The Way

A Resource For Traditional Chinese Medicine

Balancing the Heart & Spleen in Chinese Medicine

by Jean Baker, M.Ed, MAcOM, L.Ac, Dipl. OM. | May 23, 2025

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, the Heart and Spleen are conside...

Fu Ling’s (Poria) Solutions for Gut Health: A Chinese Medicine Perspective

by Dr. Eric Karchmer, PhD, MD (China), LAc | July 29, 2024

According to Chinese medicine theory, this medicinal plant is most effective in co...

Understanding Brain Fog from a Chinese Medicine Perspective

by John G. McGarvey | April 04, 2024

Like many health and wellness conditions, Traditional Chinese Medicine theory prov...

Balance Your Digestive Yin and Yang With This Braised Stew

by Travis Metzger | January 31, 2024

A wintry combination of beef and oysters to dazzle your taste buds, warm your dige...

Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine for Weight Loss

by Cheryl Blankenship, LAc. | June 30, 2023

Chinese medicine corrects imbalances that are present in the body, and can be an e...

Is Your Salad Sabotaging Your Diet? Chinese Medicine Has the Answer.

by Travis Metzger | June 21, 2023

We often think of a cold salad as healthy - but is it? We examine some slight Chi...

How to Eat with the Seasons to Improve Immunity

by Ellen Goldsmith MSOM, L.Ac., Dip.C.H. | December 05, 2022

Traditional Chinese Medicine theory and its 3,000-year-old tradition of embedding ...

Chinese Medicine or Antihistimines: Which Is Better?

by Hannah Fries | March 28, 2022

Spring is my favorite time of year for oh so many reasons - wildflowers, sunshine,...

Chinese Herbs During Each Phase of Your Menstrual Cycle

by Hannah Fries | January 08, 2022

The Earth continually offers its gifts, and herbs are a powerful example of how na...

Late Summer Wellness: Your Spleen, Stomach & Traditional Chinese Medicine

by Denise Cicuto | August 18, 2021

The time for the Earth Element is Late Summer, around the 3rd week of August throu...

Eating with the Seasons: A Recipe for the Earth Element

by Travis Metzger | September 09, 2020

A delicious recipe for better digestion: White Bean & Parsnip Soup.

Gui Pi Tang and Wellness: The Connection Between Sleep, Stress, and Tradition...

by Dr. Jennifer Tom, DACM, L.Ac. | September 27, 2019

Have you ever experienced issues that seem unrelated and random, but also coincide...

Strengthen Spleen and Counteract Dampness with this Green Papaya Salad

by Travis Metzger | June 29, 2017

Classically this salad is made using a mortar and pestle to smash, pound and bruis...

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