Understanding Disease Differentiation in TCM: The Eight Principles – Deficiency and Excess
The differentiation of deficiency and excess can identify the strength of the body’s vital energy and the severity of pathogenic factors. Deficiency refers to the weakness of vital energy, which is the fundamental substance for the physiological activities and maintenance of the body’s organs, such as insufficient qi (气), xue (血), and jinye (津液); excess … Read more