The Five Spirits in Chinese Medicine

By |2025-12-29T19:32:56-08:00February 12, 2024|Chinese medicine foundation and diagnosis|

Are you familiar with the 5 spirits in Chinese medicine? In TCM school, these are not studied in-depth. Unfortunately, in school, the Spirits tend to be quickly brushed over. However, this oversight is regrettable, because they're exceptionally useful in clinical practice to support our patients. According to Chinese medicine's 5 elements theory, each Spirit corresponds to 5 [...]