Cloud Gate Acupuncture and Healing Arts TCM & Acupuncture in Broomfield, Colorado

Chinese Herbal Medicine

Chinese Herbal Medicine is a system of medicine that has been empirically honed over thousands of years by observation and clinical trial and error.

The first authoritative text included 365 herbs and was complied by multiple authors during the second century, AD. Many indications for the herbs listed in this text are still in use today.

Chinese Herbal Medicine is highly effective in the treatment of many different health concerns as well as for the prevention of illness. 

At Cloud Gate, Chinese Herbal Medicie is prescribed either after an herbal consultation or given in conjunction with a treatment to enhance and prolong the effects of the treatment.

Cloud Gate uses different approaches to administering Chinese Herbal Medicine.

Depending on the condition and request of the patient, we can prescribe capsules, granules, bulk (or loose) herbal formulas, and different types of external medicine including poltices, oils, and herbal soaks.

Herbal Manufacturers:  

• Classical Pearls  
• Evergreen

Please note: We do not give out herbal formulas without a current Chinese Medical Diagnosis.

Classical Pearls

Classical Pearls is a small company located in Portland, Oregon. Their products go through rigorous testing both in China and the US to provide herbal medicine that is free of pharmaceuticals, preservatives, dyes, yeasts, or sugars.

Classical Pearls products are independently tested in a US laboratory for heavy metals, pesticides, and microbes and are manufactured in a certified Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility. Also, their capsules are made of the purest vegetable matter as possible - no gelatin is used.

For more information, please see the Classical Pearls website:
www.classicalpearls.org

Evergreen

Evergreen is a California company and focuses on repeated testing of their products to ensure that the safest and highest quality products reach you. On average, their herbs must pass 15 tests including tests for pesticides, heavy metals, fungus, mold, and bacteria.

Evergreen also manufactures their capsules and granules according to the standards of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) established by the FDA and World Health Organization (WHO).

For more information, please see the Evergreen website:
www.evherbs.com

External Herbal Medicine

Because of our training in the Chinese internal martial arts, we also carry different types of external herbal medicine including poltices (a plaster or herbal paste placed on the skin), herbal oils, and herbal soaks.

External herbal medicine is an excellent method of treatment and works well with our Chinese massage and acupuncture treatments. It is especially useful in conditions such as:

• Sprains, strains, and joint injuries
• Bruises, including bone bruises
• Healing bone fractures
• Bunions
• Plantar fasciitis
• Arthritis

Chinese herbal medicine is just one of the services we offer at Cloud Gate. For a complete list of the types of therapy we offer, please click here.