What Are the Benefits of Herbal Medicine?

The medicinal benefits of herbs have been known for centuries. In Korea and China, traditional herbal remedies are still the backbone of medicine, and although we rely heavily on modern research for new cures for some diseases, herbal medicines are also fundamental to Western society’s treatment of illnesses.

Initially, herbs were used individually, with each plant or each part of the plant used to cure a certain ailment. As people came to understand the differences between one person and the next, the need for more personalized treatments developed, and herbal blends became necessary. It is now commonly taught that herbs are more effective when used in a formula, because the proper combination of herbs increases the potency in the desired direction.

Herbal medicine can treat almost any condition that patients might take to their practitioner. In fact, modern researchers are finding that herbal medicines are often safer, less expensive, and at least as effective as prescription drugs. Unlike most Western medications, herbal remedies are completely natural and have no drug side effects.

Although there are some herbal formulations that will work as medicines for almost everyone, there is still a need for customized formulas. Valley Ranch Acupuncture is also an herbal pharmacy where we formulate our own proven recipes, fine-tuning them to meet individual needs.

In this clinic, utmost care goes into selecting the best quality herbs to ensure optimum results from herbal therapy. Each patient receives a custom herbal prescription designed to treat their individual pattern as well as the symptom or disease. Herbs are selected for each patients constitution, root causes of dysfunction and related symptoms.

Herbal decoction are prepared and packaged in the facility using a special herbal extractor and packaging equipment, in turn this results in a more complete extraction and correct preparation of herbs while saving hours of time for the patients. Valley Ranch Acupuncture is one of the very few clinics in the country offering the herbal extractor and packaging equipment.

Understanding What Sets Herbal Medicine Apart

Unlike in Western medicine, Valley Ranch Acupuncture does not treat a diagnosis; it treats you. Accordingly, we have to get to know you and your symptoms very well, which is why the we spend so much time taking your case, writing down all your symptoms and discussing each of them with you at length.

At Valley Ranch Acupuncture, we offer our patients Herbal Medicine using three main different forms. Raw, powdered and pill form.