The traditional Chinese medicine site introduces some advanced research based onmodern scientific knowledge that helps confirm and explore the basicprinciples and theories of TCM. The overarching goal of this website is to seek out possible ways for modern medical science to include the many positive characteristics of TCM, amalgamate the best of Chinese and Western…
Jing-Luo System Traveling course of the regular meridian It starts from the heart, descends through the diaphragm, and communicates with the small intestine. The branch from the heart system runs up and connects with the eye system. The straight portion from the heart system goes to the lung, descends to the axilla, runs along the posterior…
Jing-Luo System Traveling course of the regular meridian It starts from SP 1 Yingbai （隐白）, runs along the medial aspect of the foot at the junction of dark and light skin, ascends in front of the medial malleolus and the medial aspect of the leg, crosses the Liver Meridian 8 cun above the malleolus, runs along the anterior border…
Jing-Luo System Traveling course of the regular meridian It starts from LI 20 Yingxiang (迎香) on the side of the nose, ascends along the bridge of the nose to the inner canthus, where it meets the Bladder Meridian at BL 1 Jingming (晴明), descends along the lateral side of the nose directly below the pupil from…
Jing-Luo System Traveling course of the regular meridian It starts from LI 1 Shangyang (商阳), on the radial side of the tip of the index finger, runs upward along the anterior portion of the lateral aspect of the upper limb to the shoulder, goes up to the seventh cervical vertebra [DU 14 Dazhui (大椎)], where…
Jing-Luo System Traveling course of the regular meridian It starts from the middle Jiao, communicates with the large intestine, homes to the lung, emerges at LU 1 Zhongfu （中府）, descends along the anterior portion of the medial aspect of the upper limb, and ends on the medial side of the tip of the thumb [LU 11 Shaoshang （少商）]. One…
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as it exists today is the result of the Chinese people’s struggle against nature over several millennia. From the earliest antiquity, they observed and passed on their experience with disease and its effects in order to survive the most demanding aspects of nature. Within TCM’s multiple systems, acupuncture and moxibustion are…
This is an important diagnostic theory for differentiation syndromes, mainly used for the exogenous syndromes in TCM. It was originally recorded in Treatise on Cold Diseases and Miscellaneous Disorders , written by Zhang Zhongjing (150–219 A.D.), a distinguished physician of the Eastern Han dynasty. Based on the knowledge of Basic Questions of the Inner Canon of the Yellow…
Heart patterns Introduction Heart patterns refer to the identification of clinical patterns by studying the pathology and changes in the physiology of the heart, as well as the etiology and treatment of the patterns. The clinical patterns of an organ system depend upon the nature of the pathological factor(s) involved and the physiological characteristics of…
Zang Xiang theory and its relationship to pattern identification by internal organ systems The internal organs, according to their functional type, are divided into three categories: Zang–Fu, and Extraordinary (curious) organs. Each of Zang or Fu organs has a set of physiological functions. Functional relationships, especially among Zang Organs, are essential in diagnosis, assessment, and determining prognosis in practice. Clinical manifestations including…
The eight principles (category of syndromes) differentiation is the foundation of basic diagnostic methods, including Yin, Yang, exterior, interior, cold, heat, deficiency, and excess. Using these differential diagnostic tools, one may determine the pathogenic factors (heat or cold), the location (interior or exterior), the situation between lack of anti-pathogenic Qi (deficiency) and of pathogenic factors (excess), and…
