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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.

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Point of the Day

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Body Pillar (GV12)

• Heat in the lungs and chest, cough, asthma, chest pain, mentioned classically for whooping cough (use cupping).
• Supporting point for chronic conditions affecting the lungs, for deficiency asthma, exhaustion from deficient Lung qi.
• Used for strengthening deficiencies and promoting strong development in children, epilepsy.
• Classically noted for "seeing ghosts" and "rage with desire to kill" (deadman text) -  which can indicate a range of stronger modern psychological issues such as schizophrenia, manic depression, bipolar depression.  It does this by clearning excess heat from heart and lungs (i.e. chest), which can lead to an unsettled spirit.  

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.

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TCM Herb of the Day

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Reed Rhizome (Lu Gen)

• Clears heat, generates fluids - heat patterns with high fever, irritability, thirst.
• Clears lung heat - cough, thick yellow sputum.
• Clears stomach heat - vomiting, belching.
• Clears heat, diuretic - dark, scanty urine, xue lin, accompanied by thirst and irritability.
• Encourages rashes to the surface - for febrile disease with rashes that are incompletely expressed.

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TCM Formula of the Day

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Aucklandia, Amomi & Six Gentlemen Pills (Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Wan)

• A modified version of the base, zhi zhu wan, which is used to treat qi stagnation and food retention from qi deficiency.  This modification includes herbs which add more movement and damp drying.
• Distention and fullness in the epigastric area - bloating, indigestion, gastritis, gastric prolapse.
• Poor appetite (from Spleen Qi Deficiency), anorexia.

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.

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.

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Acupuncture School of the Day

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Five Branches University in Santa Cruz
An associated member: "Big Sur Sue".

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Acupuncture Organization of the Day

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Acupuncture Association of Missouri
Some associated members: "werottydes", "drlivewell".