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Chinese herbal medicine can feel overwhelming at first, but once you understand the fundamentals, it all starts to make sense.

In this episode, I break down the basics of Chinese herbal medicine, from how herbs are classified to why correct diagnosis always comes before choosing a formula. Whether you're a student or a practitioner looking for a refresher, this episode will give you a practical foundation to build on.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Where Chinese herbs come from, how plant parts, processing, temperatures, and flavors influence their actions
• Why herbs are prescribed in formulas, and how the chief–deputy–assistant–envoy system creates balanced treatments
• Why an accurate TCM diagnosis is the key to choosing the right herbal formula—and why "natural" doesn't always mean safe
• The different forms of herbal medicine, practical study tips, and the best way to start building confidence with formulas

Whether you're new to Chinese herbs or looking to strengthen your clinical knowledge, this episode will help simplify one of the most powerful tools in Traditional Chinese Medicine. 💜

🌿 Let me guide you through the basics of Chinese Herbs! Listen to this podcast audio lesson here: acuproacademy.com/138-chinese-herbs-made-easy/?utm…

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GB 5 & GB 6 💚 Temporal Migraine Duo

📍 Locations
GB 5 (Suspended Skull)
Within the hairline, midway along the curve connecting ST 8 → GB 7

GB 6 (Suspended Tuft)
Within the hairline, at the junction of the lower ¼ and upper ¾ of the curve connecting ST 8 → GB 7

✨ TCM Actions & Uses
• Move GB Qi along the channel
• Excellent for migraines & temporal headaches
• Reduce cheek swelling
• Expel Wind for tinnitus and infantile convulsions

🧠 Clinical Pearl
When headaches are temporal, one-sided, or GB-patterned, this combo is 🔥 for restoring flow and calming Wind.

If you enjoy my teaching, check out my illustrated guide:
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3 days ago | [YT] | 170

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Saturday Quiz Yourself 💫 Which flavour of food has the strongest action of softening hardness and resolving masses for cysts and enlarged lymph nodes. 🥑 Check out my 2 TCM nutrition guides here: acupro-academy.mykajabi.com/offers/sFGMHzr8/checko…

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🍼 Spontaneous Milk Flow in TCM

Have you ever had a postpartum patient experience breast milk leaking or trickling without the baby suckling? In TCM, this can be associated with the effects of a difficult labour, emotional stress, and the postpartum state.

🌿 Definition
Spontaneous milk flow = breast milk trickling without stimulation from the baby.

⚖️ Common Causes
Long or difficult labour
Emotional stress
Emotional disturbances

🎯 Treatment Option: Ear Acupuncture
👂 Breast
👂 SP
👂 ST
👂 LV
👂 KD

💡 Clinical Pearl: Postpartum symptoms can have multiple contributing factors, so always consider the patient's labour, emotional state, and overall TCM pattern when making your diagnosis.

🌱 If you enjoy my graphics, check out my “Chinese Medicine Treatments Made Easy” PDF or hard copy—an illustrated guide to treatments for over 160 common syndromes:

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6 days ago | [YT] | 98

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BL 38 🖤 Floating Xi

📍 Location
1 cun above BL 39, on the medial side of the biceps femoris tendon

✨ TCM Actions & Uses
• Used locally for lower back pain
• Helps with knee pain & sciatica
• Relieves numbness of the gluteal area and hamstrings

🧠 Clinical Pearl
A useful local point for pain and numbness affecting the posterior leg, especially when symptoms involve the low back, gluteals, hamstrings, or knee.

🌿 Do acupuncture points feel easier to learn when you can see them? I turned my graphics into a clear, illustrated acupuncture point guide designed for students and practitioners.

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1 week ago | [YT] | 217

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Saturday Quiz Yourself 💫 This acupuncture points is located 5 cun above the lateral malleolus on the anterior border of the fibula and is used for night blindness, blurred vision and eye pain. It is also a LUO point. Check out my AcuPoints Shortcut Guide with all empirical points (Luo, Yuan, Back-Shu, Master...) and how to use them in practice: www.acuproacademy.ca/offers/XPGLkkZg/checkout

1 week ago | [YT] | 78

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👂 Auscultation: What the Voice Tells You in TCM

In TCM diagnosis, how a patient speaks can provide subtle clues about their underlying pattern. The voice itself (and even the way someone expresses themselves) can be diagnostically significant.

🗣️ Start With the Quality of the Voice:
🔊 Loud voice → Excess pattern
🤫 Weak voice → Deficiency pattern
🤐 Not wanting to talk → Lung Qi Deficiency
🗯️ Excessive talking → Excess Heat
🎭 The Emotional Quality of the Voice:
📣 Shouting voice → Liver disharmony
😂 Laughing voice → Heart disharmony
🎶 Singing voice → Spleen disharmony
😭 Weepy voice → Lung disharmony
😮‍💨 Groaning voice → Kidney disharmony

🔍 Changes in the Voice:
⚡ Sudden loss of voice → Wind-Heat invasion
🌫️ Gradual loss of voice → Lung Qi or Lung Yin Deficiency

💡 Clinical Pearl: Auscultation is only one part of the Four Methods of Diagnosis, but paying attention to the patient's voice can give you valuable clues that you might otherwise miss. Always combine what you hear with observation, inquiry, and palpation to build a complete pattern diagnosis.

🌱 If you enjoy my graphics, check out my "Chinese Medicine Made Easy" PDF or hard copy—an illustrated guide to TCM foundations & diagnosis:

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1 week ago | [YT] | 187

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Have you ever been told to eat more salads and smoothies for better health, only to feel colder, more bloated, and low on energy? I certainly did!

In this episode, I share how one piece of advice from my TCM teacher completely changed the way I eat and transformed my digestion. We’ll explore how the Spleen functions in Chinese medicine and the best nutrition strategies to support its most common patterns.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why warm, cooked foods often support digestion better than raw salads and cold smoothies in TCM
• The Spleen’s vital role in digestion, energy production, and mental clarity, plus my four guiding nutrition principles
• Food recommendations for Spleen Qi Deficiency, Spleen Qi Sinking, Spleen Yang Deficiency, and Dampness
• Simple dietary changes to reduce bloating, improve energy, and strengthen digestion using food as medicine
Whether you're supporting patients or looking to improve your own digestive health, this episode will help you nourish the Spleen the TCM way. 💜

👉 Learn the BEST Foods for the TCM Spleen here:
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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 118

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SP 1 🧡 Jing-Well • Ghost Point

📍 Location
On the medial side of the big toe, 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail

✨ TCM Actions & Uses
• Regulates Blood for menorrhagia, abnormal uterine bleeding & blood in the stools
• Benefits the Spleen for abdominal distension
• As a Ghost Point, calms the mind for poor body image and emotional eating (bulimia)

🧠 Clinical Pearl
As the Jing-Well point of the Spleen channel, SP 1 is one of the best points to stop bleeding, especially when the Blood is not being held within the vessels due to Spleen Qi deficiency.

🌱If you enjoyed my graphics, check out my "AcuPoints Made Easy" PDF (an illustrated guide for acupuncture points) here: acupro-academy.mykajabi.com/acupoints-made-easy-di…

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 236

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Saturday Quiz Yourself 💫 What AcuPoint is BEST for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder leading to jaw clenching? Have you seen my colourful AcuPoints Shortcut Guide on all empirical points categories (Yuan, Luo, Ghost, Shu...), check it out: www.acuproacademy.ca/offers/XPGLkkZg/checkout

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