How Daoist Medicine Identifies Patterns of Illness
Symptoms are only the surface. The actual narrative is deeper. Imagine two people entering a clinic, both reporting headaches. “It’s worse when I’m cold,” claims the first, “It feels like a tight band pinching my head.” The other says, “It feels like pounding heat behind my eyes, worse when I’m irritated or agitated. An identical […]
Understanding Pathology in the Daoist Healing Arts: The Foundation of Imbalance
When you hear the word pathology, you could imagine any number of concepts from Western medicine—extensive studies of tissues, cells, and bodily chemistry changes among them. Pathology is somewhat different in the Daoist healing arts, though. It focuses on general illness processes and how they could be corrected, not about microscopic alterations. Pathology functions as […]