Hsin Kuang Herbal Store & Clinic

Disease Description: Costochondritis is an inflammation of a rib or the cartilage connecting a rib. This is a common cause of chest pain. Inflammation or injury involving the chest muscles is another common cause of chest pain.Your health care provider can diagnose costochondritis by pressing on the area where the ribs meet the chest bone (sternum). If this area is tender and sore, costochondritis is the most likely cause of your chest pain.

Treatment Objectives The objective of this treatment is to improve all sysmptoms, prevent and treat later complications, correct imbalance, adjust the immune system and most importantly to boost energy and strong body for better health and quality of life. The purpose of this treatment is not to replace necessary orthodox medical treatment. A combination of both is recommended.

Herbal Formulation We recommend a herbal combination consisting of the following herbs and possibly others depending on the particular case. All these herbs are proven to be effective.

Radix Curcumae
	Origin: Turmeric Root is the dried root tuber of Curcuma wenjunjin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling, Curcuma longa L., Curcuma kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang, or Curcuma phaeocaulis Val. (Fam. Zingiberaceae). Nature and affinity: It is pungent and bitter in taste and cold in nature, and is distributed to the Liver, Heart and Lung Channels.

Ramulus Cinnamomi
	Origin: Cassia Twig is the dried young branch of Cinnamomum cassia Presl (Fam. Lauraceae). Nature and affinity: It is pungent and sweet to the taste, warm in nature, and distributed to the Heart, Lung and Urinary Bladder Channels.

Radix Angelicae Sinensis
	Origin: Chinese Angelica is the dried root of Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels (Fam. Umbelliferae). Nature and affinity: Chinese angelica root is sweet and pungent in taste, warm in nature and therapeutically related to the channels of the Liver, Heart and Spleen. *Main Active Ingredient:* Osthole (C15H16O3)

Radix Paeoniae Rubra
	Origin: Inner Mongolia and Sichuan, China Nature and affinity: Bitter; cold

Fructus Meliae Toosendan
	Origin: South China. Sichuan (better quality).; Nature and affinity: Bitter, Cold, Slightly Toxic

Flos Lonicerae

Origin: Honeysuckle Flower is the dried flower bud or opening flower of Lonicera japonica Thunb., lonicera hypoglauca Miq., Lonicera confuse DC. or Lonicera dasystyla Rehd. (Fam Caprifoliaceae).
Nature and affinity: It is sweet in taste and cold in nature. Its therapeutic action is related to the Channels of the Lung, Heart and Stomach.

Main Active Ingredient: chlorogenic acid (C16H18O9)

Rhizoma Corydalis
	Origin: Yanhusuo is the dried tuber of Corydalis yanhusuo W. T. Wang (Fam. Papaveraceae). Nature and affinity: Pungent and bitter in taste and warm in nature, it is therapeutically related to the Channels of the Liver and Spleen.

Rhizoma Sparganii
	Origin: Predominantly: Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong, Jiangxi, Anhui. Nature and affinity: Acrid, Bitter taste and Neutral in nature.

Radix Bupleuri
	Origin: Chinese Thorowax Root is the dried root of Bupleurum chinese DC. or Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd.(Fam. Umbelliferae). Nature and affinity: It is bitter to the taste, slightly cold in nature, and is distriuted to the Liver and Gall Bladder Channels.

Treatment Efficacy Apart from what has been traditionaly established in Chinese medicine, this combination has proved to have excellent efficacy in evaluations. Please see the table below for details.

Total Cases Observed	44
Fully Recovered	40
Seen Improvement	4
Overall Success Rate	100 %

Side Effects All of the herbs in this formulation have been in use for thousands of years in China and are proven to be safe. Chinese herbs work in a non-invasive way utilizing the natural healing powers of the body and hence work without any side effects. More importantly, we and our herbalist doctors understand the use of herbs to give optimum benefit without incurring any side effects.
In the language of Chinese medicine, there are many balances inside our bodies. The breaking of any of these balances leads to illness. Chinese herbs work by balancing these various systems in our bodies through their adjustment. Hence treatment takes place holistically, without effecting our normal systems and without any side effects.

Customized Medicine An advantage of using Chinese herbs is that they can be combined flexibly to suit the specific needs of the individual. When you place an order from this web site, you will be using our Online Questionnaire System to outline your condition, so that we and our herbalist doctors can be continue to optimize the herbal combination and plan the herbal remedy according to your symptoms. A planed herbal remedy using optimized herbal combination has the maximum efficacy.

Easy Administration Our herbal remedies use custom-made medications in easy-to-administer dosage forms. Depending on the condition and the medicine we may use an oral or a topical dosage form like pills, capsules, tea bags, powders, lotions, sprays etc. In some cases (mostly skin related) the remedy may consist of a combination of an oral and a topical form.

Low Cost Two month's supply for a full course of treatment costs USD 74.95 only. We do not charge any shipping costs or have any other hidden costs.