A large number of people are turning towards alternate therapies for their basic health care. Chinese medicines and their treatments like acupuncture, acupressure, cupping (where they apply suction to the skin), gua-sha (scraping of the skin) and massage etc have slowly gained a lot of steady popularity. Now people no longer have mind blocks in wanting to avail good treatment for their health. They are willing to try other options that are available to them.

The traditional Chinese medicine follows a systematic method for diagnosing and later treating the illness. They also have methods for prevention of illnesses. All possible aspects of the human body, mind, feelings….are taken into total consideration. No disease or problem is looked at as a single problem. All the aspects are kept in mind to be able to treat the person as a whole. These treatments should be done and taken only by a trained practitioner.

The herbs which are generally used in the traditional Chinese medicines are as follows:

Ginseng Gingko

Green tea Licorice

Maitake Astragalus

Bitter melon Fo-ti

Shitake licorice

Chinese skullcap ginger

Garlic Shitake

Corydalis Dongquai etc

Some of the diseases that are treated by these traditional methods are listed below:

Infertility (which is a fairly common problem)

Menstrual problems

Headaches, migraines etc

Bedwetting (which is found in a lot of children of young age)

Sciatica and other Low back problems

Frozen shoulder, Tennis elbow and other sports injuries.

Neurological disorders as well as Musculo-skeletal Disorders

Respiratory disorders (bronchitis, cough, cold, asthma etc)

Gastro-intestinal Disorders (colic, diarrhoea, Constipation, chronic gastritis, ulcers, etc)

Eye problems like conjunctivitis also!

Mouth related diseases like tooth ache, pain after tooth extraction, gingivitis etc

Smoking and Alcoholism and other addiction problems.

Depression and other mind related diseases.

In today's times when people are open to newer ways of treatments, this is a good way to get cured too!