Winnie Au Acupuncture Center-- Chinese Herbs

The most fundamental method of Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment, herbal medicine is dispensed to patients in formulas based on their unique constitutions and current medical conditions. Its sources are mainly from plants. There are approximately five thousand herbs used clinically.

The combinations of herbs serve to unblock energy, nourish of organs and restore imbalances. Also, it often use to prevent diseases. Most commonly use in our clinic are extra high concentrated tablets, pills and capsules. They are 100% natural and do not contain any harsh chemicals or preservatives. They are more "patient friendly" and gentle to your system.

Jie Geng

Effects: ventilating the lung, resolving phlegm, promoting pus discharged and subduing carbuncles.

Dang Gui

Effects: tonifying the blood, promoting blood circulation, relieving pain and moistening the bowels.

Xing Ren

Effects: relieving cough, expel sputum and calm asthma. It can also moistening the intestines to relax the bowels.

Ge Gen

Effects: dispelling pathogenic factors from the superficial muscles to allay fever, promoting the production of body fluid to quench thirst, promoting the eruption of measles and invigorating the spleen-yang to stop diarrhea.

Ginseng (Ren Sheng)

This herb is the root of Panax Ginseng, which is chiefly produced in Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces in China. The cultivated ginseng is called "garden ginseng" while the wild is known as "mountain ginseng". Cultivated ginseng is harvested in autumn, dried in the sun or roasted, which is called: "sun-dried ginseng", or dried after being steamed, known as "red ginseng", or soaked in syrup, known as "sugar-processed ginseng". The fibrous rootlets are known as ginseng rootlets. Wild ginseng dried in the sun is known as sun-cured wild ginseng. The herb is sliced for use after being rid of the rhizome.

Effects: replenishing the primordial qi, restoring pulse and treating clloapae, tonifying the spleen and lung channels, promoting the production of body fluid to quench thirst, tranquilizing the mind and improving mental power.