The Essence of Medicine: Achieving Health through Yin-Yang Balance

The Essence of Medicine: Achieving Health through Yin-Yang Balance

The mind and body of a person are interdependent. An optimistic and proactive spirit represents Yang, while a pessimistic and negative spirit represents Yin. Qian Duoduo, burdened by negative emotions, found her body overwhelmed, leading to a decline in immune function and a failure of the Ying and Wei (营卫) systems, placing her in a … Read more

Four Signs of Qi Deficiency and How to Improve Your Qi Deficiency Constitution

Four Signs of Qi Deficiency and How to Improve Your Qi Deficiency Constitution

Although everyone consumes grains and cereals, individual constitutions vary; for instance, some people belong to the Qi deficiency constitution. The Qi deficiency constitution refers to a series of abnormal manifestations caused by dysfunction of the organs, leading to insufficient generation of Qi. This condition is particularly prevalent among women. If individuals with this constitution do … Read more

The Efficacy of Ganoderma: Remember Four Key Concepts – ‘Support the Positive, Expel the Evil’!

The Efficacy of Ganoderma: Remember Four Key Concepts - 'Support the Positive, Expel the Evil'!

Written by: Ganoderma World Birds must flap their wings before they can fly high; people must study before they can progress. Having high blood pressure feels like being sentenced to “death”; one takes medication daily as if it were food. Some Western medications have significant side effects, leading to an increasing number of pills and … Read more

Fostering Righteous Qi and Expelling Evil: The Renowned Formula

Fostering Righteous Qi and Expelling Evil: The Renowned Formula

Fostering Righteous Qi and Expelling Evil —— Yu Ping Feng San (Jade Wind Screen Powder) Focus on Pain, Care for Health According to the Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon), “When the righteous qi is preserved within, evil cannot invade.” The Jing Yue Quan Shu states, “The existence of a person relies entirely … Read more

Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer Treatment: What are Supporting the Right Qi, Eliminating Pathogenic Factors, and Regulating the Organs?

Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer Treatment: What are Supporting the Right Qi, Eliminating Pathogenic Factors, and Regulating the Organs?

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) emphasizes 扶正 (fuzheng, Supporting the Right Qi), 祛邪 (quxie, Eliminating Pathogenic Factors), and 调脏腑 (tiaozangfu, Regulating the Organs) in cancer treatment. What do these terms mean? What are their respective therapeutic effects? 扶正 (fuzheng) means supporting 1. Helping patients restore their own 正气 (zhengqi, Right Qi) to enhance their constitution and … Read more

The Medicinal Properties and Uses of Poria (Fu Ling)

The Medicinal Properties and Uses of Poria (Fu Ling)

Are you “watching” me? Fu Ling (Poria) has a long history of medicinal use in China, being listed as a superior herb in the “Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing” over 1700 years ago. The “Tu Jing Ben Cao” from the Song Dynasty contains records about Fu Ling pastries. Ancient people believed that Fu Ling, which … Read more

Understanding Poria (Fu Ling) in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Understanding Poria (Fu Ling) in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Poria (Fu Ling)Fu Ling Poria, commonly known as Yun Ling or Song Ling, is a fungus that grows on the roots of pine trees. It resembles a sweet potato, with a black-brown outer skin and white or pink inner flesh. The dried sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, which belongs to the family Polyporaceae, is … Read more

Nutritional Value, Efficacy, Consumption Methods, and Precautions of Poria (Fu Ling)

Nutritional Value, Efficacy, Consumption Methods, and Precautions of Poria (Fu Ling)

Poria, also known as Bai Fu Ling (White Poria), is the dried sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos from the family Polyporaceae. Its name derives from its morphological characteristics and growth environment. The term “Fu” comes from “Fu” (伏), meaning it grows underground, lurking in the soil like an animal in hibernation; “Ling” refers to … Read more

The Effects and Efficacy of Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua)

The Effects and Efficacy of Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua)

In general, Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua) has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, blood pressure-lowering, lung-clearing, heat-dissipating, and antioxidant effects; it also clears heat and detoxifies, enhances immune function, has anti-allergic properties, protects the liver, and exhibits anti-tumor effects. The specific analysis is as follows: 1. Efficacy 1. Antibacterial: Honeysuckle can effectively prevent infections such as dysentery, typhoid, and … Read more

The Premier Herb for Blood Nourishment

The Premier Herb for Blood Nourishment

This public account is hosted by Yunnan Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. If you have not followed us yet, please click the blue “Yunnan TCM” above to follow. Author: Yu Qiuhong (Chief Pharmacist at Chuxiong Prefecture TCM Hospital, inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage “Yi Medicine Water Paste Therapy”). The Compendium of Materia … Read more