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5 Must-Have Chinese Herbal Products for Athletes

Kaitlan Downes, MSAOM, L.AC

If you’re an athlete, you know that when your body is running like a well-oiled machine, you can take on the world. But, what do you do when pain, fatigue, or injuries get in the way of reaching your goals?

Most people opt for over-the-counter pain relievers or band-aid treatments that only work temporarily. Thankfully, Chinese medicine offers a more holistic solution with lasting results.

Here we’ll share 5 of the must-have Chinese herbal products for athletes and how these simple natural products can help you perform at your best!

Chinese Herbal Medicine for Athletes

Chinese medicine has long been used to help relieve pain and heal injuries faster. Trauma medicine, or Dit Da, began as a way to help martial artists and fighters prevent and heal injuries. Along with bone setting and manual therapies, herbal remedies were crucial in the rapid and complete healing of bones, joints, muscles, and other tissues.

 Today, we still use Dit Da and other herbal therapies to help martial artists and other athletes perform at their best naturally. From increasing endurance to reducing inflammation to relieving pain, Chinese herbal medicine is a secret weapon for any serious or amateur athlete.

Let’s dive into the must-haves for your sports medicine toolbox!

5 Must-Have Chinese Herbal Products for Athletes

1. Boost Endurance: Cordyceps Capsules

Want to increase your endurance and stamina? Real Mushrooms Cordyceps Capsules can give you the boost you need.

The cordyceps fungus helps athletes achieve peak performance. It is a strong qi tonic which means it supercharges your natural energy and endurance. Cordyceps is particularly helpful for improving lung function and capacity, which makes it a great supplement for runners or swimmers. But, any athlete can benefit from cordyceps’ ability to boost energy and fight fatigue.

2. Joint Relief: Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang

If you’re an athlete who always reaches for your heat pack when your muscles and joints feel sore, this might be the formula for you.

Du huo ji sheng tang is a commonly used formula for pain and stiffness that gets better with heat. It helps to increase warming circulation through the body and soothes joint soreness. Use it for issues like low back pain, joint pain, arthritis, numbness, weakness, and stiffness. Du huo ji sheng tang is particularly helpful for older athletes who also struggle with arthritis, fatigue, or muscle weakness.

As an added benefit, du huo ji sheng tang also calms and soothes a tired mind, too. You can use it to fight overwork and mental fatigue.

3. Muscle Ease: Po Sum On Oil

If your muscles are sore post-workout, po sum on can help. This warming medicated oil has natural analgesic properties that help to instantly relieve pain. But, the best thing about po sum on is that it actually helps your muscles heal. It flushes the area with healing circulation and cools inflammation that could be causing your pain.

Pair with du huo ji sheng tang to fight chronic pain, or use as needed during intense training or competition.

4. Injury Recovery (Pills): The Great Mender (Jin Gu Die Shang Wan)

We hope you never have to use The Great Mender pills. But when accidents happen, they can cut down on healing time and get you back to your old self.

The Great Mender is a trauma relief formula that helps heal sprains, strains, and fractures. It works quickly to stop internal bleeding and keep bruising and swelling to a minimum so your tissues can heal.

When you use The Great Mender pills after an injury, you are more likely to heal completely, experience less pain, and rebuild stronger tendons.

5. Injury Recovery (Topical): 701 Medicated Plasters

As an athlete, you’re no stranger to pain. But when an injury holds you back from achieving your goals, you’re not willing to stand down.

701 Dieda Zhengtong Yaogo medicated plasters offer pain relief from everyday aches and pains as well as musculoskeletal injuries. Use these plasters on muscles, joints, arthritis, strains, bone spurs, tendonitis, bruises, and sprains to revive the area and get back to your sport faster.

Achieve Your Best with Best Chinese Medicines

At Best Chinese Medicines, we know how important it is to you to live a vibrant, active life. Getting to work hard at the sports you love each day is part of living a full and happy life.

But, we also know that aches and pains are part of living that active life! That’s why we provide only the best in natural Chinese herbal medicine products to help you stay healthy and active while reaching your highest athletic goals.

Shop our full collection of natural pain relief products for athletes here!

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About the Author

Kaitlan Downes, MSAOM, L.AC

Kate Downes is a Chinese medicine practitioner with a passion for herbal medicine. In fact, it was her love for plant and earth medicine that first drew her to study Chinese medicine.

Kate has a MSAOM (Master of Science, Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine) certification and practiced acupuncture in Indianapolis, IN for five years before packing her bags to roam the world. In order to stay in touch with the wellness community and continue to help others thrive with herbal medicine, she transformed her work from face-to-face patient care to spreading wellness through words. Her life as a remote herbalist and writer has allowed her to work with a variety of wellness brands, health pioneers, and her wonderful clients. She has a special interest in working with women’s health.

Kate thoroughly enjoys writing educational and useful pieces for Best Chinese Medicine. Her goal is to help the public gain a better understanding of the wonders of Chinese herbal medicine so they can be empowered in their own quest for natural, vibrant health.

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