About | Chinese Medicine

Health care in Chinese medicine embraces  a wide variety of different traditions which go back to prehistory yet its core is still valued and widely used today. Far from being subsumed by the globally powerful biomedicine, Chinese medicine continues to thrive accounting for about 40% of Chinese health care (WHO, 2002). Why.

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Nowadays with the developing power of China on the world stage it is an industry valued at $2.33 billion in 2011, an increase of 36.2% from 2010 (The Telegraph, 2012). Additionally all herbalists in the United Kingdom are in the process of statutory regulation, this change in the law will further ameliorate the standards of practice, the quality of the product and give herbalist formal titles as healthcare professionals. It is hoped that this process will initiated by April 2013.

What does Chinese medicine treat ?

The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the ability of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture to treat over forty three commonly encountered clinical disorders. Though it is used in the treatment of many more things. Below are some of the most common disorders for treatment recognized by WHO:

 More comphrensive information regarding the preception and  efficacy of Chinese Medicine with regard to these conditions can be found on the Information pages