Taiyang Disease Taiyang (Greater Yang) and Shaoyin (Lesser Yin) represent the exterior and interior, respectively, and are differentiated by Yin and Yang. If the pulse is floating, with fever and aversion to cold, it indicates a disease occurring in Taiyang, known as Yang syndrome. Conversely, if the pulse is deep, without fever but with aversion … Read more
Diseases can be categorized into eight principles: cold, heat, deficiency, excess, exterior, interior, yin, and yang. The methods of differentiation in diagnosis are based on these principles. The differentiation of cold and heat in a disease is reflected in symptoms such as thirst or lack thereof, the ability to retain fluids, preference for hot or … Read more
Daily TCM Insights at 11:30 AM Authoritative knowledge in Traditional Chinese Medicine If you like it, please star it for me Editor’s Introduction In the “Shang Han Lun” and “Jin Gui Yao Lue”, the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing recorded various pulse patterns in detail, along with their corresponding pathophysiology and clinical manifestations. Understanding these relationships … Read more