Every claim has a page.
This page is not a disclaimer — it is the evidence list. Every mapping on this site, from the five elements to the organ links and the language of cultivation, comes from the books below. Each entry gives title, dynasty, author and the original line, so you can check it yourself.
What is traditional framework versus verifiable: Science & standards.
Three books hold the frame
| Book | How we use it | Original |
|---|---|---|
| BookSanming Tonghui 明 · 万民英 |
How we use itThe whole five-element / organ / symptom mapping — the skeleton of our six warnings | Original「甲胆乙肝丙小肠，丁心戊胃己脾乡；庚是大肠辛属肺，壬系膀胱癸肾藏。」 「疾病皆因五行不和，即人身五脏不和也。」 「浮肿、脚气、黄肿、口臭、翻胃、脾寒膈热者，属脾家戊己辰戌丑未土受亏主病故也。」 |
| BookWuxing Dayi 隋 · 萧吉 |
How we use itElement-to-organ, the five virtues, the five flavours and their prohibitions — the basis of our personality lines | Original「肝以配木。心以配火。脾以配土。肺以配金。肾以配水。」 「木主仁」『土主信』 「肝病禁辛、心病禁醎、脾病禁酸、肺病禁苦、肾病禁甘；酸走筋、醎走血、辛走气、苦走骨、甘走皮。」 |
| BookYuanhai Ziping 宋 · 徐子平 |
How we use itWhat an over-strong element does to its neighbour — the excess-and-deficiency rule | Original「木命见庚辛申酉多者，肝胆病。」 |
The half without medicine, also sourced
| Practice | Source line |
|---|---|
| Practice五禽戏 | Source lineHou Hanshu, biography of Hua Tuo: "I have one art, called the play of five animals." |
| Practice导引吐纳 | Source lineZhuangzi: "Blow and breathe, expel the old, draw in the new." |
| Practice八段锦 | Source lineRecorded in the Song dynasty (Yi Jian Zhi). |
| Practice饭后百步 | Source lineSun Simiao, Qian Jin Fang: walk after eating. |
All quotes here are public-domain classics. Entries marked "folk tradition" have no verifiable textual source, and we label them as such.
Behind this: 199 classical texts
We index a plain-text corpus of 199 classical Chinese texts on divination and medicine, distributed as below. They are public-domain works, used here as the reference base for search and verification.
| Category | Texts | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| CategoryYijing | Texts67 | ExamplesJingshi Yizhuan · Yichuan Yizhuan · Dongpo Yizhuan |
| CategoryLiu Ren | Texts29 | ExamplesLiuren Daquan · Liuren Xinjing |
| CategoryAstrology & fate | Texts15 | ExamplesSanming Tonghui · Yuanhai Ziping · Ziping Zhenquan Pingzhu |
| CategoryFeng shui | Texts14 | ExamplesHanlong Jing · Cuiguan Pian · Zhaijing |
| CategoryDivination | Texts13 | ExamplesBushi Zhengzong · Kaiyuan Zhanjing · Yisi Zhan |
| CategoryPhysiognomy | Texts9 | ExamplesShenxiang Quanbian · Liuzhuang Xiangfa · Bingjian |
| CategoryQi Men | Texts8 | ExamplesQimen Dunjia Mijue Daquan · Dunjia Yanyi |
| CategoryTai Yi / Tai Xuan | Texts3 | ExamplesTaiyi Jinjing Shijing · Taixuan Jing |
| CategoryCalendrics | Texts1 | ExamplesQinding Xieji Bianfang Shu |
| CategoryOther | Texts40 | ExamplesWuxing Dayi · Wuxing Jingji · Renlun Datong Fu |
Delicacies are not without character
Chinese medicine gives everyday food a nature too: matsutake and shiitake build qi; lobster and sea cucumber run cold yet are protein-rich; abalone nourishes yin and birds\u2019 nest moistens dryness. Grains nourish, vegetables fill, fruit supports. This layer is not a standard product — but when you order something made to measure, it is the floor the formula stands on.