Most people don't realise that this kind of treatment has been used for a long time. It has been around for a long time, but only in the last few years has it been properly recognised in many western societies. Herbs and plants are used in this type of treatment to give the body the help it needs to fight off many bad conditions. There are different types of negative states based on the types of energies they affect. Different plants and herbs can be used to treat each negative state based on the type of energy that is affected or is causing the negative state.
Each herb and plant that is used can have a different energy, and this can help figure out which herbs will work best to treat a bad body condition. There are four types of energy in the body, and they can be grouped by how hot they are. There are cold energies, warm energies, hot energies, and warm energies. When the body's energies get messed up, the exact symptoms can vary a lot depending on which energy is affected. Most of the time, the plants used have the opposite temperature of the energy that is being disrupted or that is causing the disruption.
In Chinese herbalism, many herbs are used as part of a mix of herbs, where one herb is the most important and the others help support it. Several different herbs can interact with each other in many different ways. Because a positive reaction between herbs can help the body in many ways, especially by supporting the immune system and helping to rebalance the energies in your body, these reactions help decide which herbs should be used in a selection together. Some herbs may have bad effects when used together, so herbalists have to study for many years to learn enough about herbs to know what will happen when they use certain herbs together.
This type of treatment is based on the way the Chinese think about health and the body. This affects how problems in the body are treated, what treatments are most likely to work, and what ingredients are best to use in any given situation or condition. Health philosophy says that the body has three physical parts and two non-physical parts. The three physical parts are blood, Qi, and moisture. The two non-physical parts are Spirit and essence. It is how these five parts work together that has such a big effect on the body's health.
When choosing which herb to use to treat a certain illness, a lot depends on which parts and energies of the body are affected. Some plants and herbs may help the energy being affected but hurt the component being affected. So, all of the ingredients that will be used in a course of Chinese herbalism must be checked to make sure that they are good for both the body's parts and its energy.