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🌫️ Phlegm in TCM: More Than Just Mucus!

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Phlegm is not just what you cough up when you're sick—it’s a deeper, more complex concept that can affect both body and mind.

🧠 Two Types of Phlegm in TCM:
Visible Phlegm – Affects the body
🤧 Coughing up phlegm
🍩 Excess body fat
🧬 Cysts, nodules, lipomas
Invisible Phlegm – Affects the mind
😔 Depression
😵‍ Foggy head & poor focus
🌪️ Dizziness
💧 How Phlegm Forms:

Phlegm can be created by external pathogens, emotions, poor lifestyle, or constitutional weakness. It often stems from dysfunction in the Spleen, Lungs, Kidneys, and San Jiao, leading to disrupted water metabolism. Once formed, Phlegm can travel anywhere in the body and block Qi.

⚠️ Common Symptoms of Phlegm Accumulation:

💨 Coughing, wheezing, asthma
⚖️ Obesity, atherosclerosis
🚽 Constipation with sticky stools
🫁 Chest oppression
🧬 Tumors, rheumatoid arthritis with joint deformities
🤯 Mental cloudiness, emotional heaviness

🌀 Phlegm obstructs Qi flow and disturbs the Shen (mind). It's a key factor in both physical and mental health imbalances.

📘 Curious about how to identify and treat internal imbalances like Phlegm through the pulse?
🫀 Get your FREE PDF on Pulse Diagnosis here → www.acuproacademy.ca/pulse-diagnosis-in-tcm-pdf-yo…

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💩 Constipation is one of the most common digestive complaints seen in clinic, driving over 2.5 million doctor visits each year in North America.

In this episode, I break down how Chinese medicine approaches chronic constipation—and why accurate pattern diagnosis is essential for acupuncture to truly work.

Let's explore how both TCM and Western contributors to constipation, from stress and emotional stagnation to sedentary lifestyles, diet, medications, and conditions like IBS or hypothyroidism.

I also share practical treatment strategies, including ear seeds, core acupuncture protocols, and lifestyle recommendations to support lasting relief.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
• The major TCM patterns of constipation (Liver Qi stagnation, heat, food stagnation, and deficiency types)

• Key acupuncture strategies like the Digestive Diamond (Ren 6, Ren 9, ST25) and ear points for digestion

• Important pregnancy precautions and how to adjust treatment approaches

• Lifestyle tips for patients, including movement, stress reduction, hydration, diet, and magnesium support

If constipation is something you frequently see in clinic, this episode will help you refine your diagnosis and treatment approach for better patient outcomes. 💜

🎧 Listen here:
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🧡 ST 42 — Yuan-Source
📍 Location
On the highest point of the dorsum of the foot, between the extensor digitorum longus & extensor hallucis longus

📏 Needling
⚠️ Watch for the dorsalis pedis artery

✨ TCM Actions & Uses
• Clears Stomach Heat for heartburn, acid reflux & stomach pain
• Resolves Dampness for foot edema
• Distal point for facial paralysis

🧠 Clinical Pearl
A key point to drain excess Heat from the Stomach channel, especially when it rises upward (reflux, face, mouth).

🌿 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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Saturday Quiz Yourself ⭐️ A patient feels worse in the morning with stiff joints that improve with movement and warmth. Which TCM pathogen is MOST responsible? Watch my video on TCM for Pain here: https://youtu.be/kPVAlrQJ5-I

6 days ago | [YT] | 48

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🤰 Morning Sickness in TCM

From mild nausea to full-on vomiting, morning sickness can hit at any time of day—and for some women, it lasts well beyond the first trimester.

🌿 TCM Perspective:

Often rooted in pre-existing digestive issues affecting the Chong & Ren Meridians, making pregnancy symptoms harder to manage.

🎯 Treatment Tip – Ear Acupuncture:

✨ LV
✨ ST
✨ Shen Men
✨ Endocrine

🪷 Supporting the Liver and Stomach while calming Shen makes a world of difference.

🌱 If you enjoy my graphics and clinical tips, check out my Chinese Medicine Treatments Made Easy guide (PDF or hard copy)!

