Allergies are the most common chronic health disorders in the industrialized world. They are reactions of the body to the ecological environment, both physical and social.

The proliferation of toxic chemicals in our food, water, and air are just some of the major factors that contribute to allergies. These factors lead to neuro-endocrine imbalances and serve to weaken the defensive energy of the body as well as the mucosal membranes in the lung, sinus, nose, digestive system and skin. People with these health issues often react pathologically to the aforementioned triggering elements, thereby being easily susceptible to different allergic reactions.

In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), practitioners do not focus on treating the symptoms of allergy. Rather, they provide the body with herbal combinations that support the harmony and balance of the body with an ultimate goal of having an individual's body not react like an allergic body would.* 

TCM philosophies embrace and learn from the understanding that some people simply do not react to common allergies. They believe that there are certain imbalances associated with allergic individuals and certain healthy balances associated with non-allergic individuals.  Thus, TCM practitioners support allergy sensitive individuals with herbal combinations designed to promote the same balance found in non-allergic individuals. We prefer this philosophy since if a person never reacts in the first place, then no treatment is necessary and the person never has to suffer.*