Traditional Chinese Medicine Explained: The 5 Elements, Qi & What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You with Erika Weber

In this episode, we have on Acupuncturist Physician and Chinese Medicine Herbalist Erika Weber to dive deep into everything Traditional Chinese Medicine. Drawing on over twenty years of clinical experience and fifteen years of leading a private practice, Erika is an incredible source of information. If you've been following me for a while, you'll know that I've found myself in a TCM hole lately and this conversation was exactly the educational and digestible conversation I've been craving to have. 

What we cover: 

• How TCM and eastern medicine differs from western medicine 
• Discussing Erika's view that TCM is "a spiritual system wearing clinical clothes"
• Unpacking the 5 elements
• How to recognize your dominant element and how to use your element for optimal health
• What element the collective is currently most disconnected from
• Tangible explanations for what Qi and the organ clock are
• How TCM views emotional storage
• What hyper productivity is doing to our bodies from a TCM lens
• The concept of Jing and how this impacts your life
• What true optimal health looks like 
• The role of acupuncture in our overall health and wellness
• A simple practice you can implement today to help your health journey

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Website: www.the5elementmethod.com

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