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💚 SP 14 & SP 15 — Great Horizontal

📍 Locations

SP 14: 0.5–1.0 cun perpendicular, 4 cun lateral to the midline, 1.3 cun below SP 15

SP 15: 0.5–1.0 cun perpendicular, 4 cun lateral to the navel

✨ TCM Actions & Uses
• Regulates the intestines — great for diarrhea, constipation, bloating, and abdominal pain
• Harmonizes the middle jiao and relieves abdominal distention
• Often used together as part of a digestive protocol

🧠 Clinical Pearl
Think of SP 14 & SP 15 when addressing stubborn abdominal issues — they work beautifully as a pair to regulate Qi and relieve discomfort.

🌿 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] | 170

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Saturday Quiz Yourself 💫 Which statement about Heart Blood Deficiency is WRONG?
Need help with your TCM diagnosis? 90 min fast and easy way to diagnose patients masterclass, check it out here: www.acuproacademy.ca/tcm-diagnosis-made-easy-maste…

1 week ago | [YT] | 48

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🌺 Endometriosis & Chinese Medicine

In Western medicine, endometriosis is defined as endometrial tissue growing outside the uterus — often on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, or in the abdominal cavity. This tissue still responds to hormones, causing painful periods, cramping, and sometimes infertility due to scar tissue formation.

From a TCM perspective, endometriosis often reflects a deeper Kidney Essence Deficiency, combined with Blood Stasis, Cold, or Damp-Heat, depending on the patient's full pattern picture.

⚖️ Common Patterns & Treatment Approaches:

Excess pattern:
🔹 Use Seven Star on BL 32, BL 17, and SP 10
🔹 Apply cupping therapy along the whole back to move Blood and clear stasis

Always assess for contributing factors:
➤ KD Xu
➤ Cold invasion
➤ Emotional stagnation

💡 As always, diagnosis must guide treatment. The goal? Regulate menses, stop pain, and support fertility by harmonizing the Chong & Ren.

🌱 If you appreciate this kind of clinical breakdown, you’ll love my “Chinese Medicine Treatments Made Easy” guide — a fully illustrated reference on TCM Treatments for over 160 common syndromes that makes these
complex topics clear and visual.

👉 Grab the PDF or hard copy here: acupro-academy.mykajabi.com/chinese-medicine-Treat…

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 161

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Acupuncture continues to amaze me with how many areas it supports in clinic. When we work with the channels, the zang fu and the patient’s constitution, we see changes that go far beyond one complaint.

Here are a few reminders of what our medicine can offer.

✨ Pain management
Whether it is acute or chronic, pain responds so well when we move qi and blood, reduce stagnation and guide the body back to a smoother flow. Muscles soften, inflammation decreases and patients walk out feeling lighter.

✨ Mental and emotional balance
So many patients live in high stress mode which affects the Heart, Liver, Kidneys and Spleen. A thoughtful point selection can calm the shen, regulate qi and help patients feel grounded again.

✨ Women’s health at every stage
From cycle irregularities to fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and perimenopause, acupuncture supports hormonal balance, improves circulation and reduces symptoms that impact daily life. It is one of the areas where we truly shine as practitioners.

✨ Support for multiple systems
Sleep, digestion, immunity, allergies, headaches, you already know how wide the scope is. Our role is to assess the pattern, choose effective points and guide the body toward balance.

Every treatment is an opportunity to help someone feel better using tools that are simple, powerful and rooted in a beautiful medical tradition.

Acupuncture rocks, and so do you 🥰

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 140

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What if some of the most powerful acupuncture points you’ll ever use aren’t even on the 12 primary meridians?

In this episode, we're exploring the power of extraordinary (empirical) acupuncture points—often under-taught in TCM school, yet absolute game changers in clinic.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why extra points are clinically powerful—and when to use them

• 15 must-know extra points like Yin Tang, Tai Yang, An Mian, Zi Gong, Hua Tuo Jia Ji, and Dan Nang Xue

• Point combinations for sleep, pain, digestion, fertility, respiratory issues, and musculoskeletal conditions

• Practical safety tips, bleeding techniques (Shi Xuan), and ways to integrate these into everyday treatments

If you want to expand beyond the meridians and sharpen your clinical edge, this episode is packed with pearls you can use immediately. 💜

👉 Listen here: acuproacademy.com/116-extra-acupoints/?utm_source=…

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