View Cart  Chinese Herbs for Back Pain The cause isn't always clear when you look only with machines. Scans and scopes may reveal problems. But righting the qi is the best solution. A different view of back pain Causes of back pain according to TCM Herbs for back pain Herbal consultations by e-mail   Sometimes back pain is a mystery, but not to everybody. Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine see back pain differently. Where Western doctors see a solid nerve, TCM doctors see the flow of energy (qi). To the practitioner of Chinese medicine, pain means that flow is impaired. The obstruction may be visible or invisible. Chiropractors can sometimes relieve back pain by adjusting the vertebra, temporarily freeing the flow of qi. But adjustment does not correct the root of abherrant qi. Acupuncturists and Chinese herbologists often heal back pain when others fail, because Chinese medicine is about understanding what influences the qi. The qi is influenced by both mind and matter, and Qi will influence mind and matter as well. Body structures will ultimately conform to the qi. Several Causes of Back Pain STUCK QI - Channel Pain - Flow No Go There are at least ten separate flows of energy traversing the back. Much back pain is a sign of obstruction or constraint of qi in the channels. Old or new injuries, emotional constraint, anatomical obstructions, and other events can constrain the qi of the channels. EXCESS QI - Upper Back Pain - Congested Heat Upper back pain is commonly caused by interior heat which rises in the channels (heat rises) and lodges in the neck, shoulders, and head causing tension in the muscles. WEAK QI - Lower Back Pain - Low Batteries Energy is stored in the low back, keeping the back strong, and holding the spine erect. Depletion of this energy (kidney qi) will weaken the lower back enabling injuries to occur. Stress, injury, illness, overwork, excessive sex, drugs, and over stimulation of the brain, drain the kidney qi and weaken the lower back.   Herbal Remedies for Back Pain Upper Back Pain A commonly used herbal formula for this condition is Ge Gen Tang (Pueraria Combination). A similar tablet version is Pueraria 10 tablets. Lower Back Pain The most often used formula for any kind of low back, or lower body pain is Du Huo Ji Shen Wan aka Low Back Pill. This formula is excellent for helping circulation in the lower body, but it's action as a kidney stregnthener is mild. Weak Lower Back Golden Book Pill is the oldest and most trustworthy medicine for stregnthening kidney energy, both yin and yang. This herbal blend is also called Gui Fu Di Huang Wan or Jin Gui Di Huang Wan or Sexoton pills. It's many names testifies to its ancient and widespread use. If your deficiency is clearly a Kidney Yang deficiency, with accompanying signs of coldness, remedies such as Chuang Yao Tonic Pills are useful as well. Kidney Yin deficiencies can be treated with Liu Wei Di Huang, or Da Bu Yin Wan   To Order Call Toll Free 1-877-922-4372 Fax Order Form Herbal consultations by e-mail   Chinese Herbal Remedies for Common Ailments Top of Page