Chinese Medicine Meridian Resources
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, we have both a physical body and a subtle energetic body comprised of meridians and Qi. This subtle body is an invisible, web-like structure that connects all organs and vital substances, transmitting blood and information throughout the body-mind.
From Frustration to Flow: TCM Acupressure for Liver Qi
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the Liver is responsible for the smooth flow of Qi throughout the body. When Liver Qi becomes stagnant due to stress, emotional suppression, or an unhealthy lifestyle, it can lead to frustration, irritability, headaches, digestive discomfort, and even menstrual irregularities. As a TCM practitioner, I ...
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Supporting Summer: Seasonal Recipes for the Fire Season
In Taoist philosophy and Chinese Medicine, yang reaches its fullest expression in summer. Energetically, summer is a time when we can shed some layers and blossom. The risk of spring frost is long gone, and now, for a brief window of time, the natural world opens its wings wide and ...
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The Heart’s Guardian – Acupressure and TCM for the Pericardium
The organ system is central to understanding the Chinese Medicine (TCM) view of the body, mind, disease, and health. However, remember that Chinese Medicine organs have energetic attributes and functions that differ significantly from how conventional medicine maps the body-mind. When looking specifically at the organs of TCM, what’s usually ...
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How to Build Yin (and why it’s so important!) According to Traditional Chinese Medicine
The holistic philosophy of Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches that we each need a balance of yin and yang for overall health and well-being. In the body and mind, yin is easily depleted by overwork, stress, and other factors. Similar to Ojas in Ayurvedic medicine, yin is closely associated with growth ...
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Calm Heart & Clear Mind | Healing the Shen with Food as Medicine
Within Chinese Medicine, we use the term Shen to describe a person’s spirit or consciousness. This spirit is said to be visible in the spark of our eyes, and its energetic health determines how we connect with ourselves and each other. The Shen, and more generally the Heart-Mind system, is ...
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Pericardium and Triple Burner Meridians for Yoga
In Chinese Medicine, the Pericardium and Triple Burner (San Jiao) are paired. When looking at organs through the lens of Chinese Medicine, it’s important to remember that it’s concerned with relationships, interactions, and functions more than with physical location. So whenever the organs are discussed in Chinese Medicine, what’s usually ...
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Awakening Vitality: How to Reduce Sluggishness in Late Winter and Early Spring
Here in the Pacific Northwest of Canada, the snow in the mountains is quickly melting, the rivers are running, and the forest is turning greener than ever. Something vigorous is coming to the surface in the natural world. After the challenge of cold weather and winter storms, the sap in ...
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Ren and Du Meridians for Yoga
In Chinese Medicine, the body is thought to contain channels of energy. The subtle or energetic body is made up of these channels, meridians, or nadis. These channels serve as pathways through which Qi or Prana flows. There are fourteen main meridians. Twelve meridians are associated with individual organs, and ...
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Bladder and Kidney Meridians for Yoga
In Chinese Medicine, the Kidney and Urinary Bladder are paired. When looking at organs through the lens of Chinese Medicine, it’s important to remember that it’s concerned with relationships, interactions, and functions more than with physical location. So whenever the organs are discussed in Chinese Medicine, what’s usually being referred ...
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What are Meridians and How do Meridians Work?
In my private medical practice, people ask me all the time, “What are meridians?” and “How do meridians work?” So in today’s video, I answer these questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd__2eKnNS4 According to ancient medical systems like Traditional Chinese Medicine, we not only have a physical body but also an energetic or subtle ...
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