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What is Chinese Herbal Medicine?
Traditional Chinese Medicinal Herbology is one of the main branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) internal medicine.  Based on the theories and diagnostic methods of Chinese medicine, the use of medicinal substances is employed in the treatment of numerous conditions as well as a regimen of health maintenance.  Utilizing the standard Traditional Chinese Medicine model of health, disharmony and disease, medicinals are employed based on standard TCM diagnostic methodologies.  The use of medicinals allows for a broader clinical application of medical/disease conditions treated and broadens the therapeutic effectiveness of treatment when utilized therapeutically.  Medicinals are employed to assist the body in returning to a state of balance and harmony reflected as one of a state of health.

Why Study Chinese Herbal Medicine?
Traditional Chinese Medicine can trace its roots back several millennia as a system of healing that is both a literary as well as an oral tradition rich in time-tested knowledge gathered through observation as well as empirical experience.  The entirety of this collective of information is one of richness, possibility and potential for integration into the health care needs of these modern times - drawing on the collective information of TCM through time.

TCM is based on the fundamental assumption that the phenomena of the natural world is deeply related and in turn related to our lives today.  The perspectives of TCM and allopathic medicine are fundamentally different but may also be complementary paradigms.  Through a systematic study, deriving from the collected classical literature and experiences of TCM herbology one systematically gathers, learns and integrates information deriving from all aspects of this collective core body of knowledge.  Didactic study, empirical learning, clinical experience and integration of this information will allow for the understanding and practical system into the health care needs of modern society.