Chinese herbal medicine offers another effective healing method to treat a variety of physical disorders. They are mainly comprised of plant parts, including leaves, flowers, stems, roots, fruits and barks, some are from minerals, each single herb has different unique healing properties, taste, and energetic actions. A formula is a combination of four to twenty different single herbs with a specific different dosage for each herb. There are more than four hundred of herbs commonly used today. The prescriptions of herbs target the root cause of disease as well as symptoms. Many internal conditions benefit from the use of Chinese herbs in conjunction with acupuncture.
Scientist have demonstrated that herb materials contain active components that can explain many of their claimed actions. According to Chinese clinical studies, herbs can greatly increase the effectiveness of modern drug treatment, reduce their side-effects, and sometimes replace them completely.
With her over 20 years extensive experience and great command of knowledge in Chinese herbal medicine, Julie Jiayu Zhang always views a patient as an energy system of a “whole”, and customizes herbal formula for each individual patient upon a comprehensive evaluation. Each formula is carefully modified corresponding to the specific needs of patient at a particular stage of illness after a comprehensive evaluation based on detailed history, examination. She has excellent results by prescribing individualized complex herbal formulas with patients who fail to respond to conventional treatments.
Compared to many Western pharmaceutical drugs, Chinese herbs are inexpensive and safe to use with few, if any, side effect.
In our Boulder clinic, all the Chinese herbs we carry are carefully selected from trusted manufactures where the products are tested by third party for heavy metal, microbial contaminants, and pesticides.
We have extensive herbal pharmacy, carry more than 350 different herb granules and more than 100 variety of Chinese herbal patterns.
