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 differentiation of cold and heat is one of the specific contents of the Eight Principles Differentiation (referring to the eight categories of syndromes: Yin-Yang, Interior-Exterior, Cold-Heat, Deficiency-Excess, which are the fundamental principles of TCM differentiation). The characteristic of the Eight Principles Differentiation lies in grasping the overall, certain, and relevant aspects of the disease’s … Read more
Cold and heat are two fundamental principles for distinguishing the nature of diseases, representing specific manifestations of the excess and deficiency of Yin and Yang. Differentiating cold and heat is essentially differentiating the excess and deficiency of Yin and Yang. The identification of cold and heat patterns is one of the bases for treatment and … Read more
II. Cold and Heat Cold and heat are the two fundamental principles for distinguishing the nature of diseases. Cold syndromes and heat syndromes reflect the excess and deficiency of Yin and Yang in the body. Excess Yin or deficiency Yang manifests as cold syndromes;excess Yang or deficiency Yin manifests as heat syndromes. The “Su Wen: … Read more
Cold and heat are the fundamental principles for differentiating the nature of diseases. The nature of a disease is not simply classified as cold or heat. As stated in the “Jing Yue Quan Shu – Chuan Zhong Lu”: “Cold and heat are transformations of yin and yang.” The “Lei Jing – Disease Classification” also states: … Read more
Dr. Xiang Medical Expert, Your Medical Specialist。 Written by | Zhang Ziyi, Master’s in Acupuncture and Rehabilitation Institution | Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital Edited by | Dr. Xiang [email protected] Disclaimer:This article was first published on the Dr. Xiang WeChat public account and may not be reproduced without authorization. Patients often ask me, “Dr. Zhang, I … Read more
Author| Xue Bi Editor| Chun Feng Reviewer| Xiao Ye What should be done when cold and heat are mixed? Traditional Chinese Medicine emphasizes “Four Examinations and Eight Principles”. The so-called “Four Examinations” refers to what we commonly say as “observation, listening, inquiry, and pulse-taking”, while the “Eight Principles” refers to “yin, yang, exterior, interior, cold, … Read more