Even though the herb Qu Mai 瞿麥 (Dianthus superbus) is considered “alchemically unstable,” which means it has certain hepatotoxic effects, it is in fact a very effective herb in treating water metabolic conditions such as diabetes or liver failure with underlying Yang deficiency. Qu Mai is one of the key herbs in Trichosanthes and Dianthus …
A healthy tongue is pink in color. It has a light layer of white coating that does not block the base color of the tongue. While a change in tongue color may indicate a change in health conditions, thickening of the coating, or the opposite, disappearing of the coating, also indicate that there is imbalance …
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How can we translate “病之順逆” into English？ A disease’s regular progression, and reversed progression, perhaps? For example, in lung disorders, it is not uncommon to see people with lung cancer or pulmonary heart disease with red cheeks (also tuberculosis but it has become a rare disease nowadays). This is due to their chronic lack of …
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