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External Causes of Disease

Health is…

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External Causes of Disease

Health is a balance between the body and the environment, and within the body between the organs, substances, etc.

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External Causes of Disease

Disease is…

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External Causes of Disease

Disease is imbalance

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Three Causes of Disease; Etiology

External Causes of Disease:

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Three Causes of Disease; Etiology

External Causes of Disease: the six qi assail the body from outside

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Three Causes of Disease; Etiology

Internal Causes of Disease:

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Three Causes of Disease; Etiology

Internal Causes of Disease: the seven emotions can cause illness from the inside

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Three Causes of Disease; Etiology

Neither Internal Nor External (Neutral):

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Three Causes of Disease; Etiology

Neither Internal Nor External (Neutral): Lifestyle, trauma, etc.

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External Causes of Disease

The six qi (name):

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External Causes of Disease

The six qi (name): 
Wind
Cold
Dryness
Dampness
Summerheat
Fire

These are weather or climates, also related to the seasons

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – wind:

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – wind:
Spring, wood

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – summerheat or fire:

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – summerheat or fire:
Summer, fire

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – dampness:

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – dampness:
Late summer, earth

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – dryness:

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – dryness:
Autumn, metal

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – coldness:

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External Causes of Disease

Seasons – coldness:
Winter, water

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External Causes of Disease

The body has normal physiological changes through the four seasons…

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External Causes of Disease

The body has normal physiological changes through the four seasons, and adapts to climate and weather

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External Causes of Disease

There is no disease if the weather…

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External Causes of Disease

There is no disease if the weather is of normal strength an the body is strong

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External Causes of Disease

If the weather is extreme or unreasonable…

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External Causes of Disease

If the weather is extreme or unreasonable, or if the body is weak, the six qi can cause disease

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External Causes of Disease

When the six qi cause disease by being untimely or excessive…

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External Causes of Disease

When the six qi cause disease by being untimely or excessive, they are called evils or evil qi

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External Causes of Disease

The six qi invade the body from the environment…

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External Causes of Disease

The six qi invade the body from the environment through the defensive exterior

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External Causes of Disease

External invasion is always…

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External Causes of Disease

External invasion is always excess

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External Causes of Disease

External invasion can be complicated by…

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External Causes of Disease

External invasion can be complicated by deficiency (of right qi)

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External Causes of Disease

An evil can combine…

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External Causes of Disease

An evil can combine with other evils or transform (most often into heat) within the body

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Wind; Feng

Associated with:

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Wind; Feng

Associated with:
Spring, wood, liver

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Wind; Feng

Yin or Yang Evil

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Wind; Feng

Yang Evil

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Wind; Feng

Damages:

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Wind; Feng

Damages: yin and blood

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Wind; Feng

Invades:

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Wind; Feng

Invades:
After sweating (when the pores are open)
While sleeping (when defense qi goes inward)
In deficiency of defense
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Wind; Feng

Wind disease characteristics:

