Why this site exists, and what it's trying to be.
Chinese Medicine Help is a small, independent reference site. It's built around one idea: that looking up a herb's name, checking a dosage, or finding an acupuncture point shouldn't require digging through a dense textbook or a cluttered forum post. The tools here are free, and built to be used by anyone — students, practitioners, or someone simply curious about a herb they've heard of.
This site is not a clinic, and it isn't written by a licensed practitioner on your behalf. It doesn't diagnose, prescribe, or replace a conversation with a qualified professional. Think of it the way you'd think of a good reference book on your shelf — useful for understanding and orientation, not a substitute for individual care.
Entries are written in plain language and checked against published reference sources where possible. Chinese medicine has centuries of regional and textual variation, so names, properties, and categorizations can genuinely differ between schools of thought — we try to note that rather than pretend there's always one single correct answer. If you ever spot something that looks wrong, we'd genuinely like to hear about it.
The herb reference alone covers hundreds of entries pulled from a real materia medica list, and we're still adding more. New tools are being built out gradually rather than all at once, so if something you're looking for isn't here yet, it might be soon.
