Category: General Health
Constipation and Sweating: Why Laxatives Make the Problem Worse
Classical Chinese Medicine identifies two distinct constipation patterns — fluid-depletion constipation from excess sweating and intestinal heat constipation. The wrong treatment for each can accelerate… Read more →
PCOS: When the Ovaries Are Not the Problem — A Classical Chinese Medicine Reading
Classical Chinese Medicine reads PCOS as a cold uterine environment and fluid stagnation in the lower yin, not primarily a hormonal disorder. Cardiac drive strength… Read more →
Male ‘Kidney Deficiency’: Why Over 90% of Cases Are Mismanaged — and Exercise Makes It Worse
Classical Chinese Medicine finds that over 90% of men with ‘kidney deficiency’ have a deficiency pattern requiring rest and cardiac drive support — not exercise,… Read more →
Hernia: Why Classical Chinese Medicine Targets Abdominal Gas Pressure, Not Just the Bulge
Classical Chinese Medicine reads hernia as lower yin deficiency plus trapped abdominal gas — not primarily a blood stasis issue. Learn why 90% of cases… Read more →
Kidney Stones: The Two Patterns Most Doctors Don’t Distinguish
Classical Chinese Medicine reads kidney stones as two distinct patterns — sweat-loss type and water-stagnation type. The treatment direction is opposite for each. Read more →
Gallstones: Why the Real Pattern Is Pressure, Not Just Cholesterol
Most gallstones reflect a Shaoyang pressure pattern in Classical Chinese Medicine. Surgery removes the stones but rarely fixes the environment that grew them. Read more →
Ovarian Cysts: Why a Cold Uterus Drives the Pattern and What Actually Shrinks Them
Ovarian cysts are not simply hormonal accidents. Classical Chinese Medicine reads them as cold uterus and blood stasis — and explains why surface treatment comes… Read more →
