Herbal Formulas
In this section:
New Patients
Chinese Medicine Works welcomes new patients at its San Francisco acupuncture clinic.
“What makes Chinese medicine distinct, even more than its needles and herbs, is its metaphysics (assumptions about reality), epistemology (ways of acquiring knowledge), and ideology (system of beliefs and values), all of which find their expression in the Daoist imperatives of preserving life and living in accord with nature.” – Between Heaven & Earth
Herbal Formulas
Chinese Traditional Medicine is well known for its use of herbal remedies, many of which date back thousands of years. In this section, Harriet and Efrem explain how herbal formulas are developed, why herbs are important today, and how they can help.
Pharmacy
Information about the Chinese Medicine Works Pharmacy in San Francisco, an integral part of Harriet and Efrem's acupuncture clinic.
Our Herbal Products
Lists and explains all herbal remedies formulated by Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold.
How to Take Herbs
A guide on how to take liquid herbal medicine.
Herbal Medicine
How Chinese herbs are used and how they can help you in sickness and in health, a sampling of herbal properties, the necessity of creating individualized formulas, and an elegant modular approach to Chinese herbal thinking.
Winter First Aid Kit
How the cold season affects our bodies and suggestions for staying healthy, including a few herbal recipes to chase the common cold.
Clinical Case Studies
How four patients were successfully treated with Harriet and Efrem's herbal formulas: an infant with seizures, a man with chronic rash, a woman with vertigo and cough, and a woman with post-surgery complaints.
Five Types of Case Studies
Five Phase typing helps to explain the dynamic context within which symptoms arise. It's an approach that grafts Western notions of the psyche onto the trunk of traditional Chinese medical thought. By sharing case studies this methodology gains clinical utility. The symptoms, signs, diagnosis and treatment of each of the five types helps demonstrate how this approach works.
