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Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy | Cupping with Bloodletting: Immediate Results!

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Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy | Cupping with Bloodletting: Immediate Results!

Cupping with Bloodletting Therapy Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy Cupping with bloodletting therapy is a combination of “bloodletting therapy” and “cupping therapy” commonly referred to by the public as “blood cupping”. Let’s explore cupping with bloodletting therapy! What is Bloodletting Therapy? Bloodletting therapy is a unique acupuncture treatment method in TCM, referred to as cì luò … Read more

Principles of Bloodletting Therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Principles of Acupuncture Point Selection Bloodletting therapy clinical guidance The main application sites for bloodletting therapy include blood vessels, positive reaction points, lesions, and acupuncture points. Blood vessels refer to deep or superficial blood vessels visible to the naked eye, such as veins exposed in areas like the head, face, under the tongue, popliteal fossa, … Read more

Common Sites, Techniques, and Diagnosis of Bloodletting in TCM

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Common Sites, Techniques, and Diagnosis of Bloodletting in TCM

Bloodletting Therapy Bloodletting, commonly referred to as “bloodletting therapy” or “pricking blood,” involves using a sharp instrument (generally a three-edged needle) to puncture a blood vessel at a specific site on the patient’s body, allowing a small amount of blood to flow out for therapeutic purposes. Bloodletting is one of the oldest medical practices in … Read more

Bloodletting Therapy: Understanding Blood Color for Diagnosis

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Bloodletting Therapy: Understanding Blood Color for Diagnosis

Bloodletting therapy is a unique acupuncture treatment method in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It was one of the most commonly used treatment methods during the era of the “Huangdi Neijing” (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon), which even regarded bloodletting as the first choice for treating diseases and alleviating suffering. Depending on the patient’s specific condition, a … Read more

Relieving Asthma: The Remarkable Efficacy of Fire Needle Therapy

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Relieving Asthma: The Remarkable Efficacy of Fire Needle Therapy

Editor’s Note Currently, we are in a season of transition, with rapid weather changes and significant temperature fluctuations. Friends who have a history of asthma should pay extra attention to maintenance and protection during this time. A slight oversight may lead to an invasion of wind pathogens, causing asthma to recur. Professor He Purin, a … Read more

Unveiling Traditional Chinese Medicine: How Emotions Lead to Illness

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Unveiling Traditional Chinese Medicine: How Emotions Lead to Illness

For listeners who enjoy audiobooks, you can click below to listen. The “Seven Emotions” refer to the human mental responses to external stimuli. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), appropriately expressing emotions is beneficial for health, but repression or excessive expression can harm the body. To address emotional issues, we must cultivate our hearts and minds, … Read more

Treating Damp-Heat Constitution: Unique TCM Formulas!

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Treating Damp-Heat Constitution: Unique TCM Formulas!

湿·热 damp and hot 2019/11/20 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) categorizes body constitutions into nine types: Harmonious, Qi Deficiency, Yin Deficiency, Yang Deficiency, Damp-Heat, Qi Stagnation, Phlegm-Damp, Blood Stasis, and Special Constitution. The Harmonious constitution is considered normal, while the other eight are classified as imbalanced constitutions, indicating a sub-healthy state. This article primarily discusses the … Read more

The Eight Types of Body Constitutions in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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The Eight Types of Body Constitutions in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) categorizes human body constitutions into nine types. Excluding the relatively healthy Pinghe Tizhi (平和体质, Harmonious Constitution), there are eight other types that fall into the so-called sub-healthy states, namely: Yang Xu Tizhi (阳虚体质, Yang Deficiency Constitution), Yin Xu Tizhi (阴虚体质, Yin Deficiency Constitution), Qi Xu Tizhi (气虚体质, Qi Deficiency Constitution), Tan … Read more

Distinguishing Between Damp-Heat and Damp-Cold in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Distinguishing Between Damp-Heat and Damp-Cold in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine Click the blue text above to follow us Dampness is a common physical condition we often discuss. When symptoms such as dizziness, heaviness in the limbs, loss of appetite, and a thick, greasy tongue coating appear, we usually conclude that the individual has excessive dampness in the body and begin recommending various … Read more

Zhao Shaoqin: My Experiences in Treating Damp-Heat Diseases

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Zhao Shaoqin: My Experiences in Treating Damp-Heat Diseases

【Disclaimer】The content is sourced from the internet. If there is any infringement, please contact us for removal! The audio is synthesized by software; please forgive any poor experience. Source: Yijian Jingfang In my clinical practice, I categorize damp-heat diseases into four stages based on the amount of dampness and the degree of obstruction: Damp Obstruction, … Read more