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 | Jan 5, 2015 | Wen Bing
WEI LEVEL WIND-HEAT Fever, aversion to cold, headache, sore throat, slight sweating, runny nose with yellow discharge, swollen tonsils, body aches, slight thirst, tongue red in the front or sides with thin white coat, floating-rapid pulse. LI4, LI11, SJ5, DU14, UB12...
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 | Nov 12, 2014 | Basics
Yin Character indicates ‘hill’ and ‘cloud’, or ‘the shady side of the hill’. Yang Character indicates ‘sun’, ‘over the horizon’, and ‘rays of light’, or ‘the sunny side of the hill’. “Yin-Yang theory is based on the philosophical construct of two polar...
by ashleyflores | Feb 20, 2014 | Theory
3 Core Theories of Chinese Medicine Yin and Yang The Five Elements Qi These concepts permeate Chinese philosophy and medical theory and form the foundation for the whole of Traditional Chinese (& East Asian) Medicine. East vs. West Western Philosophy: a statement...
