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 […]
Self-Assessment in Daoist Healing: How to Tune Into Your Body’s Signals
Most of us are, quite honestly, wandering about completely disconnected from our bodies. We’re so busy checking notifications, grinding through the day, and managing obligations that we hardly see what’s happening inside us until something really bad occurs. By the time we get a headache, a sudden surge of tiredness, or a strange tightness in […]