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About Chinese Herbal Medicine:

A treasure trove of medicine is before us. The average person now understands that health, not disease, is the true goal of all medical effort, and that chronic symptoms and dysfunction have roots that run deep into our physiology and personal history. Thankfully, our modern world is now seeing the benefit of a 3000+ year old medical treasure that is changing everything. Compounded (custom-combined) Chinese Herbal Medicine is the oldest most researched functional medicine system on the planet.

It uses natural substances (primarily plant, but also some mineral and animal products) that have observable biological activity to improve our body’s function. Century upon century of observation and experimentation led to a safe medical system that modern research validates and expands. Nearly every new supplement, herbal fad, or recovery protocol making headlines represents a popularized use of Chinese Medicine (herbs, diet, and lifestyle). While research on individual plants is driving the popular use Chinese herbs as ‘supplements’, 99% of the value of this system comes from the targeted combination of herbs based on the individual’s health picture, not just on an isolated symptom. Like in a recipe, though the ingredients are valuable, they have little desirable outcome (a delicious meal) until they are combined in the right order and amount. Chinese Herbs are combined up to 40 per mixture to create a very specific effect on the parts of our physiology that are causing the symptoms, i.e. the root
of the problem. Our culture’s understandable tendency to view herbs like drugs, solo agents made to mask a symptom, has led us to miss the deeper benefit: healing our bodies to reduce or eliminate the symptoms. Seeing this culture-wide need, after helping 1000’s of patients recover in our clinical practice, led us to create Herbal Restore. It is time for the benefits of this medical treasure to reach beyond our clinic walls and beyond hit-or-miss symptom supplements to help anyone who is looking for real solutions. Our compounded Chinese Herbs products routinely treat health issues such as allergies, nausea, dizziness, acid reflux, cough and asthma, gynecological issues (e.g. pain, clotting, and regularity), insomnia, anxiety, depression, addiction, low energy, brain fog, skin and complexion problems, chronic infection, colds and flus, headache, arthritis, and the list goes on and on. The medicines we use are exhaustively and third party tested for species authenticity, purity (non-adulteration), and potency. These are major purity issues in the any field using herbal medicines or supplements that we take very seriously. Our medicine is the strongest and safest out there.

About Dr. Henningsen

At Herbal Restore, medicine is in our blood. Dr H, raised by a nurse, learned early on the shortcomings of using only one tool, drug and surgical therapies, to address the 10,000 chronic health issues coming from one thing those therapies can’t treat: lack of health. As a teenager obsessed with fitness and nutrition, I learned that masking symptoms is a losing game, and beside the point. Symptoms are not our enemy.

Symptoms are messages from our body that something isn’t right: something is hurt, something is weak, something (a pathogen) has invaded and lodged in our body. While studying pre-med in college, I discovered through research that CM has understood this for 3000+ years. It answers that call in a tiered approach: 1) use natural (herbal) medicines to remove the pathogen, restore the function. 2) educate to restore healthy lifestyle (foundations of food, rest, and movement) to strengthen the body’s defenses 3) train the spirit to elevate our benchmark for health and performance through herbal enhancements (neuroadaptive & adaptogenic substances) and awareness/intent training (meditation, breathing techniques. etc). This approach, now popularized as ‘functional medicine’,
defines the goal of healthcare to improve our whole self in order to minimize the need for health care, especially the more dangerous interventions. I made this discipline the focus of my life, graduating undergrad summa cum laude, completing four years of graduate school, terminating in a doctoral degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine, and pursuing extensive post-grad training in herbal prescribing from the most experienced doctors in the country. After 15 years of applying this knowledge, our clinic has helped 1000’s of patients, among the largest clinic of its kind in the county, and has outgrown in-person, one-by-one consultations. After years of patients requesting that we treat long-distance relatives, we’ve expanded our reach to help people all over the country. Empowered by technology and telemedicine, we’ve adapted our approach to help more people. As times change, so do the trends of health challenges. Responding to this, I have developed many specialty approaches for the most common issues I see: hormonal issues, chronic or recurrent infections, virology and immunity, mental health/cognitive function, chronic stress, compromised digestive health, and chronic pain.

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