For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, today marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year: the Winter Solstice (21 December 2022 at 9.47pm (UTC; 22:47 CET)). The solstice has been recognised and celebrated as a special moment of the annual cycle in certain cultures, e.g. the Yule festival observed …
“The forces of winter create cold in Heaven and water on Earth. They create the kidney organ and the bones within the body…the emotion of fear, and the ability to make a groaning sound.” – The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine Just after the winter solstice, we are in the midst of the peak …
Winter, Water and the Kidneys – A TCM Perspective Read More »
One of the reasons why I practice Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is that it always looks at horses, animals, people … in relation to their environment and also addresses cyclical changes in the environment and in nature that in a similar way can be found in our bodies and in the bodies of our animals. …
