Chinese herbal medicine is an integral part of Chinese Medicine. Chinese herbs not only help relieve symptoms of disease but also work to alleviate the 
underlying causes. Chinese herbs can help the body regain strength and balance. For example, Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) nourishes the blood and strengthens and regulates the female reproductive cycle, while Huang Qi (Astragalus membranaceus) powerfully strengthens the body’s immune system to prevent sickness.
The world is coming to acknowledge that there is a genuine pharmacological scientific basis to the efficacy long claimed for most of traditional Chinese herbs. Furthermore, Chinese herbs are safe and effective. Chinese herbs are mostly made of plant parts-leaves, flowers, fruit or fruit peels, twigs, roots and bark. There are some minerals and shells. We do not use endangered species.
Herbs are classified according to the Four Energies, the Five Flavours, the Four Directions, and their relationship to the internal organs.
The Five Flavours:
They can be sweet, bitter, acrid, salty and sour. Sweetness for instance nourishes the stomach and spleen and relieves pain and spasms. Bitter flavours clear heat and reduce inflammation. Sour herbs tend to astringe and arrest sweating.
The Four Energies:
They can be hot, cold, warm, cool and neutral. Herbs have the ability to oppose or counterbalance a cold or hot disease. Herbs that have a cold energy tend to
treat inflammatory and toxic conditions. Herbs like ginger have a warm nature and treats cold conditions.
The Four Directions:
Herbs can move upward, downward, outward or inward in terms of their ability to affect a physiological process.
There are many different ways of taking herbs. For example herbs may be taken as a herbal extract (granules), boiled in water and strained to make a decoction or they can be taken as pills which are often easier to swallow but you often have to take a lot more pills than you would western pills (sometimes 8 tablets at a time).