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Wind; Feng

Wind disease characteristics:
Comes and goes quickly
Changes rapidly
Moves swiftly
Intermittent
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Wind; Feng Affected areas of the body (typical):
Wind; Feng Affected areas of the body (typical): Upper parts of the body (head, neck, chest) Surface of body (skin and defensive exterior)
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Wind; Feng Constant Movement or Inappropriate Lack of Movement Constant Movement:
Wind; Feng Constant Movement or Inappropriate Lack of Movement Constant Movement: dizziness, vertigo, convulsions, tremors, spasms, tingling, numbness (internal wind)
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Wind; Feng Constant Movement or Inappropriate Lack of Movement Non-Movement:
Wind; Feng Constant Movement or Inappropriate Lack of Movement Non-Movement: rigidity, paralysis, stiffness, etc.
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Wind; Feng When exterior wind invades: through the skin...
Wind; Feng When exterior wind invades: through the skin, it interferes with defense qi and "pores". This causes abnormalities in sweating
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Wind; Feng When exterior wind invades: it causes...
Wind; Feng When exterior wind invades: it causes aversion to wind or cold, fever or a feeling of heat, sneezing, cough, runny nose, stiff neck, headache, itchy throat, floating pulse
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Wind; Feng When exterior wind invades-- treatment principle:
Wind; Feng When exterior wind invades-- treatment principle: release wind from the exterior (release the exterior)
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Wind; Feng When exterior wind invades the channels-- symptoms:
Wind; Feng When exterior wind invades the channels-- symptoms: Facial Paralysis Joint stiffness and pain that wanders; bi-pattern (bi-obstruct
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Wind; Feng Interior wind is always due to...
Wind; Feng Interior wind is always due to the liver
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Wind; Feng Interior wind-- symptoms:
Wind; Feng Interior wind-- symptoms: Convulsions Wind-stroke, etc.
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Wind; Feng Interior wind-- treatment principle:
Wind; Feng Interior wind-- treatment principle: Pacify or subdue the wind
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Cold; Han Associated with:
Cold; Han Associated with: Winter Water Kidneys
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Cold; Han Yin or Yang Evil:
Cold; Han Yin Evil
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Cold; Han Damages:
Cold; Han Damages: Yang qi
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Cold; Han Manifests with...
Cold; Han Manifests with low temperatures
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Cold; Han When cold manifests: it causes...
Cold; Han When cold manifests: it causes the patient to feel cold in various areas, has an aversion to cold. feels better with heat, likes to eat or drink hot foods
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Cold; Han When cold manifests -- symptoms:
Cold; Han When cold manifests -- symptoms: no thirst, pale.
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Cold; Han Cold slows down activity:
Cold; Han Cold slows down activity: functions decline and slow down like a river freezing over
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Cold; Han Fluids are not transformed due to slow function and lack of warmth...
Cold; Han Fluids are not transformed due to slow function and lack of warmth, so cold diseases have watery fluids and a slow pulse
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Cold; Han Cold congeals, stagnates, and contracts:
Cold; Han Cold congeals, stagnates, and contracts: the "pores", sinews, and channels are obstructed; it obstructs circulation of qi and blood.
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Cold; Han Cold congeals, stagnates, and contracts (physical effect):
Cold; Han Cold congeals, stagnates, and contracts (physical effect): Severe pain, spasms, no sweating, stiffness Heat disperses and removes the blockage
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Cold; Han Internal cold (cause):
Cold; Han Internal cold (cause): due to excess or yang deficiency
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Cold; Han Internal excess cold (cause):
Cold; Han Internal excess cold (cause): external cold that goes deeper or too much cold food. It consumes yang and eventually becomes deficiency cold
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Cold; Han Internal excess cold (treatment):
Cold; Han Internal excess cold (treatment): warm what is cold (and fortify yang if necessary)
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Dampness; Shi Associated with:
Dampness; Shi Associated with: late summer, spleen
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Dampness; Shi Yin or Yang Evil:
Dampness; Shi Yin Evil
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Dampness; Shi Impairs:
Dampness; Shi Impairs: Yang
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Dampness; Shi Causes of dampness:
Dampness; Shi Causes of dampness: damp weather, humidity, rain, damp environments, wet clothes, wading in water, working in damp places, sitting on damp ground, etc.
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Dampness; Shi Causes of dampness (additional):
Dampness; Shi Causes of dampness (additional): eating cold, damp, or raw foods
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Dampness; Shi Dampness (characteristics):
Dampness; Shi Dampness (characteristics): heavy and downward moving. Also turbid, sticky, think, clammy, dirty. Causes persistent diseases, prolonged and difficult to cure, often chronic or in a fixed location.
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Dampness; Shi Affected areas of the body (typical):
Dampness; Shi Affected areas of the body (typical): Lower body such as the legs and the triple burner
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Dampness; Shi Dampness obstructs qi circulation:
Dampness; Shi Dampness obstructs qi circulation: stagnation, feeling of fullness or heaviness, swelling
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Dampness; Shi Exterior Dampness:
Dampness; Shi Exterior Dampness: aching of the whole body, possibly acute, digestive upset.
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Dampness; Shi Dampness in the channels and joints:
Dampness; Shi Dampness in the channels and joints: dull ache, swelling, lingering pain, fixed location
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Dampness; Shi Interior dampness:
Dampness; Shi Interior dampness: spleen deficiency leading to poor transportation and transformation. Fluids accumulate and become dampness, and digestion is disturbed
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Dampness; Shi Interior dampness (treatment):
Dampness; Shi Interior dampness (treatment): transform or drain dampness
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Dryness; Zao Associated with:
Dryness; Zao Associated with: autumn, metal, lungs
