This is Part 3 of a series. Part 1 is From All Illness Has 8 Stages to Liver Stagnation as the Root of All Problems and Part 2 is Cancer and Hormonal Conditions — Diet May Be Important, but Resolving Childhood Conflict Is Key. The grandparent article Parenting and Grandparenting Relationships Amongst the Major TCM Organ Pairs runs alongside this series as a personal clinical companion. The man with the fan I met someone recently who was wearing fan necklace. I asked about it

I know better. And still, after giving in to one ice cream and two crazy breads, I'm awake before 3am with my right arm still in pain, my vision blurring as my arm heals (better when I go outside than when I sit too long at my computer/screens), and my liver doing exactly what the TCM clock says it would be doing at this hour — trying to clean up. This article is about what happens when we self-sabotage, what the body does in response, and what the TCM clock teaches us about

I almost skipped writing this article, but I was drawn to circle back because it is important. What the uterus carries The uterus is not just a reproductive organ. It is the first environment. What it contains — the mother's unresolved conflicts, her accumulated toxins, her hormonal state, her sense of safety in the world — has an impact on her developing fetus. A woman's first born tends to carry the bulk of what she has taken up until the baby's birth. This is not blame. It

Pain is the body's way of telling us that chill is stuck inside our body and is looking for a way to escape. Chill causes bracing. Bracing prevents rest, sleep, and recovery. Over time, people develop deep creases in their face or body — from years of holding tension they did not know how to release. The body molds itself around what it is trying to silence and keep away from the heart. What determines whether chill resolves or compounds is almost never the chill itself. It i

This article is part of an archive series tracing the historic evolution of Master Yan's RestoreChi Specialty Tracks (older articles are not being updated, they serve only as a reference): May 14th, 2022 → Early chill/dampness release, kidney/spleen/liver function, and increase yang tracks (Shifting Perspectives on Detox to Support Embodiment) May 19th, 2022 → Stem track (It's all detox: Remove the sludge from the bottom or pour the lighter stuff out from the top) March 3rd,

I fell asleep treating sciatica directly. It helped a little but didn't clear. When I moved support to my left kidney instead, the pain finally released by morning. The loudest symptom isn't always the root — and perimenopause is one of the times that matters most.

In January 2024 I finally got the medical imaging device for Esogetic Medicine. I quickly took some photos just to see if the camera worked, but didn't analyze them until March 2024. When I did, I was scared — a sign for potential heart attack risk showed up in my husband's photo: If you are new to Kirlian photography, the short version is this: a Kirlian photo captures the energy coming off the fingertips and toes, and maps it to the organ systems of the body. Things tend to

This article is part of an archive series tracing the historic evolution of Master Yan's RestoreChi Specialty Tracks (older articles are not being updated, they serve only as a reference): May 14th, 2022 → Early chill/dampness release, kidney/spleen/liver function, and increase yang tracks (Shifting Perspectives on Detox to Support Embodiment) YOU ARE HERE: May 19th, 2022 → Stem track (It's all detox: Remove the sludge from the bottom or pour the lighter stuff out from the