Chinese Herbal Medicine is main modality or treatment method within Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is the oldest known, continually practiced, traditional Chinese medicine. The number of Chinese medicines has developed into more than 10,000 kinds with approximately 500 being the most commonly used. It is practiced on an individualized pattern diagnosis as well as a disease diagnosis. Each patient receives a custom herbal prescription designed to treat both the symptom or disease and also their individual pattern. The medicines are completely natural and range widely in different natures. If the formulas have been correctly chosen, there are no side effects.