by ashleyflores | Feb 8, 2015 | Zang Fu
Heart Xin The Heart is the Emperor, ruler, or monarch of the body. “The Heart is like the Monarch and it governs the Shen” (Simple Questions) “The Heart is the Monarch of the five Yin organs and six Yang organs and it is the residence of the Shen” (Spiritual Axis)...
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 | Diagnosis
Abnormal Depth Floating Obtainable with light pressure Floating Clearly felt with light pressing, somewhat weak with heavy pressing Exterior patterns Scallion stalk Floating and large with an empty center, like a scallion stalk Blood loss, yin damage Soggy Floating,...
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...
