— The Way of Qíhuáng · The Art of Wellness —
Traditional Chinese Medicine · Following the Seasons · Harmonizing Yin and Yang
One scroll of the Yellow Emperor's Classic, a half-cup of clear tea
Rooted in the Huángdì Nèijīng — wisdom of wellness, food therapy, solar terms, and meridians.
*Chá*, *míng*, *chuǎn*, *shè*: one thing, several names; bitter-sweet, entering the heart, lung, spleen, and stomach — clears heat and bears down fire, digests food and dissolves greasiness, brightens the eyes and awakens the spirit.
*Chá*, bitter-sweet, entering the heart, lung, spleen, and stomach — clears heat and bears down fire, diges...
*Cōngbái*, *cōng* leaves, and *cōng* root-fibers: one vegetable, three uses; acrid and level, entering the lung and stomach — induces sweating and releases the exterior, disperses cold and frees yang, resolves toxins and disperses bindings.
*Cōng*, acrid and level, entering the lung and stomach — releases the exterior and frees yang, resolves tox...
*Shēngjiāng*, *gānjiāng*, and *páojiāng*: one thing, three uses; disperses cold, warms the center, checks vomiting, and resolves toxins — used daily and a hundred diseases vanish.
*Shēngjiāng*, acrid and slightly warm, entering the lung, spleen, and stomach channels — sage medicine for ...
Yellow soybean, black soybean, *shū*: beans are the general name for pod-grains; *dàdòu* is the grain of the spleen — fortifying the spleen and broadening the center, moistening dryness and disinhibiting water, and resolving toxins.
*Dàdòu*, the grain of the spleen — fortifies the spleen and broadens the center, moistens dryness and disin...
Rice, glutinous rice, *jīngmǐ*, and *shú*: the four grains share one nature yet differ in use; *jīngmǐ* is the daily staple — it nourishes the spleen and stomach, boosts qi and strength, builds flesh, and quells vexation-thirst.
*Jīngmǐ*, sweet and level, nourishes the qi of the spleen and stomach; ancestor of all flavors — used daily...
First pentad: cool wind arrives; second: white dew descends; third: the cold cicada sings — the response to autumn qi is the way of gathering; going against it injures the lung.
First pentad: cool wind arrives; second: white dew descends; third: the cold cicada sings — the response to...
First pentad: warm wind arrives; second: crickets lodge on the wall; third: hawks first strike — summer-damp and heat steaming together; nurturing the spleen is the key.
First pentad: warm wind arrives; second: crickets lodge on the wall; third: hawks first strike — summer-dam...
First pentad: hawks offer birds in sacrifice; second: Heaven and Earth begin to purify; third: the grain ripens — when the heat departs and the coolth comes, the way of nurturing gathering enters its finest hour.
First pentad: hawks offer birds in sacrifice; second: Heaven and Earth begin to purify; third: the grain ri...
First pentad: rotten grass becomes fireflies; second: the earth is moist and the heat swelters; third: heavy rains fall in due season — at the hottest node of the year, the San-Fu medicinal plaster is in season.
First pentad: rotten grass becomes fireflies; second: the earth is moist and the heat swelters; third: heav...
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