

Home Remedies Using the “Zu San Li” Point | 足三里的家庭妙用
Last week we talked about many amazing applications of the “Zu San Li” point. In fact, there are way more effects this point can achieve by doing some simple home remedies. I would like to share a personal experience: several months ago, I started to experience fatigue everyday near the end of work. I was so tired to a point I could not fully recover even after a good night of sleep. This was very rare condition for me. All my friends know that I am an active person. I exerci


Doctor Yu’s Clinic Notes IV: Some Intriguing Facts of Acupuncture III | 于博士行医手记(四)穴位的妙用 续
It is impossible to cover all the topics of acupuncture points due to the sheer amount of knowledge. There are 365 acupuncture points on the body, and each point has its own complicated functions. Today, I would like to talk about the “Zu San Li” point, which is one of the most commonly known points. The “Zu San Li” point is located three “cun” (about four fingers width) below the “Dou Bi” points on the outside of the knee of each leg. Years ago, when I was teaching in a TCM


Doctor Yu’s Clinical Notes III: Some Intriguing Facts of Acupuncture Points | 于博士行医手记 (三)| 穴位的妙用 续
The Ren Zhong Point Last week I talked about the application of ren zhong point. Actually, my knowledge of this point was learnt from my undergrad Professor Mr. Ji. When I was an assistant to Prof Ji in his clinic, there were nearly a hundred patients of different conditions seeing him every day. To my surprise there were patients of mental conditions such as depressions seeing him too. Prof. Ji usually treated these patients from the ren zhong point, and most of them felt mu