What does Irregular or Late Menstruation, Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Metrorrhagia, Leukorrhea and Menorrhagia all have in common?Aside from being hard to spell, you may be familiar with them!Are you experiencing difficulties and dread Menstruating? Traditional Chinese Medicine has a deep understanding of Gynecology and can offer much relief. It is said that because of the Period’s […]
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The ‘Sipping Thief’ Tǎn Zéi: Despair that devours vitality. The final in this series of articles on the 7 Emotions of TCM. Ever feel overwhelmed, heart racing, in total shutdown, distracted and disconnected or perhaps unable to breath and speak? Panic Attacks and Fright states are similar yet different depending on the context and person.
On the 7 Emotions & 7 Pò 魄 Part 7/7: Read More »
Què Yīn 雀阴 ‘Night Bird’ ~ Seeking, Craving and ElationWait, how can excess joy create problems! I mean, we all want to be happy, right? Thats the whole point?It is easy to understand grief, oppression, depression or anger as purely negative and obvious in the ways they incur detiment to the spirit. But joy, to incur injury
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伏夫 Fú Fū: ‘Fallen Father’ gives the sense of sexual impotence, fitting considering within this context of influence one is obstructed from connecting to the vitality of life. Fú (to lean over/to fall/to conceal oneself/to submit/to lie low) & Fū (husband, porter, man, manual worker). The 7 Pò or Emotions (aspects/influence) are fundamental breaks between material and living self, the most ‘pathological’ of all influences are these main 7.
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屍狗 Shī Gǒu ‘Corpse Dog’ – Depression/Contempt/Lonliness Being under this influence is associated with the state of fright (esp. PTSD). Here one is ‘useless’, as in ‘useful as the corpse of a dog’. Also, it is to be/go unnoticed, for it is the illness you do not see aka. Trauma and connected disorders. Trauma may leave no
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Choù Fèi 臭肺 ‘Stinking Lungs’ Relates to the experience of grief/sadness/dissapointment. Have you grieved hard? Have you watched someone else? Do you remember how their eyes changed? Do you recall the slumped, caved-in body? Being under the influence of Choù Fèi will be strongly felt in the Chest Center (Also an acupuncture point, on the sternum and level
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Feī Dú : The “Poisen of No” or “Flying Poison” Associated with Anger/Rage/Fury (Nù 怒), where one is under the influence of Feī Dú. Particularily hard on TCM’s referece of Kidney/Liver connection: a chronic propensity to anger and ‘fly off the handle’ will tax the body of vitality aka. Jīng 精. This innate essence aka.
On the 7 Emotions & 7 Pò 魄 Part 1/7: Read More »
I wrote about the distinction between Internal and External Disease. I emphasize etiological: the cause or major contributing factor. TCM is founded on environmental observations, of which arose the Taijitu (YinYang symbol). Foundational to TCM is the the Four Principles of this symbol: 1. Opposition 2. Interdependence 3. Mutual Consumption 4. Intertransformation. Also,
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Will it hurt? Well, there may be a short-lived surprise or electrical sensation at the initial insertion of the needle. This is known as establishing ‘De Qi’ and is important in the treatment process to direct attention. However! After the initial surprise, there should be no more pain. I will ask after the needles are
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One question I am often asked is what Traditional Chinese Medicine is and how it works. It is often tricky to answer without doing so through the lens of Western Medicine. These Medicines cannot be compared, understood or proven via the other. These are from different cultures, language, history and context. Thus remain
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