Understanding the Mixed Cold-Heat Constitution in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Understanding the Mixed Cold-Heat Constitution in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Click on the “blue text” to follow us Medical Guidance Dr. Hu Tao, Deputy Chief Physician of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department at Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, welcomes you to continue following us. In TCM theory, there are concepts of “heat” and “cold” that are easy to understand, such as heat in summer and cold … Read more

Understanding the Eight Principles of Diagnosis in TCM: Cold and Heat Analysis

Understanding the Eight Principles of Diagnosis in TCM: Cold and Heat Analysis

Click the above “Public Account” to subscribe! The Eight Principles (八纲) refer to the eight categories of syndromes: Yin, Yang, Exterior, Interior, Cold, Heat, Deficiency, and Excess. The differentiation based on these principles is the most fundamental method of diagnosis and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In his work “Medical Insights,” Qing Dynasty scholar … Read more

How to Treat Alternating Cold and Heat Symptoms?

How to Treat Alternating Cold and Heat Symptoms?

↑ Click the above 【Health Preservation Path】 to follow us ↑ Abstract: “Cold and heat alternating” is a type of fever characterized by alternating episodes of fever and chills. “Cold and heat alternating, with profuse sweating; or only heat without cold, sweating and heat relief, then suddenly both heat and sweating, eyes bulging, dangerously wanting … Read more

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 Temperature of Chinese Medicine: Understanding the Four Qi

The Temperature of Chinese Medicine: Understanding the Four Qi

As we all know, there are four seasons in a year, each with different temperatures: cold in winter and hot in summer. Similarly, Chinese medicine also categorizes herbs based on their thermal properties, which are divided into four types: cold, hot, warm, and cool, known as “Si Qi“. This classification reflects the tendency of herbs … Read more

Differentiating Cold and Heat in Disease: Treating Cold with Heat and Heat with Cold (Understanding the Eight Principles of Diagnosis)

Differentiating Cold and Heat in Disease: Treating Cold with Heat and Heat with Cold (Understanding the Eight Principles of Diagnosis)

Promoting Traditional Chinese Medicine, Everyone Can Self-Medicate Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Eight Principles of Diagnosis: Exterior and Interior, Cold and Heat, Deficiency and Excess, Yin and Yang Cold and heat may seem simple at first glance, but when faced with disease, one finds that cold and heat often intertwine and dynamically evolve, making it quite complex. … Read more

The Four Qi Hidden in Medicine and Food

The Four Qi Hidden in Medicine and Food

The “Four Qi” originally referred to the “Qi of the Four Seasons” and gradually evolved to signify the perception of the cold and heat of food, ultimately transforming into the cold and heat properties of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Traditional Chinese medicine holds that the Four Qi consists of four different medicinal properties: cold (han), … Read more

Learn to Differentiate Cold and Heat to Avoid Major Mistakes During the Pandemic!

Learn to Differentiate Cold and Heat to Avoid Major Mistakes During the Pandemic!

With Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) present, one can feel at ease and unafraid. Whether it is herbal decoctions, patent medicines, dietary therapy, or external treatments such as moxibustion, gua sha, hot compresses, foot baths, or tuina, everyone has made full use of TCM during this pandemic, allowing many TCM enthusiasts to resolve their health issues … Read more

Professor Zheng Weida: Differentiating Cold and Heat in the Ten Patterns of Diagnosis

Professor Zheng Weida: Differentiating Cold and Heat in the Ten Patterns of Diagnosis

Differentiating Cold and Heat in the Ten Patterns of Diagnosis Yang excess leads to heat, while Yin excess leads to cold; Yang deficiency results in external cold, and Yang deficiency can also lead to internal heat. Cold and heat are the two primary diagnostic criteria for identifying the nature of diseases, reflecting the imbalance of … Read more

The Alternating Cold and Heat in Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Alternating Cold and Heat in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Alternating cold and heat is not a commonly used idiom; it is a term in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) used to describe symptoms. It refers to the human body experiencing alternating fever and chills, feeling hot at one moment, as if in a steamer, and cold at another, as if falling into an ice cellar. … Read more