Exploring the Floating Pulse in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Exploring the Floating Pulse in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Exploring the Floating Pulse in Traditional Chinese MedicineFloating Pulse — The Floating and Concurrent Pulse 1. Yang Floating and Yin WeakAccording to the “Treatise on Febrile Diseases” (Shang Han Lun), Section 12: “In the case of Taiyang wind, the Yang is floating while the Yin is weak. The Yang floating indicates spontaneous heat, while the … Read more

What is Floating Pulse? An Insight into TCM Pulse Diagnosis

What is Floating Pulse? An Insight into TCM Pulse Diagnosis

What is Floating Pulse? Health Preservation Introduction Hello everyone, today we will explore the concept of Floating Pulse in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Traditional Chinese Floating Pulse Floating Pulse (fu mai) is a type of pulse that can be felt with light pressure and diminishes slightly with heavier pressure, yet does not feel empty. It … Read more

Understanding Tongue Diagnosis: The Nature of Tongue Quality

Understanding Tongue Diagnosis: The Nature of Tongue Quality

Let’s talk about what tongue quality is, which refers to the thin layer of coating on our tongue, known as shè tái (tongue coating). This coating is produced by qì (qi) and its thickness determines the strength or weakness of pathogenic factors in our body. The shè zhì (tongue quality) represents the adequacy of our … Read more

Self-Assessment of Body Constitution Through Tongue Observation

Self-Assessment of Body Constitution Through Tongue Observation

The tongue is an organ that can reflect the state of blood fullness in the body through its semi-transparent mucosa. In tongue diagnosis, this is referred to as observing the tongue quality (舌质, shé zhì). It can indicate whether our body’s vital energy (正气, zhèng qì) is sufficient. For example, if the blood in the … Read more

Are You Really Afraid of the Cold? Yang Deficiency, Blood Stasis, Qi Stagnation… Which One Are You?

Are You Really Afraid of the Cold? Yang Deficiency, Blood Stasis, Qi Stagnation... Which One Are You?

Pengpai News Reporter Xiao Bei After the Cold Dew (Han Lu) solar term, the weather in Shanghai suddenly turned cold, dropping ten degrees overnight. In the bleak autumn wind, some people feel cold all over, especially with icy and numb hands and feet. So, what causes cold hands and feet? What methods does Traditional Chinese … Read more

Comprehensive Analysis of Tongue Diagnosis with Complete TCM Herbal Remedies!

Comprehensive Analysis of Tongue Diagnosis with Complete TCM Herbal Remedies!

Disease Inquiry, Health Guidance, Classic Health Preservation, Traditional Chinese Medicine, No Need to Seek Help When Sick The tongue is the most functional organ in the human body: it not only allows us to speak with rhythm and tone, but the taste buds covering it also enable us to perceive the sour, sweet, bitter, and … Read more

Understanding the Four Types of Deficiency in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Understanding the Four Types of Deficiency in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Due to frequent late nights, prolonged sitting, and air conditioning, modern people often experience various minor ailments: Despite resting on time, they still feel weakness in their limbs; After walking for ten minutes, they quickly become breathless; They have cold hands and feet all year round, and even fear the cold; They speak with little … Read more

Herbal Combinations for Qi Deficiency, Blood Deficiency, Yin Deficiency, and Yang Deficiency

Herbal Combinations for Qi Deficiency, Blood Deficiency, Yin Deficiency, and Yang Deficiency

▍Source: Yao Bao Er Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a long history, and many people have the habit of visiting pharmacies to obtain herbal remedies for daily health maintenance, especially during seasonal changes.Here, we have compiled relevant content on the herbal combinations for the four types of deficiency syndromes: Qi deficiency, Blood deficiency, Yin deficiency, … Read more

Understanding Qi Deficiency: The Three Types and Their Symptoms

Understanding Qi Deficiency: The Three Types and Their Symptoms

Health Times Authoritative health information, trusted for professionalism!Expert of this article HuangSui Ping, Chief Physician of the Gastroenterology Department at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Many people experience mental or physical fatigue, prolonged sitting, and irregular eating habits, which can easily lead to Qi deficiency (气虚), manifesting as weakness, lethargy, and poor appetite.Traditional … Read more

What to Do About Three Patterns: Yin Deficiency with Fluid Deficiency, Qi and Yin Deficiency, and Both Yin and Yang Deficiency?

What to Do About Three Patterns: Yin Deficiency with Fluid Deficiency, Qi and Yin Deficiency, and Both Yin and Yang Deficiency?

01Yin Deficiency with Fluid Deficiency ① Yin Deficiency with Fluid Deficiency 【Manifestations】Thirst with a desire to drink, dry throat and tongue, five hearts heat, yellow urine and dry stools, or night sweats, red tongue or thinness, scanty or even bare red coating,fine and rapid pulse. 【Treatment Principle】Nourish Yin and increase fluids. 【Formulas】Liu Wei Di Huang … Read more