Chinese medicine

There's an old Taoist saying, “The human body is a microcosm of the universe.” Maybe there’s a deeper connection between our bodies and nature. Here are three tips—inspired by traditional Chinese methods—for how to take good care of your body.

Improve organ function and balance the body's natural fat-controlling hormones with these 5 tips from Chinese Medicine.

Have you ever wondered why we overwhelmingly deal with colds in the fall and the flu in winter? As practitioners we often notice a connection between seasonal change and a rise in specific health conditions. This observation is explained well by a foundational theory of Chinese M

In traditional Chinese medicine there’s a theory that each organ is related to specific times on the clock when they are functioning optimally and hold the most energy. Each of our organs/energetic meridians have a time frame that tells us when we should be sleeping and awake. If you are wondering when it is the [...]

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According to ancient beliefs based on the Chinese Body Clock, our body follows a strict and detailed self-regulating, and self-care routine.

Chinese tongue diagnosis is an essential tool used by TCM practitioners. Your tongue plays a unique role in understanding your body’s constitution; it is the only organ that is both interior AND exterior. Examining your tongue can tell you everything about your organs and the state of your health. A healthy tongue is naturally pink […]

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Did you know that your tongue can serve as a window to your health?Tongue Diagnosis is one of the four pillars of examination in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and reveals to the practitioner a basic guide of where disharmony is present. This may sound strange to those of us who were raised in a Western society […]

Qi gong therapy, as well as other branches of Chinese medicine, can be reduced to two simple principles: the cleansing of meridians to achieve harmonious energy flow, and the restoration of yin-yang balance.