Exploring Chinese Herbal Remedies

How is a Chinese herbal remedy normally prepared so that it can to be taken?

Find evidence from the text which proves TCM tailors treatments to specific patients.

In the context of Chinese herbal remedies, what are the Four Properties?

• Sweet, sour, bitter, and salty.

• Heat, warm, cool, and cold.

• Earth, water, fire, and air.

• Yin, yang, qi, and blood.

Match the following

• stimulate blood flow

• Bitter tastes...

• take away yang

• A "Warm" ingredient has...

• lots of yang

• Cinnamon and ginger are...

• prescribed for "cool lungs"

• Spicy flavours...

What is the role of the Five Flavours in Chinese herbal remedies?

• They determine the colour of the remedy.

• They are related to specific actions the medicines are supposed to achieve.

• They are used to enhance the aroma of the remedy.

• They are used to classify the remedies by region.

What are some treatments patients could have to help with aches and pains?

What is thought to be the key reason why people get sick according to TCM?

• A lack of qi, or it not moving through the body properly.

• Exposure to cold weather.
• Lack of physical exercise.
• Losing the body's meridians

Name one similarity between Western and Chinese acupuncturists, according to the article.