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 ideas, classical roots, clinical reasoning, and whole-person health perspective of Chinese medicine.
These articles are designed to help readers understand Chinese medicine not simply as a collection of techniques, but as a coherent Qi-Based Medicine System that connects body, Qi, mind/spirit, environment, prevention, health preservation, and healthy aging.
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 Preservation
Understand how Qi is regulated through daily life, food, emotions, environment, and the practice of Yangsheng.
- How Can Qi Be Regulated?
- What Is Health Preservation (Yangsheng)?
- 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.
