Once herbal therapy has begun, how long should it continue?
Sometimes a practitioner will prescribe herbal formulas on a short-term basis for acute ailments. For example, herbs for sinus infections may only be taken for a week or two. The length of treatment time for chronic diseases can vary from one month to several months. It depends on the nature and duration of the illness, as well as the patient’s ability to change lifestyle and dietary habits that may contribute to the illness. How are herbs administered? Practitioners may prescribe herbal formulas that come in a prepared form, such as pills, tinctures, or concentrated granules. Or, if the right formulation is not available, the practitioner may create an individualized formula, consisting either of concentrated granules or bulk herbs which are boiled into a tea. Herbal prescriptions may be changed frequently over a course of treatment in order to obtain the desired result. How safe are Chinese herbs? Recently there have been concerns raised about the purity of Chinese herbs in terms of
