Zhang Zhongjing’s First Formula for Tonifying Yang: Warming Lung Yang, Spleen Yang, and Kidney Yang to Transform Cold Dampness

Zhang Zhongjing's First Formula for Tonifying Yang: Warming Lung Yang, Spleen Yang, and Kidney Yang to Transform Cold Dampness

Yang Qi is crucial for the human body. When Yang Qi is sufficient, it can warm the limbs, dry out internal dampness, and resist external cold evils. Therefore, when Yang Qi is deficient, the limbs cannot be warmed, leading to an overflow of internal dampness, resulting in symptoms such as cold intolerance, cold hands and … Read more

Nourishing the Heart Requires Warming Yang! Master Wang Qingguo’s Three ‘Secret Medicines’ to Revitalize Heart Yang, Tonify Heart Qi, Calm the Spirit, and Alleviate Chest Pain!

Nourishing the Heart Requires Warming Yang! Master Wang Qingguo's Three 'Secret Medicines' to Revitalize Heart Yang, Tonify Heart Qi, Calm the Spirit, and Alleviate Chest Pain!

Follow us Live to 100 Years Old The “Live to 100 Years Old” program is sponsored by the Jing Shi Health APP Heart disease is becoming increasingly common among younger individuals: Sudden heart palpitations that take time to subside when pressing on the chest. Frequent unexplained feelings of depression and anxiety. Dark circles under the … Read more

Effective Formula for Warming Yang and Promoting Water Metabolism

Effective Formula for Warming Yang and Promoting Water Metabolism

It is uncertain whether this pandemic will surpass the previous outbreak in Wuhan, so today I would like to share a classic formula from Zhang Zhongjing that can help in the early prevention of COVID-19. This formula is the Qing Fei Pai Du Decoction, which includes the ingredients of Wu Ling San: Zhu Ling (Polyporus), … Read more

The First Formula for Warming Yang and Promoting Water Metabolism: Zhen Wu Decoction

The First Formula for Warming Yang and Promoting Water Metabolism: Zhen Wu Decoction

The yang energy of the human body is like the sun; its vaporization function maintains the normal operation of the body’s fluid system, resulting in sweat and urine. When yang energy is deficient, the metabolism of sweat and fluids is disrupted, leading to conditions such as spontaneous sweating, edema, urinary retention, and polyuria. Today, Associate … Read more

Understanding Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren) in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Understanding Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren) in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Understanding Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren) Coix Seed Coix seed, known as Yi Yi Ren (薏苡仁), is one of the traditional food resources in China. With the arrival of summer, the increase in humidity and temperature can lead to damp-heat in the body. When it comes to eliminating dampness, Yi Yi Ren is one of … Read more

Pharmacist’s Insights: The Series on ‘Fu Ling’ (Poria)

Pharmacist's Insights: The Series on 'Fu Ling' (Poria)

The culture of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a long history. Since the time of “Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs,” “medicine” and “food” have been inseparable. In the development of food and medicine, a unique culture of “food as medicine” has formed, believing that many foods are both food and medicine, capable of preventing and … Read more

Overview of Poria (Fu Ling)

Overview of Poria (Fu Ling)

For details, click the image or link:mp.weixin.qq.com/s/coxmL7O1HSy5CMh_kAT8gA Fu Ling (Poria), first recorded in the Shennong Bencao Jing (Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica), is the sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, which primarily parasitizes the roots of pine trees. Fu Ling has calming, spleen-strengthening, diuretic, and edema-reducing effects. Modern research indicates that Fu Ling can also … Read more

The Efficacy and Therapeutic Functions of Poria (Fu Ling)

The Efficacy and Therapeutic Functions of Poria (Fu Ling)

Poria (Fu Ling) is a commonly used Chinese medicinal herb, classified as a superior product in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing. Alias: Fu Ling. Source: It is the dried sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, which often parasitizes the roots of red pine or true fir. A large quantity is cultivated artificially, with the … Read more

Fu Ling: A Treasure of TCM and 5 Ways to Incorporate It into Your Diet

Fu Ling: A Treasure of TCM and 5 Ways to Incorporate It into Your Diet

The Complete Collection of Old Remedies to Promote Health Knowledge Click below to follow for free↓↓↓ In daily life, many people often suffer from gastrointestinal issues, which are often due to dampness in the body. So, what can we eat to eliminate dampness? The correct answer is — Fu Ling (Poria)! Fu Ling has been … Read more

Clinical Applications and Mechanisms of Poria (Fu Ling)

Clinical Applications and Mechanisms of Poria (Fu Ling)

Poria (Fu Ling) is sweet and bland in flavor, neutral in nature, and enters the Heart (Xin), Spleen (Pi), and Kidney (Shen) meridians. It has the effects of promoting urination, leaching out dampness, strengthening the Spleen, and calming the mind. It is primarily decocted in water and is mainly produced in Yunnan, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, … Read more