Now as we recognize how everything in nature act in response to four seasons, which is describled by five movements model, it’s the time we explain the role of the Earth. The role of the Earth will be better understood when it is located in the centre. Fire represents the nature force that go upward, … Continue reading 7.Wuxing (五行)-03 The force of Earth
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6.Wuxing (五行) -02-Correlation between five movements
Our lives are consisted of numerous big and small cycles. Now let’s take the annual cycle for example. It’s illustrated herein above that what’s inside is Yin, and what’s outside is Yang, therefore the most inner part of a body--abdomen, is Yin; the external parts, such as limbs and skin, head and back, are Yang. … Continue reading 6.Wuxing (五行) -02-Correlation between five movements
5. Wuxing (五行), Five movements -01 General introduction
Yinyang is a very comprehensive and flexible thinking model. It transcends and permeates through all TCM viewpoints and definitely Wuxing (Five movements) model too, according to which the Xiang of a body is regarded as 5 Shu. Promoting Controlling Water promoting Wood Water controlling Fire Wood promoting Fire Wood controlling Earth Fire promoting Earth … Continue reading 5. Wuxing (五行), Five movements -01 General introduction
1.Preface-Concerns in modern medicine
Two houses (with windows opened) are inhabited by flies and mosquitoes, for house A, a group of people use insecticide to eliminate the insects, however, more insects come after they leave; for house B., another group of people check the rooms and the surrounding and clean up the trash which draw insects, the insects fly … Continue reading 1.Preface-Concerns in modern medicine
2.The Taoist Medicine inheritance in GreenLotus TCM clinic
In Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou province, southwestern China, the ancient Taoist medicinal inheritance is practised in a small clinic, which is named Green Lotus Traditional Chinese Medicinal Clinic (青莲中医) since the first day it was established. For many patients, this clinic is only not a place where cure their illness, but also the … Continue reading 2.The Taoist Medicine inheritance in GreenLotus TCM clinic
3.Taiji (太极) and Xiangshuli (象数理)
All TCM theories including physiology, pathology and regimen are based on and encompassed the same principles, therefore the first several chapters will be used to introduce and explain them. This Taiji picture may not be strange to you, however its implication never fully clear in your mind. In fact, any single SYSTEM can be … Continue reading 3.Taiji (太极) and Xiangshuli (象数理)
4. Yinyang (阴阳 )
The simplest but the most meaningful dividing approach of a Xiang is YinYang. We are confronting an ultimate question about what is Yin and what is Yang exactly? Generally, what is brighter, faster, warmer, stronger, more progressive, more masculine, more function aspect, is regarded as Yang; Contrarily, what is darker, slower, colder, weaker, more enduring, … Continue reading 4. Yinyang (阴阳 )
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