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Pathogenesis of Taiyang Disease Taiyang governs the exterior and controls the Ying and Wei (nutritive and defensive qi), serving as the “barrier of the body”. When external pathogens invade through the skin, they obstruct the Wei Yang, causing stagnation of Ying Yin and excess of pathogenic heat at the exterior, hence it is termed Taiyang … Read more
Yin and Yang are the fundamental principles of the Eight Principles differentiation in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In diagnosis, diseases can be classified into two main aspects based on the pathological nature of clinical symptoms: Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang can summarize the contents of the other six aspects of the Eight Principles differentiation, … Read more
Diseases are ever-changing, yet they always fall into the two major categories of Yin and Yang. However, for each individual patient, the specifics differ. Due to varying causes, constitutions, living environments, and disease progression, complex individual differences arise. Therefore, there are various conditions such as Yin excess and Yang deficiency, Yang excess and Yin deficiency, … Read more
For listeners who enjoy audiobooks, you can click below to listen to the audio. Identifying All Yang Deficiency Syndromes For those with Yang deficiency, Yin energy must naturally be abundant (the term Yin energy refers to the abundance of water, which is blood. When blood is abundant, Qi is weak, which is the cause of … Read more
Identifying All Forms of Yang Deficiency In individuals with Yang deficiency, Yin energy is naturally abundant (the term Yin refers to excess water, which is blood. When blood is abundant, Qi is weak, leading to Yang deficiency). Although there may be manifestations of all types of fire symptoms externally (this fire is termed “deficient fire,” … Read more
1. Yang Deficiency: Detailed Symptoms 1. Head: Headaches upon waking (turbid yin obstructing clear yang), the top of the head feels cold, headaches occur without a hat, and the face may appear flushed; 2. Face: Complexion appears bluish, pale, or flushed and hot; 3. Eyes: Dark circles, visual fatigue, dull eyesight, “peach blossom eyes,” and … Read more
Identifying All Forms of Yang Deficiency For individuals with Yang deficiency, Yin energy must naturally be abundant (the term Yin energy refers to the abundance of water, which is blood. When blood is abundant, Qi is weak, leading to Yang deficiency). Although all symptoms of fire may appear externally (this fire is termed “deficiency fire,” … Read more
When encountering a symptom, the first step is to determine whether it is a heat syndrome or a cold syndrome. Heat syndromes are divided into Yang excess and Yin deficiency, while cold syndromes are divided into Yang deficiency and Yin excess. There are four pure personality types and seven mixed personality types: Yang excess with … Read more
01 All Courses by Ni Haixia 02 Comprehensive TCM Treatments for Common Diseases 03 Focused Study on TCM Topics 04 Online Reading of TCM Learning Books 1. Wuxin Fanre (Five Hearts Heat): Refers to the sensation of heat in the palms and soles, accompanied by a feeling of heat in the chest. 2. Liuzhu (Flowing … Read more
According to TCM theory, the elements of a “pattern” (zheng) include clinical manifestations (symptoms, signs, or primarysyndromes, secondarysyndromes) and pathogenesis (etiology, location, nature, severity, or primary pathogenesis, secondary pathogenesis). In a broad sense, a pattern includes syndromes, pattern elements, and pattern names.Symptoms + Signs = Syndromes.Based on syndromes, the pattern elements are deduced from the … Read more