Have you ever experienced discomfort in your stomach after consuming cold drinks or spicy food, with symptoms such as stomach bloating, stomach pain, diarrhea, belching, and acid reflux? You might think this is due to eating something too cold or too hot, but in fact, it could be because both cold and heat pathogens are … Read more
↑Click the card above to follow me↑ 【This article is: Dr. Peng’s Lecture on the Huangdi Neijing Series (with audio) – Essence Edition – No. 991。（More exciting content is continuously updated…）】 “The Yellow Emperor asked: I have heard of the Nine Needles and Nine Chapters, and you have thus divided them into nine, totaling eighty-one … Read more
Click the above “Public Account” to subscribe! The Eight Principles (八纲) refer to the eight categories of syndromes: Yin, Yang, Exterior, Interior, Cold, Heat, Deficiency, and Excess. The differentiation based on these principles is the most fundamental method of diagnosis and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In his work “Medical Insights,” Qing Dynasty scholar … Read more
The so-called method of combining cold and heat refers to the simultaneous use of cold and heat properties in medicinal substances. In the eight therapeutic methods, it belongs to the warming and clearing methods, also known as the warming and clearing combination. Cold and heat, cool and warm, have completely opposite medicinal properties. If they … Read more
With Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) present, one can feel at ease and unafraid. Whether it is herbal decoctions, patent medicines, dietary therapy, or external treatments such as moxibustion, gua sha, hot compresses, foot baths, or tuina, everyone has made full use of TCM during this pandemic, allowing many TCM enthusiasts to resolve their health issues … Read more
Alternating cold and heat is not a commonly used idiom; it is a term in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) used to describe symptoms. It refers to the human body experiencing alternating fever and chills, feeling hot at one moment, as if in a steamer, and cold at another, as if falling into an ice cellar. … Read more