March 26, 2016
Spring and the Wood Element in Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine uses 5 elements to describe distinct manifestations of life energy or qi. These are Earth, Metal, Wood, Fire...
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March 25, 2016
Shen–When Heaven and Earth Mingle
Shen, or spirit in Chinese, is written as a character with two components. Very literally, the character depicts curved lightning on...
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March 9, 2016
A Benchmark for World Health
Herbal medicine... has contributed significantly to man's struggle against disease and has been an important component of health care systems for thousands of years. China has a long history of herbal medicine and has developed a unique system for using it. --World Health Organization
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Chinese Medicine
February 7, 2016
The Five Elements of Chinese Medicine–Fire
The Five Elements in Chinese medicine are aspects of Qi (chee) or the basic life force. They are Wood, Fire,...
April 7, 2015
Channel Palpation and Acupuncture in Early China
By Shelley Ochs, PhD Many different diagnostic techniques involving body palpation and observation are recorded in the early acupuncture literature...
October 20, 2014
Acupuncture, the correct treatment is based on the diagnosis
“头痛医头，脚痛医脚” “treat the symptoms but not the disease; take stop-gap measures; apply palliative remedies” This famous Chinese saying relates to...