What is “Cold”? 了解“寒气”
Understand how pathogenic coldness can constricts our bodies and affects our health.
What is “Summer Heat”? 了解“暑邪”
Understand how pathogenic summer-heat can affect us in transitioning through seasons and our health.
What is Qi, Blood & Essence? 气, 血, 精是什么?
Qi, blood and body fluid: the essential substances for life activities, flow constantly inside the body and all originate from the viscera. They are produced by Qi-transforming activities of the viscera and infused into the viscera to nourish the organs and tissues of the body.
Origins of Disease in TCM
TCM thought sees disease as disharmony; a disharmonious pattern between our bodies and our environment. Therefore, TCM aims to restore balance or homeostasis by... Western medicine sees disease in terms of biochemistry and bacteriology, not in terms of the harmony of the individual. It generally attempts to isolate Disease factors are factors associated with origins of imbalance in the body. We have three main categories of disease factors which can be understood in the chart below. The relationships between us and our environment may be divided into factors that are external: arising from our climate and environment, internal: arising...