Gui Zhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is the first formula recorded in the classical Chinese medical text, Shanghan Lun, aka Treatise on Cold Damage. It is the No. 1 formula in history of Chinese medicine not just because it has been the most widely used formula to treat cold and flu, but also an important …
In Part I of this article, I discussed the most fundamental connections between the Yin and Yang forces of the body — the Taiyang – Shaoyin, Yangming – Taiyin, and Shaoyang – Jueyin pairs, which represent how the body regulates heat and cold, moisture and dryness, and descendance and ascendance. However, when pathogens have sunken …
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Chinese medicine system defines that we can be alive because there is Yang Qi, or vital forces available in our body. Yang Qi can be understood as reserved energies that we acquired from our parents (pre-natal energies), as well as the sunlight, air, water, food, and our environments (post-natal energies). According to the laws of …
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