Body Fluids are the third of Korean medicine’s three substances — all the normal fluids of the body. This foundational guide explains what Body Fluids are (and what they become when they turn abnormal), how they are made and moved by the spleen, lung, and kidney, what they do, and how they relate to Blood and Qi.
Blood in Korean Medicine: How It Is Made, What It Does, and Its Bond With Qi
Blood is the second of Korean medicine’s three substances. This foundational guide explains how Blood is made (food essence, with the spleen, kidney, heart, and lung each playing a part), what Blood does (nourishing and moistening body and mind), how it moves, and why Blood and Qi are an inseparable pair.
Qi in Korean Medicine: What It Is, Where It Comes From, and What It Does
Qi is the first of the three basic substances of Korean medicine. This foundational guide explains what Qi is (its formless and formed states), where it comes from (clear air and food essence), the main kinds of Qi, and the functions it performs — propulsion, warming, transformation, nourishment, containment, and defense.
7 Essential Truths about Yin and Yang in Traditional Korean Medicine
In Summary Yin and Yang are not fixed identities or personality types. They describe the current state of a person’s thermal and energetic balance — states that change with age, season, life events, and clinical intervention. The most common clinical error in applying Yin-Yang theory is treating pattern diagnoses as constitutional ones: prescribing cooling treatment […]