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Qi (pronounced "chee") is one of the fundamental concepts in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is often translated as "vital energy," "life force," or simply "energy." In TCM, Qi is the force

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a holistic system of medicine that has been practiced in China for thousands of years. It is rooted in ancient Chinese philosophy and focuses on achieving

Kai qiao tong guan method: Use the drugs that clear head and refresh the mind to cure obnubilation. Obnubilation can be subdivided into hot and cold Obnubilation that drugs have cold treatment and warm one as well.1.Liang kai method(cold treatment)It is effective for warm and hot illness, sudden fai

All treating methods that use drugs curing internal and external diseases are called Biao Li Shuang Jie method. For those have both external and extreme serious internal symptoms, drugs that can only cure the external ones can not help out. In this case, it is necessary to consider this two-way meth

This method is to use warm nature medicines to expel cold, enhance the yang. The cold syndromes are all being attacked by cold or emerging the cold from inner body, what have been discussed here is mostly ways to cure inner cold.1.Wen zhong qu han method(Expelling cold within warm)This is the method

Method of clearing heat is using drugs of cold nature to clear heat and detoxifying. It can be applied to all heat diseases, such as warm disease, plague, dysentery, etc.1.Clearing qi methodFor the treatment of qi fen(second course of warm disease),diseases named as polydipsia, profuse sweat, full a

This method is to use drugs of metal and stone properties to relieve uneasiness of mind. Common drugs such as Zhu Sha, Ci Shi, Pearl, Long Gu and Mu Li for the treatment of panic and madness, insomnia, arrhythmia, palpitations and other syndromes.Representatives are The Prescription of Zhusha Anshen

The liver is located below the diaphragm and in the right rib-side. The liver "pertains to yin in entity and yang in function"; This is the physiological characteristics of the liver. As one of the five zang-organs, the liver pertains to yin because it stores yin-blood. However in function the liver

The spleen, located in the abdomen, governs digestion and absorption. As the source of qi, blood and body fluid, the spleen plays a vital role in maintaining life activities. Such a function of the spleen only comes into play after birth. That is why it is said that "the spleen is the acquired base

The kidney is located in the waist. That is why it is said in Huangdi Neijing that "the waist is the house of the kidney". The kidney stores essence and the essence transform qi and produces blood. Besides, the kidney is the source of genuine yin and genuine yang. So the kidney is closely related wi