With school already back in session, peak cold and flu season is right around the corner! In Western medicine, there is no cure for the common cold. Cold and flu drugs may treat symptoms, but their effectiveness varies and some of their ingredients can have side effects varying from inconvenient (drowsiness, high blood pressure, and anxiety), to dangerous (such as hemorrhagic strokes). Chinese medicine strikes at the source, not just the symptoms, to alleviate cold and flu mo

Too much work, studying and lack of sleep finally got the best of me and I caught a cold. Good thing I work right in a my own Chinese herbal pharmacy!! In addition to making custom prescribed Chinese herbal medicine to get me feeling back to 100%, food therapy is essential when you have a cold. This is the recipe I am making myself this morning to help my lungs, clear up congestion and recover quickly using Chinese food therapy ingredients for the lungs - pears, honey, waln

It’s been found that bioflavonoids and other proteins in elderberry juice can destroy the ability for cold and flu viruses to infect cells.

Acupuncture is very effective in boosting the immune system and is a great form of preventive medicine.