Spring Gua Sha: Revitalize Your Body with Hu Fu Copper Gua Sha!

Spring Gua Sha: Revitalize Your Body with Hu Fu Copper Gua Sha!

Spring is the season of rejuvenation, where the yang energy of nature rises, and the human body enters a vigorous phase of metabolism. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that spring corresponds to the Wood element, associated with the liver, which governs the smooth flow of qi and blood. However, the variable climate of spring, with … Read more

Understanding Phlegm-Dampness Constitution in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Understanding Phlegm-Dampness Constitution in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Why do you often catch colds and find it hard to recover? Why do you sweat easily and feel tired all day? Why do respiratory diseases seem to follow you everywhere? …… You may have noticed that you feel particularly fatigued and weak in the mornings, feel nauseous while brushing your teeth, have a dry … Read more

What Are the Manifestations of Phlegm-Damp Constitution? How to Regulate It?

What Are the Manifestations of Phlegm-Damp Constitution? How to Regulate It?

Phlegm-damp constitution refers to a condition where the functions of the internal organs are disordered, leading to Qi, blood, and body fluids being improperly transformed and transported, resulting in the accumulation of dampness and phlegm. This condition often manifests as obesity, fullness in the abdomen, chest tightness, excessive phlegm, easy fatigue, a heavy sensation in … Read more

The Transition from Liver Qi Stagnation to Qi Deficiency

The Transition from Liver Qi Stagnation to Qi Deficiency

Inheriting the legacy of Qi Huang, a public account with substance and warmth. Ai Yu Xiang Tang The “Nei Jing” first mentions the “Five Stagnations”: Wood stagnation leads to its release, Fire stagnation leads to its eruption, Earth stagnation leads to its deprivation, Metal stagnation leads to its drainage, and Water stagnation leads to its … Read more

Understanding the Difference Between Regulation and Treatment of Liver Qi Stagnation

Understanding the Difference Between Regulation and Treatment of Liver Qi Stagnation

Liver Qi Stagnation, also known as Liver Qi Depression, is clinically characterized by: mental depression, emotional instability, frequent sighing, chest fullness and discomfort, rib pain, pain in unspecified locations, abdominal fullness with belching, loss of appetite, irregular bowel movements, and in women, menstrual irregularities. The tongue is pale red with a thin greasy coating, and … Read more

What are the Seven Emotions in Traditional Chinese Medicine? How to Manage Emotions?

What are the Seven Emotions in Traditional Chinese Medicine? How to Manage Emotions?

☞【Tianjin First Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Smart Outpatient Guide】☜☞【Mobile App for Checking Test Reports】☜Cardiology Department Liu Yu According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory, humans experience seven emotions: joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock. Normal emotional activities do not harm human health; rather, they help regulate the body’s balance. Emotional activities … Read more

A TCM Expert Discusses: Staying Away from Phlegm-Dampness for a Lighter Body

A TCM Expert Discusses: Staying Away from Phlegm-Dampness for a Lighter Body

Did you know? From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), human constitution is divided into nine major types, with the best type being called Pinghe Tizhi (平和体质, Harmonious Constitution), which belongs to the healthy category. The other eight types fall under sub-health conditions, one of which is known as Tan Shi Tizhi (痰湿体质, Phlegm-Damp … Read more