Nurturing Yang in Spring and Summer: The Health Benefits of Wenyang Patches

Nurturing Yang in Spring and Summer: The Health Benefits of Wenyang Patches

As spring brings warmth, Ms. Li took her child to climb Yuelu Mountain a few days ago. Due to inhaling cold air, the child suddenly developed paroxysmal coughing, which became increasingly severe and frequent. She immediately took out a Wenyang Tie (温阳贴, warming yang patch) from her bag and applied it to the child’s Tian … Read more

Warming Yang and Nourishing Kidney with Moxa Culture

Warming Yang and Nourishing Kidney with Moxa Culture

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that kidney yang is the external manifestation of the essence and qi of the kidneys, playing a role in warming the entire body. When yang qi is deficient, it can lead to a shortened lifespan, and life can be cut short. Each person’s life largely depends on their own yang … Read more

How to Use Moxibustion for Cold Hands and Feet? Three Warming Yang Points

How to Use Moxibustion for Cold Hands and Feet? Three Warming Yang Points

The warming conduction of moxibustion therapy can exert a powerful effect on promoting blood circulation and warming the body, adjusting the qi and blood meridians throughout the body. It is particularly effective in preventing and regulating the common winter ailment of cold hands and feet. Additionally, performing moxibustion at this time can help avoid the … Read more

Differences Between Invigorating Yang, Warming Yang, and Tonifying Yang

Differences Between Invigorating Yang, Warming Yang, and Tonifying Yang

Yang Qi disorders can be categorized into two main types, aside from excessive Yang: one is Yang stagnation and the other is Yang deficiency. Yang stagnation occurs when Yang Qi is obstructed due to Qi stagnation, blood stasis, dampness obstruction, fluid retention, phlegm accumulation, or cold congealing, and the treatment should focus on invigorating Yang. … Read more

Warm Yang, Tonify Qi, Expel Cold and Dampness: A Formula for Treating Back Coldness and Joint Pain

Warm Yang, Tonify Qi, Expel Cold and Dampness: A Formula for Treating Back Coldness and Joint Pain

A friend asked about experiencing coldness in the back and joint pain, and whether there is a formula for this. Today, I will share a formula used for treatment; Insufficient Yang Qi, combined with the invasion of cold and dampness, leads to poor circulation of Qi and blood in the limbs, resulting in symptoms such … Read more

Winter Warm Yang Patches: Preventing Yang Deficiency Before Illness

Winter Warm Yang Patches: Preventing Yang Deficiency Before Illness

Winter Warm Yang Patches: Preventing Yang Deficiency Before Illness The main qi of winter is cold, and the cold nature can cause stagnation, leading to poor blood circulation. Additionally, cold pathogens can easily harm Yang qi. Without Yang qi to warm the body, insufficient qi and blood circulation can result in a series of discomforts. … Read more

Top Ten Yang-Warming and Cold-Dispelling Foods in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Top Ten Yang-Warming and Cold-Dispelling Foods in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has long held the theory of “food and medicine share the same source” (also known as “medicine and food share the same source”)—this theory posits that many foods serve as both food and medicine, capable of preventing and treating diseases just like medicinal herbs. The primary characteristic of yin foods is … Read more

Warm Yang Method Recommended by Famous Physicians of the Yuan Dynasty, Especially Suitable for Those with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency, Qi and Blood Insufficiency, and Yang Deficiency

Warm Yang Method Recommended by Famous Physicians of the Yuan Dynasty, Especially Suitable for Those with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency, Qi and Blood Insufficiency, and Yang Deficiency

Learn methods for strengthening the spleen, nourishing Yang, and cultivating Zheng Qi from the renowned physician Luo Tianyi! Recently, while reviewing some medical cases recorded by the court physician Luo Tianyi of the Yuan Dynasty, I deeply felt his inheritance and promotion of Li Gao’s theory: “Diet and labor damage the spleen and stomach, leading … Read more

Warming Yang Formula: Four Herbs to Warm the Heart, Lungs, Spleen, Liver, and Kidneys, Sweeping Away Cold from the Five Organs

Warming Yang Formula: Four Herbs to Warm the Heart, Lungs, Spleen, Liver, and Kidneys, Sweeping Away Cold from the Five Organs

All diseases arise from cold. Recently, with the rainy and overcast weather, the temperature is dropping, and the responsibility of dispelling cold has come. We all know that the body is most afraid of cold; it can cause pain and form various pathogenic factors, such as dampness, cysts, and tumors. Cold also signifies a lack … Read more

A Formula to Warm Yang and Disperse Cold: Three Herbal Ingredients to Revive Yang Qi

A Formula to Warm Yang and Disperse Cold: Three Herbal Ingredients to Revive Yang Qi

Insufficient Yang Qi can lead to cold limbs, fear of wind and cold, and a persistent feeling of deep chill. When exposed to cold, one may easily experience soreness in the lower back and knees, and women may suffer from severe menstrual pain. These are manifestations of Yang deficiency and cold. What causes this condition? … Read more