Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Importance of Differentiating Between Deficiency and Excess

Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Importance of Differentiating Between Deficiency and Excess

In the process of disease development, there exists a pattern of change in the strength of the opposing forces, characterized by the rise and fall of both deficiency and excess. Generally speaking, when the righteous qi (正气, zhèng qì) increases and flourishes, the pathogenic qi (邪气, xié qì) must inevitably decline and weaken; conversely, when … Read more

Zhongjing’s Four Major Methods: Simultaneous Treatment of Exterior and Interior, Simultaneous Treatment of Cold and Heat, Simultaneous Treatment of Deficiency and Excess, and Combination of Five Flavors

1 、Simultaneous Treatment of Exterior and InteriorThe treatment of exterior and interior diseases is based on two main principles: resolving the exterior and attacking the interior. During the progression of a disease, it is common to encounter simultaneous exterior and interior conditions. Zhongjing advocates that when the exterior is urgent, the exterior should be resolved … Read more

Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Thinking Method Three: Analysis of Yin-Yang Interference

Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Thinking Method Three: Analysis of Yin-Yang Interference

Diseases are ever-changing, yet they always fall into the two major categories of Yin and Yang. However, for each individual patient, the specifics differ. Due to varying causes, constitutions, living environments, and disease progression, complex individual differences arise. Therefore, there are various conditions such as Yin excess and Yang deficiency, Yang excess and Yin deficiency, … Read more