Chinese Medicine Knowledge Center
Understanding Chinese Medicine as a Qi-Based Medicine System
Welcome to the Chinese Medicine Knowledge Center at Colorado Chinese Medicine University. This collection introduces the foundational principles, classical traditions, clinical reasoning, and health cultivation practices that define Chinese medicine.
Rather than viewing Chinese medicine as a collection of therapies, these articles explore Chinese medicine as a coherent Qi-Based Medicine system that connects body, Qi regulation, mind/spirit, environment, prevention, health cultivation (Yangsheng), whole-person health, and healthy aging.
The Knowledge Center also explores how Chinese medicine concepts may inform contemporary discussions of whole-person health, resilience, self-regulation, healthy aging, and systems-based approaches to health.
Part I — Foundations
Begin here to understand the basic concepts that shape Chinese medicine.
- What Is Chinese Medicine?
- What Is Qi?
- Why Chinese Medicine Is a Qi-Based Medicine System?
- What Is Pattern Differentiation?
Part II — Classical Foundations
Explore the classical texts and ideas that continue to shape Chinese medicine today.
Part III — Clinical Reasoning and Practice
Learn how Chinese medicine understands diagnosis, treatment, pulse assessment, acupuncture, and herbal medicine.
- How Does Chinese Medicine Diagnose and Treat Disease?
- What Is Pulse Diagnosis?
- How Does Acupuncture Work?
- What Is Chinese Herbal Medicine?
Part IV — Qi Regulation and Health Cultivation
Understand how Qi is regulated through daily life, food, emotions, environment, and the practice of Yangsheng.
- How Can Qi Be Regulated?
- What Is Yangsheng? Health Cultivation and Health Preservation in Chinese Medicine
- Food and the Regulation of Qi
- Emotions and the Regulation of Qi
- Qi, Environment, and Seasonal Change
Part V — Whole-Person Health and Healthy Aging
Explore how Chinese medicine connects Qi regulation, prevention, whole-person health, community wellness, and healthy aging.
