Common Ailments & TCM Remedies

Digestive Disorders
Sleep & Stress Management
Women’s Health (Menstruation, Fertility, Menopause)
Pain Management (Back Pain, Arthritis, Headaches)
Respiratory Health (Colds, Allergies, Asthma)

10 Practical Health-Boosting Medicinal Recipes for Nourishing the Liver and Kidneys, Qi and Blood, Spleen and Stomach, and Moistening the Lungs

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10 Practical Health-Boosting Medicinal Recipes for Nourishing the Liver and Kidneys, Qi and Blood, Spleen and Stomach, and Moistening the Lungs

Click the blue text Follow us Dizziness, constipation, premature graying of hair, and spleen and stomach weakness… these minor ailments are often encountered in our daily lives. In addition to following medical advice, we can also use dietary therapy to adjust our health. Here are 10 recipes that you can save for future use! Tonify … Read more

Comprehensive Dietary Therapy for Different Body Constitutions in TCM

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Comprehensive Dietary Therapy for Different Body Constitutions in TCM

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a theory of body constitution that categorizes individuals into nine types. Each constitution requires different nurturing methods. Understanding your body constitution is akin to finding a health shortcut, allowing you to nourish your body through simple dietary therapy. Let’s explore which constitution you belong to and what foods you should … Read more

Summary of Common Diseases and Gua Sha Treatment Plans Including Human Reflex Maps, Contraindications, and Diagnosis of Sha Patterns

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Summary of Common Diseases and Gua Sha Treatment Plans Including Human Reflex Maps, Contraindications, and Diagnosis of Sha Patterns

When you are unsure where to start with Gua Sha, I hope this article can provide some insights. First, regarding tools, after more than a decade of testing various materials such as wood, horn, jade, agate, stainless steel, and plastic, the best results come from pure silver and pure copper Gua Sha boards. Pure silver … Read more

Gua Sha for Detoxification and Dampness Elimination: 5 Key Areas to Treat 5 Types of Diseases!

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Gua Sha for Detoxification and Dampness Elimination: 5 Key Areas to Treat 5 Types of Diseases!

Gua Sha is one of the methods of health preservation in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is based on the theory of the skin in TCM, using tools (such as buffalo horn, jade, or cupping) to scrape the skin in relevant areas to achieve the goals of unblocking meridians, invigorating blood circulation, and resolving blood … Read more

Understanding Gua Sha Symptoms and Their Implications

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Understanding Gua Sha Symptoms and Their Implications

Gua Sha Symptoms — Color of Sha Deep Red —Heat Syndrome Bright Red —Yang Deficiency with Excess Heat Black —Cold Syndrome Purple —Wet Eczema Pale Blue, Purple Spots —Qi Deficiency with Blood Stasis Blue-Purple —Severe Internal Cold Purple-Black and Dark —Blood Stasis with Cold Purple-Red —Wet Heat Large Area of Warm Purple —Heart Cold Degree … Read more

Analysis of Guasha Marks: Reflecting Different Health Conditions!

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Analysis of Guasha Marks: Reflecting Different Health Conditions!

Inheriting Traditional Chinese Medicine culture and cultivating TCM talents. Hope more people can share with friends around them, so that every Chinese can learn about TCM and understand it. According to TCM theory, the meridians in the human body are like an intricate traffic network, connecting various organs and facilitating the flow of Qi and … Read more

Conditions That Can Be Alleviated by Gua Sha

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Conditions That Can Be Alleviated by Gua Sha

Gua Sha, one of the external treatment methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), involves scraping the skin with a hard object to stimulate the meridians and acupoints, thereby promoting the flow of qi, adjusting the qi and blood of the organs, expelling pathogenic factors, and maintaining the body’s vital energy. Many common minor ailments in … Read more

Treatment of Post-Stroke Sequelae with Bloodletting Therapy

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Treatment of Post-Stroke Sequelae with Bloodletting Therapy

Case Liu, male, 50 years old, was admitted to the neurology department in March 2020 with “impaired movement of the right limbs for 4 months, worsened with slurred speech for 2 days.” He had a history of cerebral infarction for 6 years, with two recurrences of cerebral infarction 4 months ago, resulting in impaired movement … Read more

Can Fire Needling Treat Skin Diseases?

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Can Fire Needling Treat Skin Diseases?

In dermatology clinics, we use fire needling almost every day. Why is fire needling so widely applied in the treatment of skin diseases? ▲ First, we need to understand what fire needling is.Fire needling, also known as “white needling” or “burning needling,” involves heating a needle until it turns red and then quickly inserting the … Read more

Classic Textbook for Pharmacy Staff: Identification and Use of Plaster Medications

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Classic Textbook for Pharmacy Staff: Identification and Use of Plaster Medications

Author: Pingyuan The plasters we commonly refer to are a type of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) dosage form, classified as hard plasters within the category of ointments. They are made by dissolving or mixing medicinal substances in an appropriate matrix, which is then spread onto a backing material for topical application, resembling a solid external … Read more