TCM Basics
Core concepts like Yin-Yang, Five Elements, Qi, and the organ systems.
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Cupping Therapy in TCM: How Suction Cups Promote Healing
Learn about cupping therapy (拔罐) in TCM — how suction cups improve circulation, relieve pain, and expel pathogens. Discover the types, techniques, and what those dark circles on your skin really mean.
Blood Stasis in TCM: Understanding Stagnant Blood and Its Impact on Health
Learn about Blood Stasis (Xue Yu) in Traditional Chinese Medicine — what causes stagnant Blood, how to recognize its signs, and practical ways to restore healthy circulation.
TCM Dietary Therapy (Shi Liao): Food as Medicine
Explore TCM Dietary Therapy (食疗, Shi Liao) — the art of using food as medicine. Learn the Four Natures and Five Tastes, seasonal eating principles, and how to choose foods that match your constitution.
Gua Sha in TCM: Understanding Scraping Therapy for Pain, Tension, and Circulation
Discover Gua Sha — the TCM scraping technique that relieves muscle pain, boosts circulation, and releases tension. Learn how it works, when to use it, and safety tips.
Moxibustion in TCM: The Healing Power of Warming Therapy
Discover moxibustion (艾灸, Ai Jiu) — TCM's warming therapy using burning mugwort. Learn how it treats Cold patterns, strengthens immunity, turns breech babies, and complements acupuncture.
The Six Divisions (六经辨证): Understanding Shang Han Lun's Diagnostic Framework
Explore the Six Divisions (Liu Jing Bian Zheng) — the foundational diagnostic framework from the Shang Han Lun that classifies diseases into six stages based on the progression of external pathogens through the body's defensive systems.
The Triple Burner (San Jiao): TCM's Unique Organ of Pathways
Discover the Triple Burner (三焦, San Jiao) — TCM's most mysterious organ with no Western anatomical equivalent. Learn how its three divisions govern water metabolism, temperature, and organ coordination.
Emotions and Organs in TCM: How the Seven Feelings Affect Your Health
Discover how TCM connects emotions to specific organs through the Seven Feelings (七情). Learn which emotions damage which organs, how emotional patterns create physical symptoms, and how to restore balance.
The Five Flavors in TCM: How Taste Reveals a Herb's Healing Power
Learn about the Five Flavors (五味) in Traditional Chinese Medicine — sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, and salty — and how each taste connects to specific organs, actions, and therapeutic effects.
The Four Natures in TCM: Hot, Warm, Cool, and Cold — Understanding Herb Temperature
Learn about the Four Natures (四气) in Traditional Chinese Medicine — how herbs are classified as hot, warm, cool, or cold, and why temperature matters for choosing the right remedy.