A Step-by-Step Guide! 10 Common Pediatric Tuina Techniques to Help Your Baby Stay Healthy

A Step-by-Step Guide! 10 Common Pediatric Tuina Techniques to Help Your Baby Stay Healthy

Are you worried when your baby gets sick and refuses to take medicine or get injections? Are you distressed by your baby’s poor appetite affecting their growth and development? In addition to medication and injections, there is a very healthy and natural therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which is Tuina (推拿). What is Pediatric … Read more

Top 10 Acupuncture Points for Moxibustion: Difficult to Fall Ill Once They Are Stimulated!

Top 10 Acupuncture Points for Moxibustion: Difficult to Fall Ill Once They Are Stimulated!

1. Zu San Li (Stomach 36) Function: First, it supports the body’s vital energy and strengthens the spleen and stomach; Second, it promotes metabolism and strengthens the body; Third, it enhances endocrine function and boosts immunity. Stimulating Zu San Li has preventive and therapeutic effects on diseases of the digestive system, nervous system, blood system, … Read more

Comprehensive Remedies for Constipation and Stomach Pain in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Comprehensive Remedies for Constipation and Stomach Pain in Traditional Chinese Medicine

12. Constipation 1. San Ren Tang (Three Nut Decoction): Song Zi Ren (Pine Nut) 25g, Huo Ma Ren (Hemp Seed) 20g, Gua Lou Ren (Trichosanthes Fruit) 25g. Decoction in water, take 1 dose daily. Effect: Moistens the intestines and relieves constipation. Indication: Constipation due to Yin deficiency and dryness of the intestines. 2. Pi Pa … Read more

The Timing of Taking Decoctions in Traditional Chinese Medicine: What to Take Before, After Meals, and Before Sleep?

The Timing of Taking Decoctions in Traditional Chinese Medicine: What to Take Before, After Meals, and Before Sleep?

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) decoctions are herbal prescriptions formulated by TCM practitioners based on differential diagnosis, prepared and verified by professionals, and boiled into herbal liquids. The requirements for taking these medicines may vary depending on the disease and the stage of consultation. (Image source: Internet) TCM theory posits that human activities follow a strong … Read more

How to Regulate Internal Damp-Heat

How to Regulate Internal Damp-Heat

From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), when dampness invades the upper jiao (upper burner), symptoms such as difficulty in coughing up phlegm or excessive phlegm upon waking can occur. Dampness is associated with yin, while heat is associated with yang; the interplay of yin and yang creates a contradiction. The coexistence of dampness … Read more

After Major Heat, Signs of Damp-Heat Accumulation in the Body

After Major Heat, Signs of Damp-Heat Accumulation in the Body

After the Major Heat, the weather is hot and often rainy, with dampness and heat intertwining to the extreme. Prolonged exposure to such an environment, constantly subjected to the invasion of damp-heat evil qi, can easily induce damp-heat diseases. Damp-heat disease is a common condition in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), typically manifesting as a feeling … Read more

Diagnosis: Five Major Symptoms of Spleen Qi Deficiency and How to Restore Spleen and Stomach Health

Diagnosis: Five Major Symptoms of Spleen Qi Deficiency and How to Restore Spleen and Stomach Health

1. What are the manifestations of Spleen Qi Deficiency? 1. Typical symptoms of Spleen Qi Deficiency: abdominal distension with reduced appetite, exacerbation of distension after eating, fatigue in limbs, mental exhaustion, shortness of breath and reluctance to speak, weight loss or obesity with edema, pale white tongue coating. 2. Typical symptoms of Spleen Yang Deficiency: … Read more

Traditional Chinese Medicine for Constipation: 4 Types and 10 Herbal Formulas

Traditional Chinese Medicine for Constipation: 4 Types and 10 Herbal Formulas

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) expert shares health knowledge Click below to follow for free ↓↓↓ In TCM, constipation has three meanings: 1. Feces remain in the intestines for too long, leading to blockage and prolonged bowel movements; 2. The bowel movement cycle may not be long, but the feces are hard and difficult to pass; … Read more

What is Qi Stagnation? Symptoms and How to Regulate It

What is Qi Stagnation? Symptoms and How to Regulate It

In traditional medicine, there are many descriptions related to “Qi”. For example, we often mention “Qi deficiency”, “Qi sinking”, and “Qi stagnation”. Here, we will discuss a common issue that both young and elderly populations may frequently encounter: “Qi stagnation”. What is Qi Stagnation? In traditional medicine, “Qi” is viewed as a form of life … Read more

Qi, Blood, and Blessings: The Yin-Yang Balance of Body and Mind and Life’s Fortunes

Qi, Blood, and Blessings: The Yin-Yang Balance of Body and Mind and Life's Fortunes

Upholding the Medical Way ● Healing the World In the fusion of traditional health wisdom and life philosophy, there exists a profound and subtle connection between qi (气) and xue (血) and fu bao (福报), which deeply influences our physical and mental health as well as the direction of our destiny. Qi, as a symbol … Read more