Clinical Case Studies

Numerous examples illustrate the power of Chinese herbal medicine. The following clinical case studies highlight the herbal formulas created by Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold, available from their Chinese Medicine Works herbal pharmacy in San Francisco.

(These herbal remedies are also available to health care providers and their patients through online prescriptions at Kan Herb.)

Logo for Gentle Warriors - a line of pediatric herbal extracts formulated by Harriet and Efrem

Gentle Warriors pediatric herbal extracts

Case 1: Power of the small

An infant's seizures are treated with a Chinese herbal formula.

Case 2: Rash energies

Chinese herbal remedies alleviate eczema, allergies, and stress in a 36-year-old man.

Case 3: Dizzying wind

Chinese herbal medicine helps an upper respiratory infection with vertigo in a 45-year-old woman.

Case 4: Gut response

Chinese herbal formulas cure acute constipation in a 63-year-old woman.