Chinese Herbal Medicine is ancient and well established. The herbs used by your acupuncturist are carefully tested and researched before they are used. If the herbs have been harvested outside the United States, they are tested at their source, and then again in an FDA approved lab in the States. All herb manufacturers that we use maintain Good Manufacturing Practices and are GMP certified.

The practitioners at the Gainesville Wellness Center take the use of pesticides and heavy metal contamination seriously, and use every precaution to ensure that all herbs prescribed meet our high standards. In fact, all of the herbs that you purchase at the Gainesville Wellness Center will be of the highest standard. When harvested, herbs are separated into different quality categories, ranging from A to C. Most herb shops in China only have available to them class ‘B’ herbs, since all class ‘A’ herbs are either exported to the United States or reserved for the super rich or influential in China.

A key to success in Herbal Medicine is the treatment of each patient as an individual. Your acupuncturist will prescribe a customized formula for you based on your Chinese medical diagnosis. Your formula will likely change through the course of treatment as your body begins to heal.