Your Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine
Learn TCM concepts, herbs, acupoints, and wellness practices — explained in plain language.
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TCM Basics
Core concepts like Yin-Yang, Five Elements, Qi, and the organ systems.
🌿Chinese Herbs
A growing database of commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs.
📜Herbal Formulas
Classic and modern herbal combinations explained.
📍Acupoints & Meridians
Explore key acupuncture points and meridian pathways.
👁️TCM Diagnosis
The four diagnostic methods: inspection, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation.
🍵Wellness & Prevention
Seasonal tips, lifestyle advice, and preventive care from a TCM perspective.
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Cough Diagnosis in TCM: Reading the Sound, Timing, and Phlegm to Find the Pattern
A practical guide to TCM cough diagnosis — how the sound of the cough, the time it peaks, the color and texture of the phlegm, and accompanying symptoms reveal whether the cause is wind-cold, wind-heat, phlegm-heat, or Lung deficiency.
He Huan Pi (合欢皮): The 'Tree of Happiness' That Unbinds the Heart and Calms the Spirit
Meet He Huan Pi (合欢皮, Albizia bark) — TCM's herb for grief, brooding, and a tight chest that won't lift. Learn how the 'tree of happiness' calms the spirit (解郁安神) and quickens blood to heal wounds and fractures, and why its name literally means 'joined joy.'
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang (麻杏石甘汤): Ephedra, Apricot, Gypsum & Licorice Decoction — Clearing Lung Heat in Asthma and Pneumonia
Discover Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang, the four-herb Shanghan Lun formula for Lung heat with asthma — wheezing with fever, thick phlegm, and a rapid pulse. Learn its clever use of Ma Huang and Shi Gao together, indications, and modern respiratory applications.
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Lower Back Pain in TCM (腰痛): Why the Kidney Is the 'Mansion of the Lower Back'
Lower back pain (腰痛) is one of TCM's oldest complaints — and the textbook example of 'the Kidney governs the lower back.' Learn the four main patterns (Kidney deficiency, cold-damp, damp-heat, blood stasis), the points that matter, and how TCM thinks differently from 'just a pulled muscle.'
diagnosisThirst in TCM Diagnosis (口渴): The Most Overlooked Question a Clinician Asks
Thirst (口渴) is one of TCM's richest diagnostic clues — but the key is not 'are you thirsty,' it's 'do you actually want to drink, and how much?' Learn how the desire, reluctance, temperature preference, and timing of thirst reveal heat, damp-heat, Yin deficiency, blood stasis, and Yang deficiency.
wellnessVertigo and Dizziness in TCM (眩晕): 'No Phlegm, No Dizziness; No Wind, No Dizziness'
Dizziness and vertigo (眩晕) have a long, refined history in TCM. Learn the four classical patterns — Liver Yang rising, phlegm-damp clouding, Qi-and-blood deficiency, and Kidney essence deficiency — and the famous teaching 'no phlegm no dizziness, no wind no dizziness' that still guides treatment.
formulasSang Ju Yin (桑菊饮): Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Drink — The Gentle Formula for an Early Dry Cough
Learn about Sang Ju Yin (Mulberry-Chrysanthemum Drink), the light, famous Wenbing formula for the early stage of a mild respiratory infection — low fever, slight thirst, and a dry cough with little phlegm.
herbsGua Lou (瓜蒌): Trichosanthes — The Herb That Unbinds a Tight Chest and Clears Sticky Phlegm
Explore Gua Lou (Trichosanthes fruit), the TCM herb that clears heat, dissolves sticky phlegm, and relaxes a tight chest. Learn its parts (pericarp, seed, root), classical use in chest pain, and modern research on the cardiovascular system.
wellnessSummer Dampness in TCM: Why Summer Makes You Heavy, Foggy, and Tired — and How to Feel Light Again
Understand summer dampness (暑湿), the TCM pattern behind the heavy, foggy, tired, nauseous 'summer slump.' Learn why humid heat drains you, the foods and habits that clear it, and the warning signs that need real medical attention.