Chinese Herbs

Chinese Herbs posts collect short reference notes on plants used in traditional Chinese medicine. Articles look at ginseng from the northeast and how it differs from the American variety, dang gui used for women’s health, gou qi (goji) berries, huang qi (astragalus), licorice as a harmoniser in formulas and the long-running debate over wild ginseng harvest in the Changbai Mountains. The pieces are written as plain reference, not as medical advice, and several articles state outright that anyone serious about herbal treatment needs to see a trained practitioner rather than read a website.