feel great. Another person takes Ginseng and they feel awful, they get aggravated, they

get palpitations in their heart, just doesn't work right. So what gives? What's the difference

between Eastern herbs and Western herbs? Or the way that they're used? Hi my name is Mark

Brinson, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Physical Medicine Specialist, and International Seminar

Provider. There's a big difference between the way that Eastern and Western herbs are

used and the philosophy that's behind them. So let's take for instance something like

Ginseng, to tell you how specific the, the prescription needs to be to match someone.

When we say Ginseng from a Western standpoint, we think all Ginsengs are alike, but in reality,

there's over five main types of Ginsengs and a lot of sub-species of it that do completely

opposite things. Let's, let me give you a few examples. Have you ever had someone take

an herb, or yourself take something that just didn't quite work for you? And you took it

on the recommendation of a friend who though it was the best thing ever. Well lets' say

for instance that I have heart palpitations, I have high blood pressure, I'm a little bit

irritable, but I don't feel like I have that much energy. If I take something like a Korean

Ginseng, which has a very hot property to it, it's going to make all of those things

worse. Where if I take something like and American Ginseng, which is totally on the

other side of the spectrum, it's going to cool my body, it's going to take my irritation,

my aggravation away, but it's also going to give me energy at the same time. So what's

different about Eastern and Western Herbology is that they're very specific on the properties

that are created once it's inside me. So by taking something in, it's not going to be

the same for everybody, for that person who's hot, they can't have hot type herbs or foods.

Where the person that's cool, and tends to be cold, to like hot drinks, to always be

on the low side of things, if they took something like that Korean Ginseng, they would feel

great or phenomenal. So the basics of it are in how specific the diagnosis needs to be

in order to prescribe them properly. My name is Mark Brinson, Doctor of Oriental Medicine,

hoping this helped you a little bit in finding your balance today.