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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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Declining Connection (UB8)

• Resolve phlegm and clear wind - nasal congestion, blurry vision, dizziness, tinnitus.
• Calms the shen - a range of psychological conditions including depression, mania, withdrawal from lack of ability of the shen to rise.
• Useful for removing obstructions causing Qi flow issues to the head/brain (heavy head, vertex pain, distention).

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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Arial Parts of Epimedium, Horny Goat Weed (Yin Yang Huo)

• Tonify kidney yang - impotence, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, poor memory, painful and cold lower back and knees.
• Expel wind-damp, cold - spasms, cramps, joint pain, numbness in limbs.
• Strengthen yin and yang, harnesses liver yang rising - dizziness, low back pain, irregular menses from liver and kidneys and subsequent liver yang rising.

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TCM Formula of the Day

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Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi (Ren Shen Yang Rong Wan)

• Tonifies both qi and blood and nourishes the heart and calms the spirit - generally used for weakness from longer term or deep diseases such as cancer and for a host of other conditions affecting a broad range of the body and psyche such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and autoimmune conditions such as Lupus, Scleroderma, MCTD.
• Anemia.
• May be used alone or in conjunction with a formula such as yu ping feng wan to enhance immunity - particularly in patients with frequent colds and flus.
• Raynaud's condition in addition to the other connective tissue issues listed above.
• Micturition syncope, nephritis, cancers of the genitourinary tract.
• Male infertility, possibly with Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan, for sperm volume and motility issues.
• Along with other immune benefits, hepatitis C.
• Lung cancer.

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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New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Mineola
An associated member: "anon97319".

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Acupuncture Organization of the Day

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Acupuncture Association of Colorado
Some associated members: "mbailey807", "masterkang", "5volt123456".