On March 11, 2022, I gave a public lecture in a live video session, explaining methods to cope with damp-heat issues at home. After the live session, several enthusiastic friends (who have established the Zide Editorial Department and are continuously recruiting like-minded individuals) helped transcribe the recording into a manuscript. I then adapted the manuscript, … Read more
This article’s introduction When discussing summer dampness and heat, the most important and easily observable sign is the tongue coating. It has been previously explained how to observe the tongue coating. Ultimately, it is essential to emphasize the combination of symptoms, tongue coating, and pulse condition. 1 Typical Damp-Heat Tongue Cases Now let’s look at … Read more
Chinese Medicine Book ClubIssue 3596 Daily updates to accompany the growth of TCM practitioners IIntroduction: The use of Si Ni Decoction (四逆汤) for treating exogenous diseases is not a common practice, but it can be seen in the Shang Han Lun (《伤寒论》) in articles 29 and 92, where the diseases treated indeed resemble exogenous symptoms. … Read more
Teacher Wu Xiongzhi integrates cold and warm theories to interpret damp-heat disease from the Six Meridian system, which is very interesting. Here are some notes from the lecture. Overview of Damp-Heat 1. Hidden Pathogens and New Infections Hidden pathogens primarily manifest as damp-heat disease. Hidden pathogens move directly from the Ying (nutritive) and Xue (blood) … Read more
Introduction “Among the six qi, damp-heat is the most troublesome, affecting nearly everyone.” Throughout history, damp-heat has been a significant health concern. Symptoms such as bad breath, loss of appetite, oily skin, easy rashes, oily hair within a day of washing, irritability, excessive vaginal discharge in women, and dampness in the scrotum in men are … Read more
Discussion on Differentiating Syndromes Based on Deficiency and Excess By Lai Haibiao 1. Differentiating Syndromes Based on Deficiency and Excess In the “Su Wen: Treatise on Regulating the Menstrual Cycle”, it states: “All diseases arise from deficiency and excess.” In the “Su Wen: Treatise on Febrile Diseases”, it states: “When the righteous qi is preserved … Read more
The Inquiry of Ling Su restores the ancient perspective of observation and the evolution of TCM experience and principles. Author Introduction Mr. Yi Wang, engaged in clinical work, studies traditional culture and TCM classics, seeking origins and striving to restore the ancient perspective of observation and the evolution of experience and principles. —– —– The … Read more
“Exterior-Interior” and “Deficiency-Excess” are important concepts in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In the Neijing, the term “Exterior-Interior” appears 28 times, while “Deficiency-Excess” appears 60 times. The concept of Exterior-Interior can refer to the surface of the body versus the interior, the Yang meridians versus the Yin meridians, or the relationship between the exterior and interior. … Read more
Hello friends! Today, let’s discuss: how to distinguish between cold and heat Please listen to the audio explanation below for detailed content: Distinguishing Between Yin and Yang Patterns In the year of the Yuan Dynasty, during the fourth month, a 19-year-old son of the magistrate of Jingjiang fell ill with a cold for nine days. … Read more
Introduction: The symptoms observed in clinical practice are not always straightforward; they may present illusions. When a condition develops to extremes of cold or heat, there may sometimes appear symptoms or signs that are contrary to their true nature, known as true heat with false cold (真热假寒) and true cold with false heat (真寒假热). Today, … Read more