Damp Heat in the Liver and Gallbladder

This pattern is caused by a combination of ongoing longterm anger and frustration; the inability to manage stress, plus excessive thinking and an unhealthy diet (irregular meals, excessive cold or raw foods, or a protein deficient diet). This combination causes ‘heat’ and internal ‘dampness’. Symptoms: Fever, scanty dark urine, fullness and pain in chest, jaundice, […]

Kidney Yin Deficiency

This pattern is associated with a hyper-stimulated life that puts all the focus on yang and fails to nourish yin. Balancing kidney yin and kidney yang is the key to a long, happy and healthy life. It will nourish kidney yin, and thus produce enough marrow to fill the brain to prevent dizziness, tinnitus, vertigo […]

Deficiency of Liver Blood

In this pattern the liver’s function of storing blood is interfered with due to factors such as chronic sleep deprivation, skipping breakfast, rushing lunch or no lunch; nutrient poor diet, excessive coffee, lack of relaxation, lack of mindfulness, or hard core exercising combined with ‘explosive’ pre-workout supplements. This pattern can be also caused by a […]

Kidney Yang Deficiency

Kidney yang deficiency affects many aspects of health including core energy, sexual energy, lower back strength, knee strength, bone strength, hair and reproduction. It is affiliated with CFS chronic fatigue syndrome. Lifestyle plays a crucial part in developing kidney yang deficiency. Kidney yang is referred to as the ‘fire for life’ and a deficiency is […]

Liver Yang Rising

This pattern is caused by anger, frustration and resentment over a long period of time disrupting the balance of yin and yang necessary for healthy behaviour. The loss of yin causes liver yang to rise, which then sets off a chain reaction of unhealthy and dangerous behaviours. Symptoms: Headache located at the temples, eyes or […]

Kidneys Failing to Receive Chi

The main aspect of this pattern is that the kidneys are too weak to receive chi from the lungs, and to hold it down. Chi accumulates in the chest causing an excess in the chest and a deficiency in the kidneys. Kidneys control inhalation and lungs control exhalation, so there is difficulty in inhalation. This […]

Kidney Essence Deficiency

This is a pattern affiliated with chronic disease (in TCM chronic diseases can be cured or relieved) and osteoporosis. The kidneys store your essence (jing), the substance that nourishes, fuels and cools the body, and is also responsible for human growth, reproduction and bones. In health, jing is abundant and is transformed into bone marrow […]

Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency

This pattern doesn’t happen overnight. A fast-paced life, years of overwork, stress (financial or emotional), malnourishment (junk food and nutrient poor foods) combined with tension, intense worry, frustration, anger, hopelessness and depression deplete the yin of the kidney and the liver. Symptoms: Sallow complexion, brittle nails, dull occipital or vertical headache, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, constipation, […]

Kidney and Heart not Harmonised

The heart and kidneys depend upon each other for support, but they also control each other. The heart descends to the kidneys to provide warmth (kidneys are the fire for all physiological processes) and the kidneys ascend to the heart to prevent it from becoming hyperactive (the heart stores the mind). When kidney yin becomes […]

Kidney and Lung Yin Deficiency

This pattern is caused by irregular eating habits and chronic overwork combined with longterm worry which injures the lung energy. It is a chronic pattern characterised by the exhaustion of the body’s chi. Symptoms: Dry cough (worse in the evening), dry mouth, blood-tinged sputum, insomnia, thin body, breathlessness from exertion, weak breathing, weak voice, sore […]