This Is Not Folklore. This Is an Intellectual Tradition.

Maybe, all this time, you have been wondering:

  • What exactly is Traditional Chinese Medicine?
  • How does TCM perceive disease and healing?
  • Is TCM painful or uncomfortable?
  • What kind of treatments does TCM employ?
  • What kinds of health issues is TCM most effective for?
  • How can TCM help me connect more deeply with my body?
  • How is wisdom traditionally understood and acquired in Chinese culture?
  • How do traditional Chinese festivals reflect cultural values?
  • Why do rituals, even small ones, matter in Chinese daily life?

And so on. Perhaps the questions about Chinese medicine—and Chinese studies more broadly—are limitless.

These were often the very questions I held before entering the field of TCM, before I had gained a deeper understanding of Chinese studies. At that time, Chinese medicine appeared to me as an “uncommon” science—unfamiliar to the general public, to scientists, and to health professionals grounded in modern medicine. Chinese studies struck me as an intriguing discipline: different, yet resonant with the great civilizations of humanity. Within that sense of “uncommonness”—often seen as “strange,” even “mystical”—I discovered a deeper wisdom. The more I studied, the more questions emerged. Yet this is what made it fascinating. Questions would arise and find answers, only to give way to new inquiries, leading me further into the power, beauty, and insight of the health sciences from ancient times.

And that is what I aim to share with you through the posts on this website.

I hope you, too, will experience what I have: questions answered, followed by new ones emerging—drawing you deeper and further, and at the same time, closer to the beauty, greatness, and wisdom of these extraordinary sciences passed down by the ancient Experts, Intellectuals, and Sages.

To err is human—and so are these posts. If you have suggestions, constructive criticism, or comments, please share them. I will welcome them with gratitude.

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