Herbs are a variety of naturally found products that have medicinal properties that add to the healthful benefits of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese treatments. Herbal formulas can be taken in a variety of ways. You may be prescribed raw herbs. You will take them home, and following simple instructions, steep these herbs into a tea to be drunk at home. For this reason, many practitioners also offer herbal supplements in pill and capsule form.
Herbal formulas tend to be created for a single patient and their specific pattern of disharmony.
Gong means work, self-discipline, achievement or mastery. This art combines aerobic conditioning, isometrics, isotonics, meditation, and relaxation. Qigong is a discipline whose practice allows us to gain control over the life force that courses throughout our bodies. As a radical denial of the human species' separation from nature, qigong challenges the foundations of modern Western biomedical thought. Medical qigong involves breathing exercises combined with meditation.