Who does Chinese Medicine work for? Can children or pregnant women take Chinese herbs?

Chinese medicine has worked for thousands of years on literally billions of people. The vast terrain and geography of China and the medicine’s continual and dynamic evolution has proven its clinical efficacy across a wide variety of ethnic groups in all sorts of climates and lifestyles. In fact, Chinese medicine is so universally effective that the World Health Organization (WHO) has selected it for worldwide propagation. Thousands of trained practitioners of this dynamic medicine exist all over the world demonstrating “miraculous” healing that proves this medicine is effective no matter the race or geographic location of a person.

Pregnant and lactating women can generally take Chinese herbs when prescribed by professional practitioner of E. Asian Medicine. Dosage and length of time are important considerations in customizing a formula.

Pediatrics is a specialty area within Chinese medicine and children are often given smaller doses in liquid, powder or pill form. Chinese herbal medicine can treat colic, the fussiness of teething, earache, diarrhea, cough, and fever in babies and children.