Herbal medicine can be useful on its own or as a compliment to acupuncture. Along with acupuncture, lifestyle modification, exercise, meditation and dietary therapy, herbal use is one of the major pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is especially helpful when treating internal disorders of the nervous, immune, digestive and endocrine (hormone) systems. Many traditional Chinese herbs include a concentrated dosage of those that we use in flavouring our food and pick up as over the counter supplements. Many may be familiar, as there is a fair bit of overlap between western herbology, naturopathic, Indigenous and Ayurvedic herbal remedies in the Traditional Chinese Materia Medica.

 An herbal formula may be in granule(decocted), tea, effervescent, tincture, pill or capsule form. These herbal formulations are carefully selected and balanced according to your individual presentation of symptoms to achieve a specific desired effect in the body and to lessen any likelihood of side-effects. All formulas are strictly regulated in Canada to be of the utmost quality and safety for public consumption under the direction of a TCM practitioner. Over the past two decades, a significant amount of research has gone into the biomedical functions of these herbs and our focus is always to provide the most effective, evidence-based approach.