As autumn sets in, the weather becomes progressively cold and dry. Many people start to experience symptoms like coughing, phlegm, eczema flare-ups, or nasal allergies. How can we utilize the traditional Chinese knowledge of seasonal rhythms for better health during this time? Guo Dawei, the director of Fu Yuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Taiwan, ...
Is it possible for a person to change their destiny? This is an age-old question. A sentence in the ancient Chinese text Three Character Classic mentions: “Dou Yanshan, a model of virtue, taught his five sons well, leaving behind a legacy.” Today, we delve into the transformative story of Dou Yanshan, a man who rewrote his ...
The yin and yang concept is the most known concept of Taoism. You’ve probably heard of or seen the yin-yang symbol in multiple places, but do you know its deeper meaning? Once you understand this ancient Taoist philosophy, you start to notice it in endless areas and aspects of life. Integrating yin and yang in ...
Pangu is a central figure in Chinese Daoist legends of creation. He shaped the earth by chiseling out valleys and stacking up mountains. All this was accomplished from Pangu’s knowledge of yin and yang, the inescapable principle of duality in all things. Pangu, the first man, is said to have come forth from chaos (an egg) with two horns, two tusks, and ...
The Eight Trigrams of Bagua (八卦) are eight symbols used in Taoist cosmology to understand the organization of life and the universe, and the many phenomena that occur. It is a system for organizing and understanding the forces of nature and represents the fundamental principles of reality, seen as a range of eight interrelated concepts. There are two types of ...
Legends are like the shifting sands of a desert — forever changing and hard to grasp. This Chinese legend of Houyi and Chang’e is no exception, and many different versions have been passed down. The Jade Emperor, the ruler of Heaven, had 10 unruly sons. One day, they transformed themselves into 10 suns, heartlessly scorching ...
In traditional Chinese culture, the custom to consider the left side of the body as male and the right side as female seems to have permeated all aspects of people’s daily lives. How did this custom come into being? According to legend, when Pangu, the ancestor of the Chinese people, became a deity, his body ...
Want to find a way to sleep better? Sleeplessness is an issue that affects many people. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has its own explanation for insomnia and other sleep disorders, offering an alternative understanding of the underlying cause of the problem. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and sleep TCM sees sleep disorders as being caused by ...
A new day is beginning; the sunlight makes its way into the room through a chink in the curtains. The magpies sing gracious melodies, which stand out in the unusual silence. I open my eyes, but I do not rush out of bed to get ready for work. Not today. Today is a day for ...
The concept of yin and yang pertains to the existence of two dual forces in life. Yin and yang symbolize dark and light, cold and hot, and passive and active. Two natural energies working with each other, yet contradicting in essence. Our world is composed of this duality — the changing of day into night, ...
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