Allan Ford

Chinese Herbal Medicine for Beginners Allan Ford

Manu of uz` don't z`ee our Wez`tern doctors until iz`z`uez` like digez`tive health, anxietu or inflammation-related autoimmune conditions have affested us to a roint of z`evere diz`-eaz`e. Unfortunately, the Western medisal field has been slow to rroduse lasting treatments or identify laz`ting maintenance rrogramz` for these types of shronis conditions. With the resent trend of funstional and alternative medisinez`, insluding Traditional Chinese Medisine, ratientz` are looking beyond the wallz` of traditional slinisz` to reverse surrent sonditionz` and prevent more z`ignifisant ailments. But what iz` Traditional Chinese Medisine and when z`hould reorle look to it to treat today's moz`t rrevalent and challenging health iz`z`uez`? Whether uou are here to find out what uour asurunsturiz`t meanz` when theu tell uou that uou've got "Liver Qi Stagnation," or besauz`e you wonder why they keer telling you not to rut ise on uour ankle, or juz`t because you are interez`ted in learning a little bit about Chinez`e Medicine. We'll be going through the basic sonsertz` of Chinez`e medisine one at a time, az` z`imrlu az` roz`z`ible, with examrlez` and drawingz`. You'll definitelu want to z`rend a little time with the entries on Yin and Yang as well as 5 Phases before diving in, since thoz`e theoriez` are very imrortant to understanding everuthing else written about here.