Dec 23, 2020
This episode is the final part
of the Five Elements Series.
Do
you often experience anger, crave sour tastes or seem prone to
shouting lots? Then perhaps learning more about the wood element
would be helpful.
In this episode, we welcome back the expertise
of TCM Dr Lee Smith to educate us on this element and
what...
Dec 8, 2020
Water - the element correlating
to fearful emotions, the kidneys, the taste of salty foods and a
putrid scent. From the perspective of TCM Dr. Lee Smith, a person
who experiences these characteristics may identify with the water
element.
Knowing the characteristics of the water
element may be helpful in identifying...
Nov 24, 2020
As we have explored in the previous two podcast episodes, each element in TCM is seen as having a series of correspondences, relating both to the natural world and the human body. In this episode, TCM Dr Lee touches on a few of these correspondences such as how metal correlates to the season of Autumn, the lungs and...
Nov 11, 2020
Welcome to episode two of the
Five Elements series where we welcome back TCM Dr Lee Smith to
discuss the earth element.
Again, we asked Lee to describe a typical
“Earth” person by covering components such as the season, emotion,
organs, sound and taste that are related to the earth
element.
Constantly overthinking,...
Oct 27, 2020
Together with the theory of
Yin-Yang, covered in our introductory episode, the theory of the
Five Elements constitutes the basis of Chinese Medicine.
For
episode one of this five-part series, we invite the expertise of
TCM Dr Lee Smith to explore the fire element. We start the episode
by discussing the overall concept...