In this podcast, I talk about the 8 principles. The 8 principles are used in Chinese medicine to make a diagnosis. The Identification of Patterns according to the Eight Principles is the foundation for all the other methods of pattern formulation. It is the basic groundwork of pattern identification in Chinese medicine, allowing the practitioner to identify the location and nature of the disharmony, as well as establish the principle of treatment. In the first part, I provide a general introduction and cover the first two parameters.
