Essential Acupoint for Individuals with Damp-Heat Constitution

Essential Acupoint for Individuals with Damp-Heat Constitution

How can one determine if the body has damp-heat? If there is excessive damp-heat in the body, the face often appears oily and prone to acne and pimples. Due to the stagnation of damp-heat, one may frequently feel bitter and dry in the mouth. When damp-heat obstructs the Yang Qi, there is a constant feeling … Read more

Clinical Differentiation of the Twelve Meridians: Patterns of Deficiency and Excess

Clinical Differentiation of the Twelve Meridians: Patterns of Deficiency and Excess

The patterns of deficiency and excess in the twelve meridians have been clearly documented in the “Neijing” (Inner Canon). This article is a revision and compilation based on the clinical practice of Elder Xiao, where each meridian corresponds to several specific acupuncture points that serve as treatment points. The patterns of deficiency and excess in … Read more

The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon: A Comprehensive Review of the Theory of Deficiency and Excess (Part 28)

The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon: A Comprehensive Review of the Theory of Deficiency and Excess (Part 28)

 【Original】The Yellow Emperor asked: What is meant by deficiency and excess?  【Translation】The Yellow Emperor inquired: What does deficiency and excess mean?  【Original】Qi Bo replied: When evil qi is abundant, it is excess; when vital qi is depleted, it is deficiency.  【Translation】Qi Bo responded: Deficiency and excess refer to the comparison between evil qi and righteous qi. When evil … Read more

The Impact of Cold and Heat on the Circulation of Qi and Blood in the Body

The Impact of Cold and Heat on the Circulation of Qi and Blood in the Body

↑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

The Pathways and Interior-Exterior Relationships of the Twelve Meridians

The Pathways and Interior-Exterior Relationships of the Twelve Meridians

The meridians are an important organizational structure of the human body, playing a crucial role in the transmission of information and other vital activities. Many people ask, do meridians really exist? Why can’t we see or touch them like blood, muscles, or bones? Meridians certainly exist, and they serve as pathways for the flow of … Read more

The Interrelationship Between the Uterus and Breasts in Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Interrelationship Between the Uterus and Breasts in Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Interrelationship Between the Uterus and Breasts □ Wang Huizhen, Second People’s Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine The theory of exterior and interior is one of the most distinctive theories in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is a relative concept, referring to the skin and internal organs, where the skin is … Read more

Anatomical Basis of the Relationship Between the Exterior and Interior Meridians

Anatomical Basis of the Relationship Between the Exterior and Interior Meridians

▲Click the blue “Dao Sheng Academy” above to follow us “Pin to the top of the public account,” take some time to fall in love with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Exterior and Interior Meridians The twelve meridians are paired as six exterior-interior meridian pairs according to the matching of the hand Taiyin (Lung) with hand … Read more

The Relationship Between the Twelve Meridians: Interior and Exterior

The Relationship Between the Twelve Meridians: Interior and Exterior

The three Yin and three Yang meridians of the hands and feet communicate with each other through the channels and collaterals, forming six pairs, establishing an “interior-exterior” relationship. This means that “the Foot Taiyang (Greater Yang) and Shaoyin (Lesser Yin) are interior and exterior, Shaoyang (Lesser Yang) and Jueyin (Reverting Yin) are interior and exterior, … Read more

Medical Origins: Lesson Six – The Relationship Between Zang-Fu Organs and Their Connections

Medical Origins: Lesson Six - The Relationship Between Zang-Fu Organs and Their Connections

2022-04-13 Medical Origins: Lesson Six – The Relationship Between Zang-Fu Organs and Their Connections Students, today we will discuss the final part of the diagram of the six positions of heaven and earth, which is the relationship between the Zang-Fu organs and their connections.。 1. The Relationship Between the Five Zang Organs and the Six … Read more

The Relationship Between the Twelve Meridians

The Relationship Between the Twelve Meridians

Ancient practitioners, through long-term observation and reasoning, believed that the three Yin and three Yang meridians of the hands and feet communicate with each other through their respective channels and collaterals, forming six pairs of interrelated yet relatively independent relationships of Qi and blood circulation. As stated in the Su Wen (Plain Questions) · Xue … Read more