Unlike other supplements that you find on grocery store shelves, ALL NATURAL Chinese herbal formulas (prescribed by your Practitioner/Acupuncturist) are based on 3000 years of medical history. Chinese formula ingredients address your major symptoms and theie causes as well. The herbs/plants/roots/fruits/flowers are similar to pharmaceuticals in that they are medicine, but the body processes them the same way it processes food. We have more than 5000 plant, animal, and mineral substances combined in various formulations to address specific issues