| Herbal therapy is the art of mixing different herbs to | | | | negatively with the medicine. The side effects are |
| achieve the desired results on the patient at hand, | | | | also very important to know in order to advise the |
| depending on the symptoms displayed. This is a hard | | | | patient on what to expect. Common side effects of |
| task, since all the cases of patients are unique. The | | | | the usage of Chinese herbal remedies are having |
| Chinese herbal remedies used should therefore be | | | | stomach upsets due to digestion disorders. The |
| unique to the diseases being cured. The herbalist | | | | disorders are mainly because the medicines have high |
| should have profound knowledge on the different | | | | fiber content and therefore cause diarrhea, |
| herbs that they are dealing with. They are required | | | | indigestion and at times constipation. |
| to know how the drugs are supposed to be mixed | | | | Other details are the quantities that need the |
| to achieve maximum effect. This is because there | | | | medicine needs to be taken in. there are those |
| are some herbs that mix well to achieve maximum | | | | Chinese herbal remedies that require small alternating |
| effect while others would cause harm to the patient | | | | dosages and there are those that require continuous |
| when mixed together. Chinese traditional medicine | | | | intake. Depending on the medicine, some are taken |
| specialists know the formulas for making the required | | | | with water and some of the medicine is taken with |
| prescriptions. There are thus prescriptions that require | | | | tea. There are different intake methods, depending |
| two different herbs to come up with one unique | | | | on the medicine itself and also depending on the |
| prescription, whereas some Chinese herbal remedies | | | | illness being treated. There are other Chinese |
| need up to three different herbs. | | | | therapies that don't require herbal medicines. An |
| Other detail s that the herbalist needs to know is the | | | | example of this is diet therapy. It may be used by |
| effects of the various herbs. This is because they | | | | people who want to watch their weight and keep fit |
| need to know the various foods that the patient is | | | | or even by people who are sick as a way to get |
| allowed to take after taking the medicine. There are | | | | better. The recommended ways to keep a healthy |
| some food items that are high in nutrients that may | | | | diet is by taking food at regular times, taking well |
| speed up the recovery process for the patient and | | | | cooked food and taking food that is fresh and in |
| there are some foods items that may react | | | | season. |