The use of herbs to treat illness has evolved and developed in China over the last 3,000 years. It is now an exact science and the various herbal remedies are completely safe. Every part of the plant may be used as an ingredient – roots, stalks, flowers, and seeds. The herbal medicine can take the form of a tea-like brew, tablets, pills, lotions, or creams. When your Chinese herbalist has completed his diagnosis – which involves a close examination of your pulse, tongue, and careful questioning – you will be prescribed a mixture of eight to thirty herbs, which is unique to you and your symptoms. Homeopathy is a complete and effective system of medicine that has been practiced worldwide for centuries. Homeopathic remedies work by stimulating the body’s own healing powers. One of the fundamental principles of homeopathic philosophy is that ‘like cures like’. Following this principle the practitioner will administer minute doses of a substance that, if given in larger doses, would reproduce the patient’s symptoms. This form of treatment has been shown as effective in treating a wide range of illnesses – from depression to psoriasis, arthritis to ME and menopausal symptoms to migraine. See our herbal section to know which herbal supplemants we are offering.