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Essentials of Manipulations

admin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:21:25 +0000

Though there are many schools with various styles and features, the essentials of manipulations are consistent to four adjectives:sustained, forceful, even and gentle, so as to realize the purpose of deep penetration of stimulation. To yield twice the result with half the effort , Read More

Formation and development of the theory of constitutions

admin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:09:37 +0000

Nei Jing(Canon)is the earliest and most comprehensive classic on human constitutional phenomena in the medical history. It deals with formation and variation laws of constitutions, constitutional features and variation laws of individuals and groups under different time and space Read More

Concept of constitutions

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 01:37:03 +0000

Constitutions refer to the comprehensive and relatively stable features Of the individual life process, manifested in the aspects of morphology and structure, physiological functions and psychological states, etc. ,and determined by innate endowments and acquired factors. And constitutional Read More

Constitutions in Chinese Traditional Medicine

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 01:34:35 +0000

The theory of visceral manifestations and the channel theory of meridians reflect, from different perspectives, the universal law of human life activities. And there are individual differences in conditions of viscera and meridians, yin-yang, qi and blood. Such individual differences are the Read More

Relationships between zang organs :Heart and liver

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:41:36 +0000

The heart governs blood and liver stores blood the heart stores spirit and liver regulates emotions. So the relationship between heart and spleen mainly manifest on the relationship between blood and spirit.

Heart circulating blood and liver regulating qi movement and storing blood, Read More

Relationships between zang organs :Heart and spleen

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:54:46 +0000

The heart governs blood vessels to promote blood circulation and the spleen can generate and govern blood. So the relationship between the heart and spleen mainly manifests on the generation and circulation of blood.

Heart circulating blood and spleen generating blood, both promoting Read More

Relationships between zang organs:Heart and lung

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:35:24 +0000

Both the heart and lung are located in the upper energizer. The heart governs blood ar and the lung governs qi,so the relationship between qi and blood. Qi pertains to yang, tending to move ,and is the general of blood, so qi’s movement leads blood’s movement. Blood pertains to Read More

Relationships between zang organs

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:34:42 +0000

Five zang organs are different in their physiological functions and pathological changes, but they are inter-related, inter-promoting, inter-restricting and inter-affecting. Such associations and influences are features of traditional Chinese medicine, and very important for the clinical Read More

The Conception and Physiological Functions of Body Fluid Part TWO

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:28:05 +0000

The clinical manifestations of insufficiency of body fluid are dry mouth and throat, dry and chapped lips, dry and lusterless skin, scanty urine, dry feces, reddish tongue with scanty fluid, and thin and rapid pulse.

Retention of body fluid may be caused by attack of six exogenous Read More

The Conception and Physiological Functions of Body Fluid Part one

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:27:10 +0000

Body fluid, known as Jin and Ye in traditional Chinese medicine, is a collective term for all kinds of normal liquids inside the body, including secreta from various organs and tissues, such as gastric juice, intestinal juice, nasal discharge, tears, sweat and urine, etc. Just like qi and blood, Read More