Internal medicine
Digestion, sleep, the lungs, the urinary system and the skin, by pattern.
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Metabolism and Energy in Chinese Medicine
Why some people run warm and steady while others crash after lunch: the Western picture of blood sugar, sleep and stress, and the classical picture of the Spleen, dampness and Kidney yang.
Tinnitus in Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine sorts tinnitus into two broad groups. In excess patterns, heat or phlegm rises to the ears, and the sound tends to be loud and sudden.
What Pneumonia Looks Like in Chinese Medicine
How classical Chinese medicine stages pneumonia, from exterior cold to interior heat and lingering phlegm, and where that thinking sits beside antibiotics and urgent medical care.
Chronic Recurrent UTI in Chinese Medicine
Why recurrent UTI keeps returning in Chinese medicine terms: damp-heat in the Bladder sitting on cold, depleted Spleen and Kidney yang, and how care works alongside medical treatment.
Why you keep waking at 3 a.m.
Waking at the same hour every night is one of the oldest clues in Chinese medicine. The organ clock has a lot to say about the hours between 1 and 5.
Recurring diarrhea isn't random: it's a pattern
It starts with the usual suspects: that extra cup of coffee, some suspicious takeout, maybe just one of those weather shifts where it rains for three days and your body decides to announce it.
Pediatric diarrhea: what TCM sees
If your child has been running to the bathroom for three days, it's easy to file it under “stomach bug” and wait it out. TCM reads four distinct patterns behind it.
Why you can't sleep: a TCM map for insomnia
If you know the experience of lying awake for hours, mind racing while your body begs for rest, you're not fighting a broken machine — you're navigating a complex regulatory system that's lost its balance.
Post-Meal Fatigue: Spleen Qi as the Bottleneck
That heavy, foggy fatigue 30-60 minutes after eating can, in TCM terms, be your Spleen-Qi system signaling that the internal fuel refinery is running low.
TCM: A Complementary Approach to Cancer Therapy
How acupuncture, herbal medicine and diet may support comfort and wellbeing alongside oncology care, always coordinated with your oncology team.
TCM Approaches to Common Skin Conditions
How Traditional Chinese Medicine reads eczema, psoriasis, acne and rosacea as patterns, and the acupuncture points and herbs used for each.
