Let’s walk through a real case to see how Chinese medicine looks at chronic IBS-C (constipation-dominant irritable bowel) — and how stress, hormones, and digestion all intertwine in the Five Element system. Patient Background Cira is a 29-year-old woman with a Yang Wood constitution and Yang Fire Yue Ling, a type of body that thrives […]
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Case Study: Fatigue, Food Sensitivity, and the Five Elements — Finding the Real Root
Let’s walk through a real-life case to help us understand how Chinese medicine uses the Five Elements to see patterns in the body. Patient Background A 65-year-old woman with Hashimoto’s (autoimmune thyroid condition) came in with these main complaints: Step 1: Tongue Diagnosis — What the Body Shows Us In Chinese medicine, the tongue is […]