Differentiation of Exterior and Interior Patterns 【Differentiation of Exterior and Interior Patterns】 The differentiation of exterior and interior is a fundamental principle for identifying the location and depth of diseases. The concepts of “exterior” and “interior” are relative; for instance, the body shell is considered exterior while the internal organs are considered interior. Similarly, the … Read more
Many traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners have their own inquiry checklists for diagnosing patients, which they send to patients during online consultations for completion. The doctor then determines the diagnosis based on the symptoms filled out by the patient along with the tongue diagnosis. However, the most practical and operationally effective inquiry form is that … Read more
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, some outstanding physicians, such as Zhang Jingyue, Cheng Zhongling, and Jiang Bihua, extracted the two principles of Yin and Yang from the Six Meridians diagnosis to govern the differentiation of exterior and interior, cold and heat, deficiency and excess, which was highly valued and welcomed by practitioners at that … Read more
1. Important Passages from the Treatise on Cold Damage 1. In the case of Taiyang disease, the pulse is floating, with stiffness and pain in the head and neck, accompanied by aversion to cold. 2. In Taiyang disease, if there is fever, sweating, aversion to wind, and a slow pulse, it is termed a wind … Read more
Inheriting the legacy of Qi Huang, a public account with substance and warmth 1. Year of Compilation: Late Eastern Han Dynasty. Author: Zhang Ji, courtesy name Zhongjing. Total: Ten volumes, twenty-two sections, one hundred and twelve formulas. 2. First Compilation; Wei-Jin Wang Shuhe was the first to correct it; Song Dynasty Lin Yi was the … Read more
Damp-Heat Disease in Shaoyang: Characteristics, Main Medications, and Treatment Methods 1) Damp-heat primarily involves the liver, gallbladder, and spleen-stomach. 2) Above Shaoyang, fire is treated; above Yangming, dryness is treated. 3) Shaoyang Sanjiao: Fluid pathway: dampness; Qi pathway: original qi, the vital energy; dampness transforms into heat, requiring Shaoyang fire to resolve; Grain pathway: the … Read more
Respect Life, Uphold Virtue“Diagnosis and Treatment” – Differentiation of Exogenous Diseases According to the Six MeridiansIn Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the differentiation methods include the Eight Principles, Six Meridians, Wei-Qi-Ying-Blood, and San Jiao differentiation. The first three methods are primarily used for diagnosing exogenous diseases, while meridian differentiation is more commonly applied in acupuncture and … Read more
Alternating cold and heat is a type of fever characterized by the alternating appearance of fever and chills, where during fever, the patient feels hot without feeling cold, and during chills, the patient feels cold without feeling hot. This differs from simultaneous chills and fever. According to the “Lai Zheng Huo Ren Shu”: “Alternating cold … Read more
【Original Text】 The constants of the human body are as follows: the Taiyang (Greater Yang) channel generally has more blood and less Qi, the Shaoyang (Lesser Yang) channel generally has less blood and more Qi, the Yangming (Bright Yang) channel generally has more Qi and more blood, the Shaoyin (Lesser Yin) channel generally has less … Read more
From the perspective of the human body, any disease can be categorized as either superficial (表, biao) or deep (里, li), or a combination of both. In terms of the upper, middle, and lower jiao, it can be classified as the upper jiao (上焦, shang jiao), middle jiao (中焦, zhong jiao), and lower jiao (下焦, … Read more