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What Is The Yin Yang House?
At our core we are a Chinese Medicine informational website. We are also working towards building and supporting the larger Chinese Medicine community. In addition to freely sharing a broad array of foundational and modern Chinese Medicine theories, research and applications, we aim to connect Chinese Medicine practitioners with each other along with their respective schools and state associations.
What Can I Do Here?
Use our main menu or search tool and follow the links to explore Chinese Medicine from whatever angle you are coming from (generally interested, a student, or a practitioner). Much of the content is categorized by issues/symptoms or by Chinese Medicine diagnostic patterns.
Most Read Sections
The most read sections are our blog, public forum, and our theory sections, particularly the acupuncture points section.
Point of the Day
- Facial pain/paralysis - Bell's palsy, stroke affecting the face, mouth and/or tongue.
- Dental pain - teeth and/or gums.
- Speech issues - loss of voice, hoarseness, difficulty swallowing.
- Dry mouth as seen in wasting and thirsting disorders (i.e. diabetes).
Blog Post of the Day
by ChadD
Meditation has long been shown to offer multiple health benefits. What is not well understood, however, is what differences there are between long-term meditators and short-term ones with regards to these benefits. To help answer this question, Indian researchers from...
Recent Forum Post
by anto975
Hello I was wondering what would the acupressure or acupuncture points be for treating an osteophyte in the cervical area aside from GV14 and also if there are any herbal formulas that can help thank you Thank you
Popular Theory Sections
Our comprehensive Chinese Medicine theory sections contain what is generally covered in the base training for many acupuncturists and herbalists. You will find information on points, formulas, treatment protocols, and more.
TCM Herb of the Day
- Dries dampness, transforms phlegm, expels wind-cold, stops spasms - wind-phlegm affecting the head including wind stroke, facial paralysis, hemiplegia, migraines.
- Relieves toxicity, dissipates nodules - snake bite, scrofula.
TCM Formula of the Day
- Insomnia, vivid dreaming, nightmares.
- Acute emotional instability.
- May be used to treat convulsions or spasms that are caused by a combination of blood deficiency with wind.
Exclusive For Practitioners
Sustaining Memberships help us to continue to offer and develop this service. A site by acupuncturists for acupuncturists with strong data privacy protections and functions that our community needs. We offer the ability to list your practice in our directory, share upcoming events, fully private forums (and our public ones) and the ability to share your knowledge via our blog with our global readership.
Sustaining Practitioner of the Day
has schooling from New England School of Acupuncture at MCPHS. They are associated with Maryland Acupuncture Society.Acupuncture Practice of the Day
Statera is my small acupuncture clinic in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands. Here I treat full time. In addition to being a trained TCM acupuncturist, I am also a nurse and I use my nursing skills a lot in my clinic....
Acupuncture School / Association Administrators (US/Canada)
If you are an administrator/member of an acupuncture school or acupuncture association, please contact us to have your account added to the administration group for your associated organization (a free service). As an administrator you can keep your organizations listing up to date and post upcoming events - among other features.
Acupuncture School of the Day
in BloomfieldSome associated members: "gypsyluv", "Qiqigirl1111", "ACUHEALTH".
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