by ashleyflores | Jan 5, 2015 | Zang Fu
GALLBLADDER DAMPNESS Jaundice, dull-yellow eyes and skin, hypochondrial pain, fullness and distention, nausea, vomiting, inability to digest fats, dull-yellow sclera, turbid urine, lack of thirst, sticky taste, dull headache, a feeling of heaviness, thick sticky white...
by ashleyflores | Dec 16, 2014 | Single Herbs
Botanical Name: Myristicae Semen Category: Stabilize & Bind Taste: Acrid Temperature: Warm Channels Entered: Large Intestine, Spleen, Stomach Dosage: 3-9g Key Characteristics: Warms the Spleen and Stomach, promotes the movement of qi, and binds up the Intestines....
by ashleyflores | Jan 5, 2015 | Shang Han Lun
TAIYANG CHANNEL STAGE WIND-COLD (WIND PREDOMINANT) Slight aversion to cold, aversion to wind, slight fever, slight sweating, headache, stiff neck, sneezing, floating-slow pulse. UB12 (+cupping), LU7, LI4, GB20, SJ5, ST36, DU16 Gui Zhi Tang TAIYANG CHANNEL STAGE...
by ashleyflores | Jan 5, 2015 | Basics
Wu Xing Wu = 5 Xing = ‘movement’, ‘process’ Also translated as ‘the 5 phases’ Similar ideas of 5 (or 4) ‘elements’ is found in many philosophical systems, including Greek philosophy and Ayurveda. “When the Qi of the elements settles, things acquire form.” The...
by ashleyflores | Dec 14, 2014 | Single Herbs
Botanical Name: Mume Fructus Category: Stabilize & Bind Taste: Sour, Astringent Temperature: Warm Channels Entered: Large Intestine, Liver, Lung, Spleen Dosage: 6-12g Key Characteristics: Preserves the Lungs, binds up the Intestine, stops bleeding, generates...
