TCM Notes

Short essays on Traditional Chinese Medicine — a new one each week.

3 essays

Tongue and Pulse: Reading the Body's Notes

Two of the oldest diagnostic tools in TCM. What practitioners look for, and what you can notice on your own.

Qi is often translated as 'energy', but the original meaning is richer. A short tour of what TCM means by the word.

Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water — a gentle map TCM uses to understand patterns in body and mind.