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Chinese medicine is an energetic medicine which means, among other things, that rather than just examining a person’s body, we look for the underlying or energetic cause of a patient’s problem.

We usually think that our everyday life is made up of a multitude of things, including events, thoughts, objects and people. On the other hand we can simplify a day’s events by considering our basic needs and asking ourselves if they were satisfied. We can forget all the details of what happened today and say, ‘Was today a good day?’ This is another way of saying ‘What’s underneath all my concerns? What’s important?’

The Chinese frequently look ‘underneath it all’ and ask what is happening to a person on a deeper level. For example, in Chinese medicine it is typical not only to address a patient’s symptoms, but also to look for the energetic cause which underlies the symptoms. This is often referred to as the deeper cause.

Chinese medicine teaches that our ‘Qi’ (pronounced ‘chee’) underlies all of our functioning. It is the force which warms, moves, transforms and protects everything in our bodies and minds. The Five Elements describe five important phases or variations in this underlying Qi.