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Do you often feel a throbbing pain in your right temple, get nauseous after eating greasy food, and find yourself inexplicably on the verge of losing your temper? Even if your blood tests and ultrasound reports show everything is “normal,” don’t be fooled by these scattered “minor ailments”—they’re likely all pointing to the same problem: … Read more
First, let me make one thing clear to everyone: the Gallbladder Meridian is no minor meridian. It runs from the side of our head, winding its way through the shoulders and neck, under the armpits, along the sides of the waist, and across the buttocks, then down the outer thigh to the calf and the … Read more
The Large Intestine Meridian can primarily be unblocked through massage, gua sha, moxibustion, acupuncture and exercise. I. Massage Massage is one of the simplest methods for unblocking the Large Intestine Meridian. Using the pad of the thumb or the knuckle, follow the course of the Large Intestine Meridian, starting from the Shangyang point on the … Read more
Blockages in the Lung Meridian can be alleviated through methods such as acupressure, moxibustion, herbal medicine, physical exercise and breathing exercises. Blockages in the Lung Meridian may be related to factors such as exposure to wind and cold, emotional distress, excessive fatigue, phlegm-dampness obstruction, and deficiency of qi and blood. 1. Acupressure Massaging acupoints along … Read more
The liver meridian can be unblocked through methods such as acupressure, stretching exercises, traditional Chinese medicine treatments, emotional management and dietary adjustments. Blockages in the liver meridian may be linked to emotional imbalances, stagnation of qi and blood, or invasion by cold and dampness, and typically manifest as distension and pain in the flanks, depression … Read more
The Gallbladder Meridian can be unblocked through methods such as acupressure, tapping the meridians, moxibustion, moderate exercise and adjusting one’s daily routine. Blockages in the Gallbladder Meridian may be linked to factors such as emotional stress, poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle, and typically manifest as symptoms such as migraines, distending pain in the flanks … Read more
Spring brings new life, summer fosters growth, autumn yields a harvest, and winter is a time of storage; as yin and yang alternate, Traditional Chinese Medicine holds that all things in the world are not isolated entities, but form a single whole, in which humankind and nature exist in harmonious unity and interact with one … Read more
Chinese Body Clock What to do at Each Hour？ The Huangdi Neijing (The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine) has long pointed out that ‘human beings are intertwined with Heaven and Earth, and in harmony with the sun and moon’; ‘to follow Yin and Yang is to live; to go against them is to die; … Read more
How to follow the Chinese body clock for better sleep? Have you ever had this experience: even though you’ve had a full eight hours’ sleep, you still wake up feeling completely drained? Or, come three or four in the afternoon, your mind feels as though it’s been filled with lead and you simply can’t think … Read more
Chinese body clock, The human body is like a precisely functioning biological clock; the twelve hours of the day correspond to the patterns of qi and blood circulation within the body’s meridians and internal organs. At the core of the wisdom of the Zi-Wu Flow in Traditional Chinese Medicine lies the concept of “harmony between … Read more
