HOW TO USE ASTRINGENTS In general, astringents are anti-inflammatories and they can stop loose stools, heal skin problems, stop sweating, stop urinary incontinence, stop coughing. They shrink swollen tissue. They are sour or astringent in taste. They are used for…...
Wind Cold Deficiency – Right Cun is very thin, wiry, superficial, weak Gui zhi, Bai shao – treats Wind Cold and Qi Deficiency simultaneously, body pains and spontaneous sweating that does not relieve the cold symptoms or expel the Wind…...
Menstrual pain and irregularity due to Blood Stasis and Deficiency Left Chi is Blocked and weakness in other pulses indicating Blood Deficiency Dang gui, Chuan xiong Amenorrhea due to Blood Stasis Left Chi is Blocked and no periods Ze lan,…...
Anxiety in TCM is associated with additional symptoms of palpitations, insomnia, depressive disorders. The major organ involved is almost always the Heart with the Liver as a secondary actor. Excess Patterns: Heart and Liver Fire or Heat Left Cun and…...
QI Deficiency – Pulses are thin, weak, kleenex-like (this is Qi Deficiency combined with Blood Deficiency). In pure Qi Deficiency the pulse is wide and empty and weak – like pushing on a scallion stalk. The depth is usually lower…...
Herbs that regulate stomach Qi – Right Guan is too stiff or hard, wiry, and either too low or too high – symptoms are stomach pain and possibly bloating Mu xiang, Chen pi, Hou po, Sha ren, Zhi shi, Zhi…...
The following is a list of single herbs I add to a formula to stop coughing and wheezing: For thick phlegm with Heat or Dry signs – Rt Yang Wei is strong either superficial or deep Gua luo ren Chuan…...
Strict adherence to ancient techniques that continually fail at the clinical level. Most people in the western world have Heat toxicity, Heart Blood Stasis, and Kidney Qi, Yin or Yang deficiencies all at the same time. Shan Han Lun formulas…...
Five types of infertility: Liver Stagnation – very stressed Excess Cold Stagnation – endometriosis Yang Deficiency – long cycles Blood Stasis – PCOS Excess Heat or Damp Heat – inflammatory condition Liver Stagnation – Very tight, wiry…...