Your Questions About Chinese Herbal Remedies

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Hi Julie, I'm sorry you haven't had much luck with medicine for your problems. This however, is no reason to spend your hard earned money on chinese medicine or herbal remedies. Chinese medicine was used extensively in China as a cheap placebo for the masses as the government didn't want to spend the money on real health care. It is a waste of your time and money.

Herbal medicines are a bit less clear. The problem with herbal remedies is that they are not controlled. Even if one does have an effect you can't tell what effect it will have on other medications (they can even affect your contraceptive pill). Herbal remedies will also vary from bottle to bottle/ season to season. Basically any herbal remedy that works has been turned into a medicine. Herbal remedies are a minefield because you just don't know what you are getting. Don't get sucked by someone saying "it worked for me". That person is a sample size of ONE. Their result could easily have been a one off or a coincidence.

Good luck

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I have used chinese herbal remedies and they do work. And this "placebo effect" has worked for 5,000 years give or take. But I only get my herbs from my trusted oriental lady acupuncturist. Because the chinese are notorious for adding prescription medicine to the remedies to enhance the effect and they do not indicate this on the ingredients list.This is very dangerous. My acupuncturist has an herbal pharmacist on staff that compounds the herbs while I wait and I know that there are no drugs in the remedy. If you buy a prepackaged remedy from a chinese drugstore/pharmacy or the internet, you can almost be sure that it is adulterated with drugs.

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Only for dizziness you can take ginger that has NO side effects

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Thousand's of good herbal's, but the best is ginseng and it's fellow conglomerate support and media concoction's-You have to take it for two or three week's before your body respond's and then high energy-brain wave excitation (stronger intellectual and intuitive power's') ability to focus on specific's for hour's more per need" clear and open memory and stack up for doing priority's."strong er personality and charchter (emotional intelligence) euphoria and contentment (subliminal reality's) normality…in short it's the prime booster

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Just as PPI's aren't always effective for everyone who takes them, herbs can also affect different people in different ways. So having said that, and hoping that you'll check out any advice you get with your healthcare provider, below are a few herbs that herbalists sometimes prescribe to treat disorders related to gastric acid production.

Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is often used to treat and prevent stomach ulcers. You’d want to take the deglycyrrhizinated (DGL) form because the pure form can cause problems with blood pressure. The DGL form comes in wafers and tablets and has very few side effects.

Aloe vera gel extract is believed to decrease the production of stomach acid, however sometimes you need to take it for several weeks before it starts to work. It is also an anti-inflammatory agent which can be beneficial. You would want to make sure that the extract was commercially prepared and didn’t contain any aloin or aloe-emodin. Don’t use aloe juice either because it can cause diarrhea.

The Ayurvedic and Chinese traditions use Turmeric (Curcuma longa) to treat digestive disorders. You have to be careful though because too much turmeric can have the opposite effect and actually cause ulcers. This is where it's important to be treated by someone who knows what they're doing.

Since you mentioned altered stools, you might want to look into Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). It is used widely in Europe to treat bowel problems. It comes as an extract or as dried whole berries (which, when crushed, are used to make a tea). Avoid fresh bilberries though because they can cause diarrhea.

Sometimes Peppermint is used to treat bowel problems but it is not recommended for people with acid reflux since it can be irritating and aggravate existing problems.

Curious George mentioned this already and even though it's not an herbal treatment, acupuncture and acupressure (often in conjunction with herbal treatments) have been used to effectively treat severe acid reflux. So you might want to consider that as an option as well.

One other word of caution, if you’re taking PPI’s because it’s been determined that you have an H. Pylori infection, herbal treatments aren’t usually a good substitute, though they can be a great complement.

I hope you find a solution that works for you!