Wu Xing / Five Phases
Five Elements or Five Phases? What Wu Xing Means in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Learn what Wu Xing means in Traditional Chinese Medicine through Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water, their qualities, movement and change.
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Foundations of Chinese Thought in Medicine
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Foundations of Chinese Thought in Medicine
Wu Xing / Five Phases
How the Five Phases Generate and Control One Another in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Understand how the Five Phases generate and control one another in Traditional Chinese Medicine, with clear sequences and everyday memory images.
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Wu Xing / Five Phases
How to Read a Five-Phase Correspondence Chart
Read two Five-Phase correspondence charts and understand how qualities connect Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water with the body and natural world.
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Chinese Medical Worldview & Holism
What Is Traditional Chinese Medicine? Start With the Whole Person
Learn how Traditional Chinese Medicine begins with a holistic view of the person, connecting the body, inner life, natural environment and social world.
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Yin & Yang
Yin and Yang Meaning: What Yin and Yang Actually Mean in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Learn what Yin and Yang mean in Traditional Chinese Medicine, why their qualities are relative, and how comparison changes the way they are understood.
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Yin & Yang
How Yin and Yang Relate: Four Core Relationships in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Understand four core Yin–Yang relationships in Traditional Chinese Medicine: opposition and restraint, interdependence, waxing and waning, and transformation.
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