How are Chinese herbs administered?
Chinese herbal medicine can be taken internally as a tea, powder, tincture or pill and externally as an ointment, lotion, wash or poultice. The classical administration of Chinese herbs is as a tea. With this method, each bag of dried herbs last 1-2 days and is boiled, strained and the liquid divided into 2-3 portions for daily ingestion. Tea is a very effective means of administration because it can be readily and efficiently assimilated into the body. At times, other methods of ingestion are more appropriate and you will be advised in these circumstances.
