The Method of Combining Cold and Heat in Traditional Chinese Medicine (Shang Han Lun)

The Method of Combining Cold and Heat in Traditional Chinese Medicine (Shang Han Lun)

The so-called method of combining cold and heat refers to the simultaneous use of cold and heat properties in medicinal substances. In the eight therapeutic methods, it belongs to the warming and clearing methods, also known as the warming and clearing combination. Cold and heat, cool and warm, have completely opposite medicinal properties. If they … Read more

The Method of Combining Cold and Heat in Treating Diseases According to the “Shang Han Lun”

For listeners who enjoy audiobooks, you can click below to listen to the audio. The term “combining cold and heat” refers to the use of both cold and heat properties in medicinal substances. In the eight therapeutic methods, it belongs to the warming and clearing methods, also known as the warming-clearing method. Cold and heat, … Read more

What to Do When Cold and Heat are Mixed? A ‘Special’ Recipe from the Medical Sage to Clear Heat Above and Warm Below!

What to Do When Cold and Heat are Mixed? A 'Special' Recipe from the Medical Sage to Clear Heat Above and Warm Below!

Author| Xue Bi Editor| Chun Feng Reviewer| Xiao Ye What should be done when cold and heat are mixed? Traditional Chinese Medicine emphasizes “Four Examinations and Eight Principles”. The so-called “Four Examinations” refers to what we commonly say as “observation, listening, inquiry, and pulse-taking”, while the “Eight Principles” refers to “yin, yang, exterior, interior, cold, … Read more

The Clinical Necessity of Understanding the Use of Cold and Heat in TCM

For listeners who enjoy audiobooks, you can click below to listen. When we face the dilemma of treating cold with heat or heat with cold, and it does not yield results, or when the symptoms do not align strictly with either cold or heat, the treatment should not rely solely on either cold or heat … Read more

Professor Xiong Jibai’s Theory of ‘The Lung and Large Intestine as Interior and Exterior’ in Clinical Practice

Professor Xiong Jibai's Theory of 'The Lung and Large Intestine as Interior and Exterior' in Clinical Practice

Abstract This article summarizes the clinical experience of Professor Xiong Jibai, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, in applying the theory of ‘The Lung and Large Intestine as Interior and Exterior’. Professor Xiong believes that the essence of this theory lies in the interrelationship between the lung and large intestine, where the lung represents the … Read more

Clinical Determination: When Both Exterior and Interior Conditions Exist, Should We First Resolve the Exterior or Rescue the Interior?

Clinical Determination: When Both Exterior and Interior Conditions Exist, Should We First Resolve the Exterior or Rescue the Interior?

This subscription account is hosted by the Hu Xishu Research Studio of the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine’s Inheritance Project. Mr. Hu Xishu is a renowned modern TCM practitioner and educator, celebrated in Japan as a “notable researcher of the unique theoretical system of the Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) and a practitioner … Read more

Discussion on the Treatment Principles of Exterior and Interior in the Treatise on Cold Damage

Discussion on the Treatment Principles of Exterior and Interior in the Treatise on Cold Damage

Click the above “Public Account” to subscribe! Ancient texts on classical formulas tell classic stories… The 《Shang Han Lun》 (Treatise on Cold Damage) written by Zhang Zhongjing in the Eastern Han Dynasty creatively summarizes the complex symptoms and their evolution of exogenous diseases, proposing three treatment principles of exterior and interior priority, providing a universal … Read more

Chapter 24 of the Huangdi Neijing: The Manifestation of Blood and Qi

Chapter 24 of the Huangdi Neijing: The Manifestation of Blood and Qi

【Original Text】 The constants of the human body are as follows: the Taiyang (Greater Yang) channel generally has more blood and less Qi, the Shaoyang (Lesser Yang) channel generally has less blood and more Qi, the Yangming (Bright Yang) channel generally has more Qi and more blood, the Shaoyin (Lesser Yin) channel generally has less … Read more

The Fifth Issue of “Historical Accounts of Cold Damage”: The Deep Meaning of the Relationship Between Taiyang and Shaoyin

The Fifth Issue of "Historical Accounts of Cold Damage": The Deep Meaning of the Relationship Between Taiyang and Shaoyin

Introduction: The relationship between Taiyang (Greater Yang) and Shaoyin (Lesser Yin) is generally understood from the perspective of meridians, considering the interconnection between the Taiyang and Shaoyin meridians. But is there a deeper meaning between them? Brief Discussion Deep Cold Damage In the previous third and fourth issues, we spent considerable space interpreting the internal … Read more

Treatment Sequence for Concurrent Exterior and Interior Diseases

Treatment Sequence for Concurrent Exterior and Interior Diseases

Last time we discussed the treatment sequence for concurrent exterior and interior diseases, which is a general principle.When both exterior and interior diseases are present, the treatment sequence should be determined based on the severity and urgency of the condition.Those with more severe symptoms should be treated first, and those with more urgent symptoms should … Read more