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Herbology
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Herbology is the name given to the Chinese method of combining
medicinal herbs. In this technique, which is one of the
most widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM),
every herbal medicine is actually a cocktail of several
herbs that are customized to individual patients. The doctor
will assess the yin/yang condition of a patient in addition
to studying the symptoms of the ailment.
The preparation of the medicine begins with the use of or
two main herbs that target the ailment. The other herbs
are added in order to adjust the yin/yang condition. Other
ingredients can be added to cancel out toxicity or side
effects resulting from the main herbs.
This sort of herbal mixing to arrive at a formula that is
suitable to individual needs is not easy. A lot of experience
and tutelage is required before a practicing of traditional
Chinese medicine can perform the mixing independently. An
important difference between traditional Chinese medicine
and modern drugs is that the balance and chemical interaction
of the ingredients a formula is considered more important
than the individual ingredients.
Another quirk in Chinese herbology is that while it may
be called herbology it will use all parts of a plant including:
leaf, stem, flower, root. In fact, some remedies will also
use ingredients derived from animals and minerals. This
has caused quite a bit of controversy because sometimes
traditional Chinese medicine can call for ingredient from
animals that are declared as endangered species (seahorses,
rhinoceros, tigers, etc.).
Shennong is usually considered to be the first Chinese herbalist.
It is said that Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs and experimented
with them before passing on his knowledge of medicinal and
poisonous plants to the farmers of China. He also wrote
the first Chinese manual on pharmacology: the Shennong Bencao
Jing. This manual lists approximately 365 medicines out
of which 252 are herbal. The manual is dated around the
1st century Han dynasty. One of the most important of such
documents that were written by several master practitioners
of Chinese herbology is the Bencao Gangmu. It was put together
by Li Shizhen during the Ming dynasty.
The contents of Bencao Gangmu are so potent that even today
they are used for consultation and reference. Classification
of Chinese herbs is in itself a very intricate process.
Very broadly speaking, Chinese herbs are classified using
methods such as those described below. You may not consider
everything you just read to be crucial information about
herbal. But don't be surprised if you find yourself recalling
and using this very information in the next few days. The
Four Natures The four natures are basically the yin and
yang states and how effective a herbal medication is in
bringing them into balance.
Yin and yang degrees can range from cold (extreme yin),
cool, neutral (warm), or hot (extreme yang). Before selecting
herbs the doctor will make a careful study of the yin/yang
balance in a patient. So if the patient has "internal cold"
then an herb that has a "hot" yang value will be used and
so on. The Five Tastes Some herbs are identified by their
taste. While the taste in itself has no medicinal value
in the absence of a better yardstick Chinese medicine associates
the taste associated with an herb to the final effect.
These five tastes are pungent, sweet, sour, bitter, and
salty. Each taste has its own function.
Pungent herbs are used to increase sweating, vitalizing
blood and Qi. Sweet herbs are used to tone and harmonize
body systems. Other sweet herbs help in curing excessive
dampness by way of diuresis. Sour taste is meant to be astringent.
Bitter tasting herbs help the body get rid of excess heat,
empty the bowels, and reduce dampness by causing dryness.
Salty herbs can help to soften up hard masses.
The Meridians Meridians do not have anything to do with
the Earth's meridians or magnetism. What they refer to is
the precise organ that the chemicals in a herb target. So
menthol which is pungent and cool is associated with lungs
and liver. This means that since lungs are the organs that
protect the body from cold and influenza the use of menthol
can help to get rid of coldness in the lungs and also resist
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