Chinese herbal medicine / Brunswick

Herbal
medicine

Tailored to your internal weather.

How herbs can help

Six areas we most often prescribe herbs for

Digestive disorders

Herbal medicine is particularly well suited to the gut. Formulas are adjusted appointment to appointment as your symptoms shift.

Targeted to your specific pattern
Regulates heat, cold, dampness, dryness or stagnation in your GI tract
Taken daily between treatments
Works well with acupuncture or as a standalone treatment

Sleep conditions

Difficulty falling asleep, waking at 3am and light unrefreshing sleep each point to different formulas. The detail matters.

Prescribed to your sleep pattern
Nourishes blood, clears heat or replenishes body fluids to help you settle at night
Calming without heavy sedation
Supports daytime energy too

Menstrual and hormonal health

Herbs can be prescribed to different phases of the cycle, which makes them a natural fit for menstrual and perimenopausal concerns.

Phase-specific prescribing
Addresses pain, flow and mood
Reviewed each cycle
Complements acupuncture treatment

Skin conditions

Eczema, acne, psoriasis, hives and persistent rashes are read through heat, dryness, damp and circulation — the internal weather beneath the surface.

Treats from the inside out
Considers diet and environment
Patience rewarded — skin is slow to turn
Formulas adjusted as the skin settles

Immunity and recurrent illness

For those who often feel ‘on the edge’ of sickness, or seem to catch everything going around, or never quite shake it off. Prescriptions differ for an acute cold and for the underlying susceptibility.

Acute formulas for when you are unwell
Constitutional support between illnesses
Considers diet, stress and workload
Safe for most ages, dosed accordingly

Fatigue and recovery

After illness, surgery or a long stretch of depletion. Herbal medicine is well suited to rebuilding slowly rather than forcing a quick fix.

Builds energy when you’ve felt tired for a long time
Suited to post-viral and post-surgical recovery
Built up gradually over time
Reviewed regularly with Lou

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Chinese Medicine can help with many other conditions not listed here. Ask Lou if you'd like to know more.

More about herbal medicine

A powerful treatment method — excellent alongside acupuncture, and effective on its own.

With hundreds of herbs and herbal formulas to choose from, prescriptions are intricately tailored to the individual, based on your unique combination of signs and symptoms as well as environmental and constitutional factors.

Chinese herbs have different properties — heating, cooling, moistening, circulating, nourishing, clearing and calming. They target different bodily systems to help regulate your internal weather conditions and resolve your main symptoms.

We dispense herbs in powder form, dissolvable in water and easy to take. We carefully monitor and check quality, dosages and herb-drug interactions before prescribing.