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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

Assuming Fullness (ST20)st20
  • Abdominal pain, bloating, hiccups, gastric pain, vomiting.
  • Anorexia, poor appetite, diarrhea.
  • Shortness of breath, wheezing.

Blog Post of the Day

Sp 6 Acupuncture Point Effect On Dysmenorrhea (Menstrual Pain/Cramps)
by ChadD

There are an increasing number of studies with acupuncture looking at the functions of a single point. While technically acupuncture is not a point to condition modality, these studies are helpful to understand certain functional mechanisms. These studies help to...

Recent Forum Post

Panic Disorder
by WillRex

Hello everyone. This is my first post and I’m looking for help! I am working with my daughter to find help for my 16-year-old granddaughter who has an extreme case of panic disorder. She also has agoraphobia so is virtually...

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

Wingless Cockroach (Tu Bie Chong)
  • Breaks up and drives out blood stasis - wide variety of blood stasis such as abdominal masses and amenorrhea, numb and swollen tongue due to blood stasis.
  • Renews joints, sinews, bones - contusions, fractures, lacerations.

TCM Formula of the Day

Margarite Acne Pills (Fu Fang Zhen Zhu An Chuang Wan)di fu zi (broom cyprus fruit)
  • Cystic acne, pimples.
  • Skin irritation due to damp heat - eczema, boils, carbuncles, etc.
  • With appropriate diagnosis can be used for acute dermatitis, poison ivy/oak.

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


Acupuncture Practice of the Day

Statera


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


Acupuncture Organization of the Day

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