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The importance of the Spleen in studying Classical Chinese Medicine

on November 15th, 2011 in Theory and Philosophy by

脾 Pi – Spleen : Lessons learned from Yin Earth Earthly Branch Si – The Snake : Lesson – You can take in a lot more than you think, but don’t overdo it The Spleen is associated with the 6th Earthly Branch 巳 – Si. This is one of the…

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Chinese medical symbolism: the organ clock

on October 4th, 2011 in Physiology and Pathology by

Established readers : this is one of many reposted articles you will see in the coming months.  It is part of the redesign process.  I hope you agree that all of these articles are worth another look! Chinese language is symbolic – it uses pictures (now highly stylized and simplified)…

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