Chinese Medicine Gem

Chinese medicine books are the absolutely necessary tools for anyone who wants to study this ancient healing art-Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Therefore, the question follows immediately: which Chinese medicine books should be in my must-have list? It is not surprising that this question would be raised so frequently by Chinese medicine green hands if you [...]

Vomiting after eating might be one of the most harmful things to the health. According to Chinese medicine, our blood and body fluids are one of most important elements for our health. What is the source of that nourishment which maintains our growth and replacement of tissues on daily basis? Chinese medicine considers that all [...]

Mouth ulcers, seemingly inconspicuous minor ailment, can bring great pain and inconvenience to the sufferers. According to report, the worse news is that long-term recurrent mouth ulcers can directly affect the patient’s whole immune system, causing metabolic disorders, fever, headache, dizziness, nausea, weakness, swollen lymph nodes and other systemic symptoms, or even leading to the [...]

When it comes to fever, I am afraid that everyone has his own personal experience. As for remedies to reduce fever, Chinese medicine and Western medication have their own different remedies. Compared with Western medication, Traditional Chinese medicine has its own characteristic features on remedies to reduce fever.
Analogy on remedies to reduce fever
In order to [...]

When it comes to Chinese medicine school of Huo Shen Pai, Dr. Li Ke is someone we can not afford to miss.
Who is Dr. Li Ke?
Dr. Li Ke, who is a unique Chinese medicine practitioner from Shanxi Province, ever wrote a book of Monograph of Dr. Li Ke’s Experiences on Treating Acute Critical Difficult Diseases. [...]

When it comes to mutual generation of five phases, there are different versions of interpretation in different Chinese medicine genres.
However the bottom line is that the interpretation can not mislead others by their false understanding. Or it would certainly make us a butt of jokes in the eyes of the world!
A popular interpretation about mutual [...]

Western medicine abuse is an important reason for the rise of Huo Shen Pai in contemporary Chinese medicine.
As we know that diseases treatment with Chinese medicine is to correct the imbalance between Yin and Yang in the human body.
Just as what Zhang Jingyue said in the Ming Dynasty:
“No matter the diseases are in the exterior, [...]

Yin and Yang, Exterior and Interior, Cold and Heat, Deficiency and Excess are the most important and basic concepts for Traditional Chinese medicine.
If you want to figure out what is Traditional Chinese medicine, first of all you need to figure out what is Yin and Yang.
1. Yin is liquid while Yang is gas
So gas [...]

Since my earlier articles about Huo Shen Pai, some feedback told me that they are interested in knowing more about this mysterious and fascinating Chinese medicine school. Combined with my personal experience, I am very pleased to analyze this phenomenon and share more useful information about them. OK, let’s go.
The rise of Huo Shen Pai
In [...]

Bian Que, the earliest known Chinese physician (ca. 500 B.C.), is a household name in China for his medical legend. It is said that the four diagnostic methods, which still is the most important tool for modern Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, was invented by him.
What’s more, it is said that Bian had the ability [...]