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Dryness; Zao Yin or Yang Evil
Dryness; Zao Yang Evil
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Dryness; Zao Damages:
Dryness; Zao Damages: Yin and blood
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Dryness; Zao Caused by:
Dryness; Zao Caused by: dry weather, dry centrally-heated buildings, too much sweating or urination, etc. Also, impropoer use of drying herbs
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Dryness; Zao Affects on the body:
Dryness; Zao Affects on the body: dry nose, throat, lips, and mouth; chapped skin, constipation, dry cough. Dryness consumes fluids, including blood and yin
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Dryness; Zao Treatment:
Dryness; Zao Treatment: moisten dryness
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Fire; Huo Associated with:
Fire; Huo Associated with: fire, summer, heart Sometimes called heat
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Fire; Huo Yin or Yang Evil
Fire; Huo Yang Evil
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Fire; Huo Damages:
Fire; Huo Damages: Yin and blood
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Fire; Huo Characteristics:
Fire; Huo Characteristics: fever, thirst, burning pain. Want for cold food, drinks, aversion to heat, redness, rapid pulse. Rapid changes
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Fire; Huo Affected areas of the body (typical):
Fire; Huo Affected areas of the body (typical): mouth and tongue ulcers, headache, red eyes, delirium, agitation, restlessness, insomnia, mania Fire moves upward and also disturbs spirit
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Fire; Huo Fire can stir up internal wind:
Fire; Huo Fire can stir up internal wind: fire and extreme heat easily engender wind, dimming consciousness. often resulting in high fever, coma, and convulsions
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Fire; Huo Fire can disturb the blood:
Fire; Huo Fire can disturb the blood: heat can boil the blood and make it leave the vessels. This can cause bleeding and/or skin diseases.
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Toxins -- not one of the six qi Diseases with toxins are often hard to treat:
Toxins -- not one of the six qi Diseases with toxins are often hard to treat: Toxins are fierce and strong, virulent and serious Symptoms may be extreme; they easily harm the organs and become life threatening
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Toxins -- not one of the six qi Physical changes:
Toxins -- not one of the six qi Physical changes: related to blood stasis, dampness, and phlegm- they can cause it or be caused by it. Includes changes such as pus.
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Toxins -- not one of the six qi Description:
Toxins -- not one of the six qi Description: Any substance that is harmful to the body when eaten or entering the body through the skin or a wound Any virulent evil qi associated with epidemics Evil qi that causes painful reddening, swelling, suppuration, or weeping discharge Certain external conditions of rashes or sores
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Fire; Huo Caused by:
Fire; Huo Caused by: can be fro the environment or any other evils that tend to transform to heat or fire in the body Internal heat can be from excess or from yin deficiency
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Summerheat; Shu Description:
Summerheat; Shu Description: extreme heat, high fever, aversion to heat, restlessness, thirst, profuse sweating, but absence of sweating later, surging rapid pulse, red tongue
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Summerheat; Shu Affected areas of the body:
Summerheat; Shu Affected areas of the body (typical): generally affects the head, resulting in dizziness, blurred vision, headache Summerheat has upward movement; summerheat's nature is upbearing and scattering
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Summerheat; Shu Summerheat consumes body fluids and damages qi:
Summerheat; Shu Summerheat consumes body fluids and damages qi: excessive sweating, thirst, dry mouth and tongue, scant dark urine, lassitude
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Summerheat; Shu Severe summerheat (physical affects):
Summerheat; Shu Severe summerheat (physical affects): sunstroke, sudden collapse, coma, disturbed consciousness, delirium, slurred speech (even death)
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Summerheat; Shu Summerheat Frequently combines with...
Summerheat; Shu Summerheat Frequently combines with dampness: dizziness, feeling of suffocation, nausea, loose stools, lassitude, soggy pulse, thick slimy tongue coat
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Summerheat; Shu Treatment:
Summerheat; Shu Treatment: clear summerheat (and transform dampness if necessary)
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Root and Branch; Ben and Biao In treating a disease...
Root and Branch; Ben and Biao In treating a disease first determine branch and root. When acute, treat the branch. When chronic, threat the root. Roots are mostly underground and invisible; the branches are above ground and visible
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Root and Branch; Ben and Biao Right Qi and Evil Qi:
Root and Branch; Ben and Biao Right Qi and Evil Qi: The root is the strength of the righ qi and the branch is an invasion of the evil qi
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Root and Branch; Ben and Biao Pattern and Symptom:
Root and Branch; Ben and Biao Pattern and Symptom: the root is the cause or pattern and the branches are the symptoms The earlier disease is the root; later progression is the branch
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Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng Four Examinations:
Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng ``` Four Examinations: Looking Asking Listening Smelling ```
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Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng Disease (definition):
Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng Disease (definition): a specific set of signs and symptoms. A morbid condition that is characterized by a similar set of symptoms and a similar course in all that it affects.
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Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng Symptom (definition):
Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng Symptom (definition): something the patient reports (i.e. feeling of heat, thirst, impotence, etc.)
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Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng Sign (definition):
Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng Sign (definition): something the doctor can observe (i.e. pulse, complexion, tongue etc.)
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Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng Pattern (definition):
Pattern Identification; Bian Zheng Pattern (definition): the underlying mechanism causing a set of signs or symptoms Signs and symptoms are examined as a unity, not one by one

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