 Introduction
to Chinese Herbology
It is estimated that over one billion of the world's
people use the principles of Chinese herbology as part of their daily
health practices.
Chinese herbalists teach that the determining factors of
health are a person's lifestyle, environment, and nature (or
constitution). The term "constitution" refers to a person's basic nature.
It takes into account lifelong tendencies, personal preferences, and
tastes. In all traditional health care systems, understanding a person's
basic constitution is important when determining the type of diet,
exercises, and other health-building practices the person needs. Chinese
herbology compares the substances of nature with human qualities. It
examines a person's basic nature, using a system of five
constitutions:
wood,
fire,
earth,
metal, and
water.
Chinese herbal formulas are not designed to cure
diseases; they are nutritional supplements designed to feed and support
the five constitutional types.
Therefore, choosing a Chinese herbal formula is really a
matter of determining one's "constitutional type," rather than simply
treating a physical symptom. (It is also important to understand that in
Chinese herbology the names used to refer to the body systems do not
necessarily have a one-to-one correlation with the Western medical name of
that organ or system.)
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