Chinese herbs are usually prescribed combining with acupuncture treatments. Herbs have their own characterized taste; they could be sour, acrid, bitter, salt, sweet, and bland. Herbs also have different temperatures, like cold, hot, warm and neutral. Those characteristics has different effects.
Each herbal prescription is unique and developed to suit each patient's individual health needs. Unlike western medications, the balance and interaction of all the ingredients are considered more important that the effect of individual ingredients. A key of success in Traditional Chinese Medicine is the treatment of each patient as an individual.
Rio Acupuncture carries the best quality herbs for you. Herbs are made from the highest quality desiccated extracts manufactured and certified factories. Bringing you a wide range of traditional Chinese formulas in convenient easy-to-use tea, pills, and tables.