Click the image below to read ↓↓↓ —— The following is the main text —— The Eight Principles of Diagnosis (Ba Gang Bian Zheng) is a comprehensive framework for various diagnostic methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Diagnosis involves analyzing and identifying the symptoms of diseases, which is a primary process and method for understanding … Read more
The Eight Principles, namely Yin, Yang, Exterior, Interior, Cold, Heat, Deficiency, and Excess, form one of the theoretical foundations for syndrome differentiation and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Through the four examinations, after mastering the diagnostic data, an analysis is conducted based on various factors such as the depth of the disease location, the … Read more
Exterior and Interior Diagnosis Cold and Heat Diagnosis Deficiency and Excess Diagnosis Yin and Yang Diagnosis The Interrelationship of the Eight Principles The Eight Principles, namely Yin, Yang, Exterior, Interior, Cold, Heat, Deficiency, and Excess, are categories that summarize the nature, location, and dynamics of pathogenic factors based on the data collected from the four … Read more
The Eight Principles (Ba Gang), which include Yin, Yang, Exterior, Interior, Cold, Heat, Deficiency, and Excess, form the theoretical foundation for learning differentiation and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and hold significant guiding importance in clinical diagnosis. The Exterior and Interior principles help differentiate the location of diseases, whether they are internal or external, … Read more
Yin, Yang, Exterior, Interior, Cold, Heat, Deficiency, and Excess are referred to as the “Eight Principles”.In clinical practice, the application of these eight principles for diagnosis is called “Eight Principles Diagnosis”. Although the symptoms of various diseases are complex, they can all be analyzed and summarized using the Eight Principles to explore the nature of … Read more
What are the Five Elements? The essence of the Five Elements consists of three aspects. 1. Five basic elements, which belong to the five forms of Yin and Yang. Five Elements and Five Qualities 2. Five basic qualities, the changes of Qi. (1) How does Yin and Yang transform into the Five Elements? The sequence … Read more
Click on the above “Public Account” to subscribe! Many people feel confused when they first learn about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and encounter the Five Elements, such as Metal generating Water, Water generating Wood, Fire overcoming Metal, and Wood overcoming Earth. However, the Five Elements are not as obscure as they seem; they belong not … Read more
In the past few issues, I have discussed how to achieve balance between Yin and Yang through health preservation. There is a classic saying in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) – “Carefully observe the location of Yin and Yang and adjust them to achieve balance as the goal.” This means finding the reasons for the imbalance … Read more
1. The Rise and Fall of Yin and Yang The rise and fall of Yin and Yang refers to the pathological changes that occur when the fluctuations of Yin or Yang exceed the normal range due to various causes, resulting in excess or deficiency. The imbalance of Yin and Yang directly leads to excess patterns … Read more
During the rainy season, as the weather changes, the human body must adapt to these changes, causing the internal yin and yang to also fluctuate. Due to the body’s inability to keep pace with the rapid changes in nature, it is easy for imbalances in yin and yang to occur, leading to illness. So, how … Read more