Winter is the perfect time for nourishment, and using Ren Shen (Ginseng) wisely can help treat deficiency, nourish the five organs, balance body and mind, and promote longevity. There are many ways to consume ginseng, such as ginseng-infused liquor, ginseng stewed chicken, ginseng tea, and ginseng capsules. However, most people are unaware that these common … Read more
This year’s Sanfu Days are about to officially begin. We all know that Sanfu Days are an excellent opportunity for warming and tonifying Yang Qi, improving deficiency and cold conditions, and treating winter diseases in summer. Children with issues such as allergies, rhinitis, asthma, recurrent respiratory infections, and spleen-stomach deficiency and cold should seize this … Read more
Topics: Moxibustion | Gua Sha | Meridians | Acupuncture Points | Health Preservation | Regulation | Wellness “Deficiency is treated with tonification, and excess is treated with drainage.” This is a fundamental principle in Gua Sha therapy. If one indiscriminately performs Gua Sha without distinguishing between deficiency and excess, it may not only fail to … Read more
The differentiation of deficiency and excess (虚实辩证, xū shí biàn zhèng) is used to summarize and distinguish the strength of the righteous qi and the decline of pathogenic qi. Excess syndrome (实证, shí zhèng) mainly depends on the prevalence of pathogenic qi, while deficiency syndrome (虚证, xū zhèng) primarily depends on the deficiency of righteous … Read more
Section Four: Deficiency and Excess Key Point One: Concept and Clinical Manifestations of Deficiency Syndrome 1. Concept Deficiency syndrome refers to the condition where the body’s vital energies such as Yin, Yang, Qi, Blood, Body Fluids, and Essence are insufficient, while pathogenic factors are not prominent, manifesting various symptoms characterized by insufficiency, relaxation, and decline. … Read more
In the process of disease development, there exists a pattern of change in the strength of the opposing forces, characterized by the rise and fall of both deficiency and excess. Generally speaking, when the righteous qi (正气, zhèng qì) increases and flourishes, the pathogenic qi (邪气, xié qì) must inevitably decline and weaken; conversely, when … Read more
3. Deficiency and Excess Deficiency and excess are the two principles for distinguishing the strength of the body’s righteous qi and the severity of pathogenic factors. Generally speaking, deficiency refers to insufficient righteous qi, and deficiency syndrome manifests as symptoms resulting from this insufficiency, while excess refers to the overabundance of pathogenic qi, and excess … Read more
The nature of diseases is not merely defined by cold or heat. However, the “Su Wen: On the Correspondence of Yin and Yang” states: “Water and fire are the signs of yin and yang.” The “Jing Yue Quan Shu: Chuan Zhong Lu” also states: “Cold and heat are the transformations of yin and yang.” The … Read more
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