Deficiency Excess

Understanding the Eight Principles: Exterior-Interior, Deficiency-Excess, Cold-Heat, and Ascending-Descending (Including Key Insights on Eight Principles Differentiation)

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Understanding the Eight Principles: Exterior-Interior, Deficiency-Excess, Cold-Heat, and Ascending-Descending (Including Key Insights on Eight Principles Differentiation)

For listeners who enjoy audiobooks, you can click below to listen to the audio. The concepts of Yin-Yang, Exterior-Interior, Deficiency-Excess, Cold-Heat are collectively referred to as the “Eight Principles” in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Among these, Exterior, Excess, and Heat are associated with Yang; while Interior, Deficiency, and Cold are associated with Yin. The term … Read more

Comprehensive Guide to the Eight Principles of Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Comprehensive Guide to the Eight Principles of Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Diagnosis, or “bianzheng” (辨证), refers to the analysis and identification of disease syndromes, which is a primary process and method for understanding and diagnosing diseases. “Bian” (辨) means to discern and analyze, while “zheng” (证) refers to syndromes, which are comprehensive manifestations of the body’s disordered relationships under the influence of pathogenic factors and conditions, … Read more