriers that they will likely face is its very different views and understanding of their body.
This will include new and quite foreign terminology.
Take for instance the many categories that classify the plethora of Chinese Herbs as they are used to make the formulas.
Just to review a few of these ideas and terms please see the list below:
- Herbs that Release the Exterior
- Herbs that Clear Heat
- Herbs that Drain Fire
- Herbs that Cool the Blood
- Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
- Downward Draining Herbs (Purgatives, Laxatives & Cathartics)
- Herbs that Drain Dampness
- Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-heat
- Herbs that Transform Phlegm-cold
- Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation
- Herbs that Regulate the Qi
- Herbs that Invigorate the Blood
- Herbs that Tonify the Qi
- Herbs that Tonify the Blood
- Herbs that Tonify the Yin
- Herbs that Tonify the Yang
- Herbs that Stabilize and Bind
- Herbs that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
- Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors
- Aromatic Substances that Open the Orifices
- Herbs that Expel Parasites
And of course there is much more…