The Culture of Chinese Herbal Medicine | The Theory of Five Elements

The Culture of Chinese Herbal Medicine | The Theory of Five Elements

行 五 传统 学说 The Basic Concept of the Five Elements The Five Elements, namely Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water, represent five categories of material properties and their dynamic changes. The term “Five” refers to the five categories of material properties that constitute all things in the universe, separated from the primordial qi of … Read more

Understanding the Comprehensive Knowledge of the Five Elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Guide to Organ Health

Understanding the Comprehensive Knowledge of the Five Elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Guide to Organ Health

The theory of the Five Elements, like the theory of Yin and Yang, originated in ancient China. In ancient times, people believed that Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water were essential elements in daily life and production, and they are also the five fundamental elements that constitute the normal changes in nature. For example, Water … Read more

Yin-Yang Thinking: Identifying All Forms of Yang Deficiency and Yin Deficiency! (Including 17 Points of Yin-Yang Differentiation)

Yin-Yang Thinking: Identifying All Forms of Yang Deficiency and Yin Deficiency! (Including 17 Points of Yin-Yang Differentiation)

Identifying All Forms of Yang Deficiency For individuals with Yang deficiency, Yin energy must naturally be abundant (the term Yin energy refers to the abundance of water, which is blood. When blood is abundant, Qi is weak, leading to Yang deficiency). Although all symptoms of fire may appear externally (this fire is termed “deficiency fire,” … Read more