Immune and inflammation

Food sensitivities and gut lining

Western Food reactions range from celiac disease and allergy, which need medical diagnosis, to sensitivities that are harder to test for.

Classical 土 Read as a weak center that cannot transform what it takes in, often with damp, stress and a thin outer defense.

Often with Herbal medicine, Food as medicine, Acupuncture

Western Psoriasis is an immune condition that speeds up skin cell turnover, forming thick, red, scaly plaques.

Classical 火 Read through the blood: heat when plaques are new and red, dryness when they flake, stasis when they thicken.

Often with Herbal medicine, Acupuncture, Food as medicine

Autoimmune conditions

Western The immune system targets the body's own tissue, causing inflammation that tends to flare and settle over time.

Classical 水 Often read as a yin-deficient root with heat, toxin or stasis on top, treated differently in a flare and in a quiet phase.

Often with Herbal medicine, Acupuncture, Food as medicine

Western An immune response that stays switched on at a low level instead of resolving, linked to many long-term conditions.

Classical 火 Read through heat, dampness and stasis, three different pictures that call for three different kinds of formula.

Often with Herbal medicine, Acupuncture, Food as medicine

Support during cancer care

Western Supportive care for treatment side effects such as nausea, fatigue and neuropathy, given alongside oncology care.

Classical 土 Treatment is read as a heavy drain on the center and on qi, blood and yin, and support follows what has been spent.

Often with Acupuncture, Acupressure, Herbal medicine