Your Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine
Learn TCM concepts, herbs, acupoints, and wellness practices — explained in plain language.
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TCM Basics
Core concepts like Yin-Yang, Five Elements, Qi, and the organ systems.
🌿Chinese Herbs
A growing database of commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs.
📜Herbal Formulas
Classic and modern herbal combinations explained.
📍Acupoints & Meridians
Explore key acupuncture points and meridian pathways.
👁️TCM Diagnosis
The four diagnostic methods: inspection, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation.
🍵Wellness & Prevention
Seasonal tips, lifestyle advice, and preventive care from a TCM perspective.
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TCM Constitution Types (Ti Zhi): Understanding Your Body's Blueprint
Discover the 9 TCM constitution types (体质分类) developed by Professor Wang Qi. Learn which body type you have, what imbalances you're prone to, and personalized wellness strategies for each type.
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.
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.
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Ear Diagnosis in TCM: Reading the Microsystem of the Body
Explore TCM ear diagnosis (耳诊), where the ear serves as a microsystem map of the entire body. Learn how ear shape, color, and tenderness points reveal organ health and guide acupressure treatment.
diagnosisAbdominal Diagnosis (Fu Zhen) in TCM: Reading the Middle Jiao
Explore Fu Zhen (腹诊), the TCM practice of abdominal palpation diagnosis. Learn how pressing specific abdominal zones reveals organ imbalances, stagnation patterns, and guides treatment.
diagnosisDeficiency and Excess Pattern Differentiation in TCM: Xu Shi Bian Zheng
Master Deficiency and Excess pattern differentiation (虚实辨证) in TCM. Learn to distinguish between weak organ function (Deficiency) and strong pathogenic factors (Excess), and understand treatment strategies for each.
basicsMoxibustion 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.
basicsThe 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.
basicsEmotions 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.