How to Differentiate Between Deficiency and Excess Syndromes, and Cold and Heat Syndromes?

How to Differentiate Between Deficiency and Excess Syndromes, and Cold and Heat Syndromes?

In the diagnosis of diseases, we often discuss Yin deficiency or Yang deficiency, specifically relating to certain organs such as Shen Yin Xu (Kidney Yin Deficiency), Shen Yang Xu (Kidney Yang Deficiency), Gan Yin Bu Zu (Liver Yin Deficiency), and Gan Yang Shang Kang (Liver Yang Excess). What are the conditions of Yin-Yang imbalance?Yin-Yang imbalance … Read more

The Eight Principles: Cold and Heat

The Eight Principles: Cold and Heat

ClickBlue↑FollowUs! Cold and heat are the two main principles for distinguishing the nature of diseases. Cold syndromes and heat syndromes reflect the excess and deficiency of Yin and Yang in the body. An excess of Yin or deficiency of Yang manifests as a cold syndrome; an excess of Yang or deficiency of Yin manifests as … Read more

What is Cold-Heat Syndrome?

Click the blue words to follow us Cold and heat are the two fundamental categories for distinguishing the nature of diseases, summarizing the two types of syndromes reflecting the balance of Yin and Yang in the body. Generally speaking, cold syndromes are manifestations of insufficient Yang Qi or the invasion of cold pathogens, while heat … Read more

Analysis of Taiyang Disease: Cold, Heat, Deficiency, and Excess

Analysis of Taiyang Disease: Cold, Heat, Deficiency, and Excess

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

Understanding the Eight Principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Cold, Heat, Deficiency, Excess, Exterior, Interior, Yin, and Yang (Essential Learning)

Understanding the Eight Principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Cold, Heat, Deficiency, Excess, Exterior, Interior, Yin, and Yang (Essential Learning)

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

Is Slippery Pulse Always a Sign of Pregnancy? It Could Indicate These Three Conditions!

Is Slippery Pulse Always a Sign of Pregnancy? It Could Indicate These Three Conditions!

【Introduction】The most significant difference between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western medicine lies in their diagnostic philosophies and methods. Among the four diagnostic techniques—inspection, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation—pulse diagnosis is particularly remarkable in TCM. With just a gentle touch of three fingers, one can discern the causes and mechanisms of diseases, showcasing the wisdom of … Read more

What is the “Slippery Pulse” in Pulse Diagnosis?

What is the "Slippery Pulse" in Pulse Diagnosis?

Looking for a good TCM practitioner near you or one you have visited >>> [TCM Encyclopedia App] Online/Offline reading of TCM ancient and modern books >>> [TCM Encyclopedia] September 2018 article rankings Three fingers determine life and death, pressing the pulse at the wrist to know the ailments. Pulse diagnosis is a unique diagnostic method … Read more

Comprehensive Guide to TCM Pulse Diagnosis

Comprehensive Guide to TCM Pulse Diagnosis

The invention of pulse is attributed to the sages, who refined and distilled knowledge through rigorous study, making it as clear as a mirror. This article simplifies the complex, allowing mastery of pulse diagnosis. The method of pulse taking has a true transmission, with twenty-eight pulses that are not the same. The floating, sinking, slow, … Read more

When Your Tongue Shows This Signal: Go to the Hospital Immediately, Don’t Delay!

When Your Tongue Shows This Signal: Go to the Hospital Immediately, Don't Delay!

The tongue serves as a portable living health report. By learning tongue diagnosis, one can self-examine and detect serious health issues at the first sign, without needing to seek help for minor ailments. The tongue corresponds to the five internal organs. In fact, each of the five organs has a corresponding area on the tongue. … Read more

Tongue Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Most Dangerous Tongue Colors to Watch For!

Tongue Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Most Dangerous Tongue Colors to Watch For!

Click the above blue text, to follow us Tongue diagnosis is one of the key components of observation in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)。 The diagnosis primarily examines the shape, color, moisture, and dryness of the tongue, to determine the nature of the disease, the severity of the condition, the balance of Qi and blood, the … Read more