Chinese Herbal Medicine is at the Newport Road end of City Street amid the hair salons and carpet…read moreand fabric shops. Painted in a distinctive red, it is nevertheless pretty easy to spot.
As with The Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture Centre on Albany Road, the Chinese Herbal Medicine shop and therapy rooms on City Road is a welcome addition to this reasonably unhealthy area. With a few exceptions there's really not much else in the area that focuses on health and wellbeing. There are a couple of pharmacy's near by, but in stark contrast, there are an awful lot more things that can negatively impact health on City Road that can support it... the plethora of fast food joints for one! In addition, there are of course, a couple of beauty spas that offer one or two complimentary therapies that address deeper health issues, but by and large, their therapies only go skin deep.
Chinese Herbal Medicine sell Chinese herbs, and offer medical massage and acupuncture to treat the following conditions,; blood and circulatory conditions, respiratory problems, digestive issues, allergies, nervous disorders, sexual performance issues, chronic and acute pain, skin conditions, 'women's problems', obesity and smoking, amongst other things.
I love Chinese Medicine and am currently undergoing a course of acupuncture elsewhere. I'm definitely a disciple! And although acupuncture can be expensive, I do believe that it saves me time and money in the long run. It preserves my health, and so if I take a long-term view, the benefits are manifold!
What is more, Chinese medicines will generally not cost you more than the average prescription, unless you have a rare condition, or require a whole suite of herbs... but, don't forget, these medicines are not subsidised by the NHS, as the allopathic prescriptions are. Subsidised prescriptions disguise the cost of conventional medicine, which can be exorbitantly expensive in reality. The taxpayer is still paying for the drugs at incredible prices, it's just that we don't know the specific cost. What's more, we are paying for it whether we use it or not... that's what the NHS is all about. (I don't mind this by the way, I just wish the treatments that I would like to see subsidised also, are generally not available on the NHS, so I'm forced to go private even though my income isn't that high).
One more thing, allopathic medicine (also known as, conventional or orthodox), often does not treat the cause of a condition, but targets the alleviation of the symptoms instead. This often means that you remain uncured of the condition, and reliant on the drugs to disguise the fact that you are unwell... great for the continued revenue of the pharmaceutical companies, but really not great for you or the treasury coffers, and ultimately the taxpayer...
Chinese medicine attempts to cure instead of disguise symptoms. Consultations with a doctor are lengthier and you get treated as a person as a whole, instead of being a carrier of a condition that renders you, the person, of no interest in the process. Chinese medicine takes your personality type, and your genetic physical make-up into consideration, whereas modern medicine is only interested in diagnosing and treating a recognised illness, and makes no allowances for you as an individual.
Acupuncture has cured my incredibly painful badly bruised coccyx, that remained excruciating for two years until I realised that acupuncture would do the trick... it has also taken away most of my back pain, that I have suffered with for 28 years following a sporting injury. It has also vastly helped my overall health, bringing my body back into balance when it goes out of kilter due to overwork or when I don't take care of myself as much as I should... and this all happens when I go for acupuncture to treat a specific condition. Chinese medicine treats the whole.
