Causes of Misdiagnosis in the Early Stage of Exogenous Diseases (Part 1)

Causes of Misdiagnosis in the Early Stage of Exogenous Diseases (Part 1)

Copyright Statement: This article is original and first published on the WeChat public account: Xiao Xiangru Channel (ID: xiaoxiangru0011). Respecting knowledge and labor, it can be reproduced without authorization, but please be sure to indicate the original author. The fundamental reason for misdiagnosis in the early stage of exogenous diseases is the inability to accurately … Read more

Is the Initial Stage of Exogenous Diseases Always ‘Exterior Syndrome’? What Does ‘Exterior Syndrome’ Mean?

Is the Initial Stage of Exogenous Diseases Always 'Exterior Syndrome'? What Does 'Exterior Syndrome' Mean?

Copyright Statement:This article is original and first published on WeChat public account: Xiao Xiangru Channel (ID: xiaoxiangru0011). Respect knowledge and labor; no authorization is needed for reprinting, but please be sure to indicate the original author. Article Recommendation Star Rating: Doctors and Medical Students:★★★★★ (What do you think about various concepts in Traditional Chinese Medicine?) … Read more

Professor Xiao Xiangru’s Experience in Treating Exogenous Diseases

Professor Xiao Xiangru's Experience in Treating Exogenous Diseases

Common cold is characterized by symptoms such as sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose, aversion to wind or cold, fever, headache, and general body aches or discomfort. Although the common cold is a minor issue, it is essential to distinguish between cold and heat, and to treat it accordingly for timely recovery. If one fails to … Read more

Effective Treatment of External Pathogenic Diseases: Can You Distinguish the Various Concepts in Clinical Practice?

Effective Treatment of External Pathogenic Diseases: Can You Distinguish the Various Concepts in Clinical Practice?

Copyright Statement:This article is original and first published on the WeChat public account: Xiao Xiangru Channel (ID: xiaoxiangru0011). Respect knowledge and labor; no authorization is needed for reprinting, but please be sure to credit the original author. Last time, I discussed the TCM nomenclature for COVID-19, which involved many concepts of external pathogenic diseases. Today, … Read more

Causes of Misdiagnosis in the Early Stage of Exogenous Diseases

Causes of Misdiagnosis in the Early Stage of Exogenous DiseasesXiao XiangruThe fundamental reason for misdiagnosis in the early stage of exogenous diseases is the inability to accurately identify the nature of the external pathogens, especially the distinction between cold pathogens and heat pathogens.Initially, the differences between exogenous cold pathogens and exogenous heat pathogens are clear: … Read more

Weekly Technique: Balancing Cupping Therapy

Weekly Technique: Balancing Cupping Therapy

Balancing cupping therapy is based on traditional cupping techniques, incorporating methods such as flash cupping, rubbing cupping, sliding cupping, shaking cupping, and retained cupping. This approach activates a large number of “dormant” immune cells hidden beneath the skin of the back, regulates the qi (气) of the organs, and transmits signals to the brain through … Read more

Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Single Method to Cure Wind-Cold Common Cold

Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Single Method to Cure Wind-Cold Common Cold

The spring weather is changeable, sometimes hot and sometimes cool, especially with significant temperature differences in the morning and evening, which many people find difficult to adapt to. Frequent changes of clothing can easily lead to a wind-cold common cold. This is particularly important for families with young children. When it comes to colds, everyone … Read more

Understanding the Cold Pathogen in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Understanding the Cold Pathogen in Traditional Chinese Medicine

here comes the ~正经内容~ ▼ What is Cold Pathogen? The cold pathogen (寒邪, han xie) is one of the six excesses (六淫, liu yin) in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The six excesses refer to wind (风, feng), cold (寒, han), heat (暑, shu), dampness (湿, shi), dryness (燥, zao), and fire (火, huo). These are … Read more

The Concept of Cold and Heat in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Causes, Mechanisms, Symptoms, and Medicinal Properties

The Concept of Cold and Heat in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Causes, Mechanisms, Symptoms, and Medicinal Properties

Click the above “Public Account” to subscribe! Source|China Traditional Chinese Medicine News Author|Zhu Guang, Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine The concepts of cold and heat in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are abstracted from specific phenomena, reflecting the interaction between the human body and material or environmental factors. Therefore, understanding cold and heat cannot be … Read more

Expelling Pathogenic Factors from Within to the Outside

Expelling Pathogenic Factors from Within to the Outside

Editor’s Note The yin and yang of heaven are divided into four parts, and humans should correspond to them—human yin and yang correspond to heavenly yin and yang. The exterior is yang, the interior is yin, the back is yang, the abdomen is yin, the house is yang, and the storage is yin. Each organ … Read more