The Chinese Herbal Medicine History

Historians have found evidence that the Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine has existed since the 3rd century BC. The first herbalists in chinese tradition is Shennong, a book called Shennong Bencao Jing (Shennong Emperor's Classic of Materia Medica), lists about 365 drugs that 252 of them are herbal medicine, and has existed since the first century AD in the reign of the Han Dynasty.

Herbal Medicine is a Science of China in combining various herbal medicines are mixed for each patient to strengthen and / or help the various organs and their functions in the body. Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine is based on the theory of Yin and Yang and try to balance the Yin and Yang to achieve optimal health.

Yin and Yang are two opposing forces that exist in every thing in the world. Which symbolizes the principle of masculinity, creation, heat, light, etc., while Yin symbolizes the principle of femininity, the moon, closure, cold, dark and others. Therefore, where there is definitely up there down, where there is power there must be a weakness, where there is heat and cold must exist where there is light there must be darker.

A healthy body does not always have a balance of yin and yang. Our environment both outside and inside the body is always changing and so does the balance of yin and yang in the body. This is the body's natural processes. Disease and germs in the body join in a single force (yin or yang) that controls the other.

Grouping of Herbal Medicines

Herbal Medicine in Science in China are grouped in various ways such as:

• Seeing a natural condition, which is divided into four natural conditions: describes the level of yin and yang, started from cold (extreme yin), cool, neutral to warm and heat (extreme heat). The balance of yin and yang in the body of the patient becomes one of determining which drugs will be selected.

• Through the flavor, which is divided into five sense, namely: spicy, sweet, sour, bitter and salty, each with different functions and characteristics. For example, herbal medicines are used to remove the sweat spicy and smooth and increases Qi (vital energy) and blood. Herbal medicine are often sweet harmonize the body's systems, while the heat to ward off the bitter taste, cleans the bowels and removes moisture