Hello everyone! In the past half month, I have completed and published two series on medicinal cuisine, namely “Principles of Medicinal Cuisine Application” (5 episodes) and “Common Dietary Therapy Recipes in TCM” (10 episodes). Thank you to all readers for your continued attention and likes! Your benefits and shares are my ongoing motivation for deepening … Read more
The Six Excesses and Their Syndromes The Six Excesses: Feng (Wind), Han (Cold), Shu (Summer Heat), Shi (Dampness), Zao (Dryness), Huo (Fire) are pathogenic factors that invade the body. The characteristics of the Six Excesses include: firstly, they are related to season and living environment; for example, in summer, there are many cases of heat-related … Read more
What are the “Six Excesses” and what diseases can they cause when invading the human body? The Six Excesses (Liuyin) refer to the six external pathogenic factors: Wind (Feng), Cold (Han), Heat (Re), Dampness (Shi), Dryness (Zao), and Fire (Huo). Under normal circumstances, these are referred to as the “Six Qi” and represent six different … Read more
The so-called Six Excesses (Liù Yín) refer to the six types of external pathogenic factors: Wind (Fēng), Cold (Hán), Heat (Shǔ), Dampness (Shī), Dryness (Zào), and Fire (Huǒ). The changes in Yin and Yang, the alternation of Cold and Heat, and the variations in climate all follow certain rules and limits. When climatic changes are … Read more
The Six Excesses can act independently on the body to cause disease, or two or three types of pathogenic factors can simultaneously invade the human body, leading to conditions such as wind-cold ganmao (common cold), wind-heat ganmao, damp-heat jaundice, and wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, among others. They can also transform into one another, such as when … Read more
Abnormal Pulse Types: String PulseToday we will learn about the abnormal pulse types—the String Pulse.1. Characteristics of the String Pulse:When the pulse beats, it feels like pressing a taut string, where the pulse’s rise should be firm and straight, resembling a string. It moves directly up and down, tightly stretched.Clinically, the tightness of the String … Read more
Atractylodes 【Source】 This product is the dried rhizome of the Asteraceae plant Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC. or Atractylodes chinensis (DC.) Koidz. Harvested in spring and autumn, the rhizomes are cleaned of soil, dried, and the fibrous roots are removed. 【Morphology】 1. Atractylodes lancea is a perennial herb. The rhizome runs horizontally with nodes. The stem … Read more
Expert Insights Cang Zhu (Atractylodes) Traditional Chinese Medicine University Essential Knowledge You Should Know About Chinese Herbs Some formulas use Bai Zhu (White Atractylodes), while others use Cang Zhu; the same formula may be prepared by different doctors using either Bai Zhu or Cang Zhu. In ancient times, Cang Zhu and Bai Zhu were not … Read more
Blood deficiency headache is a common type of headache among people today. Due to blood deficiency, insufficient blood cannot nourish the brain, resulting in this type of headache, known as blood deficiency headache. The “Lan Shi Mi Cang – Headache Chapter” states: “For blood deficiency headache, Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) and Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong) … Read more
In the early Tang Dynasty, the Medicine King Sun Simiao traveled with his disciples from Zhongnan Mountain to Qingcheng Mountain in Sichuan to collect medicinal herbs. One day, the master and his disciple rested in a forest of towering green pines. Suddenly, they saw a large female crane playing in the water with several yellow-billed … Read more