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Eight Principles

Four Examinations (list):

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Eight Principles

Four Examinations (list):
Looking
Feeling
Asking
Listening-smelling
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Eight Principles

Four Pairs (List):

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Eight Principles

Four Pairs (List):
Yin; Yang
Interior; Exterior
Deficiency; Excess
Cold; Heat
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Eight Principles

Use in clinic:

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Eight Principles

Use in clinic: eight patterns are not specific enough to be used alone clinically

Does not include organs, channels, evils, substances

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Exterior-interior

Skin:

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Exterior-interior

Skin: exterior

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Exterior-interior

Flesh:

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Exterior-interior

Flesh: exterior

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Exterior-interior

Yang organs:

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Exterior-interior

Yang organs: interior

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Exterior-interior

Yin organs:

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Exterior-interior

Yin organs: interior

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Interior

Means:

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Interior

Means: organs, bones, etc.

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Interior

Interior excess:

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Interior

Interior excess: means an evil is present

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Interior

Interior deficiency:

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Interior

Interior deficiency: means insufficient qi, blood, fluid, yin, yang (right qi)

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Interior

Interior patterns may include:

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Interior

Interior patterns may include:
Sensation of heat or heat conditions (fever) or sensation of cold or cold conditions (chills), but not both simultaneously

If fever and chills are simultaneous, it means it is an exterior pattern

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Interior Excess Heat
Yang Excess - Too Much Yang Heat

Treatment principle:

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Interior Excess Heat
Yang Excess - Too Much Yang Heat

Treatment principle: clear heat or drain

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Interior Excess Heat
Yang Excess - Too Much Yang Heat

Heat evils; possible symptoms of yang excess:

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Interior Excess Heat
Yang Excess - Too Much Yang Heat

Heat evils; possible symptoms of yang excess:
Feverish feeling, no chills
Sweating
Thirst
Full rapid pulse
Red face, red tongue with yellow coat
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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Yin deficiency is called:

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Yin deficiency is called:
Yin deficiency heat or
Deficiency heat

There is heat due to deficiency of yin

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Deficiency versus Excess

In excess, the symptoms…

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Deficiency versus Excess

In excess, the symptoms show all over the whole body because there is an overflow of one aspect

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Deficiency versus Excess

In deficiency, the symptoms…

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Deficiency versus Excess

In deficiency, the symptoms poke out in a few places but cannot show everywhere because it is due to a lack, not an overflow

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Possible symptoms of yin deficiency:

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Possible symptoms of yin deficiency:
Feeling of heat in the palms, soles, and chest
Dry mouth and throat, dark urine, dry stool
Afternoon fever, night sweating
Fine rapid pulse
Malar flush, red peeled tongue
Emaciation

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Treatment principle:

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Treatment principle:
Nourish yin and clear heat

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Interior Excess Cold
Yin Excess - Too Much Yin Cold

Cold evil; possible symptoms of yin excess:

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Interior Excess Cold
Yin Excess - Too Much Yin Cold

Cold evil; possible symptoms of yin excess:
Chilliness, cold limbs
No thirst, clear abundant urine
Desires warm drinks
Deep full tight pulse
Pale face, pale tongue with think coat
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Interior Excess Cold
Yin Excess - Too Much Yin Cold

Treatment principle:

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Interior Excess Cold
Yin Excess - Too Much Yin Cold

Treatment principle:
Dissipate cold evil and warm coldness

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Yang deficiency is called:

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Yang deficiency is called:
Yang deficiency cold or
Deficiency cold

There is cold due to deficiency of yang

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Possible symptoms of yang being insufficient:

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Possible symptoms of yang being insufficient:
Chilliness, cold limbs
No thirst
Listlessness
Spontaneous sweating, loose stools, clear abundant urine
Deep slow weak pulse
Dull-pale face, pale tongue, thin white coat

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Treatment Principle:

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Treatment Principle:
Fortify yang and warm coldness

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Exterior

Exterior (meaning):

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Exterior

Exterior (meaning):
the skin, flesh, channels, defense qi, sometimes the lungs as they manage the exterior

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Exterior

Most exterior of organs…

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Exterior

Most exterior of organs are the lungs as they manage the defense qi and skin

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Exterior

Most skin problems are…

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Exterior

Most skin problems are actually interior

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Exterior

Two types of exterior problems:

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Exterior

Two types of exterior problems:
External invasion
Channel problems

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Exterior

External Invasion (definition):

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Exterior

External Invasion (definition):
wind invades through the skin and pores and carries other evils with it
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Exterior

Channel Problems (definition):

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Exterior

Channel Problems (definition):
The channels are still quite exterior when compared to the organs
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External Invasion; Wind Attack

Symptoms:

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External Invasion; Wind Attack

Symptoms:
Acute onset, short duration
Simultaneous fever and chills
Floating pulse
the rest of the symptoms vary depending on cold or hot, excess alone, or excess and deficiency combined
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Simultaneous Fever and Chills

Chinese Term (for simultaneous fever and chills):

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Simultaneous Fever and Chills

Chinese Term (for simultaneous fever and chills):
Han Re (simply means heat and cold)
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Simultaneous Fever and Chills

Fever (why/what cause):

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Simultaneous Fever and Chills

Fever (why/what cause):
Fever comes from the defense qi fighting against the evil invader. The battle is hot

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Simultaneous Fever and Chills

Chills (why/what cause):

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Simultaneous Fever and Chills

Chills (why/what cause):
While defense is fighting the evil, it cannot take care of its other function of warming the surface. In addition, the patient feels vulnerable to attach, so he wants to stay covered up

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Floating Pulse

Floating Pulse (describe):

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Floating Pulse

Floating Pulse (describe):
In a floating pulse, all the qi moves to the surface of the pulse because in the body, the battle is happening on the surface (the exterior)
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External Invasion

Symptoms (general):

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External Invasion

Symptoms (general):
Sweating or not (no sweating in cold, sweating in heat or deficiency of defense)
The pulse (besides being floating, rapid means heat, tight means cold)
The severity of body aches (cold has more body aches than heat)

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External Invasion

Exterior Cold (symptoms):

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External Invasion

Exterior Cold (symptoms):
Slight fever, severe chills (cold is predominant)
No thirst
No sweating
Thin white tongue coat
Floating tight pulse
Headache, muscle aches
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External Invasion

Exterior Heat (symptoms):

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External Invasion

Exterior Heat (symptoms):
More fever, slight chills (heat is predominant)
Thirst
Thin yellow (or white) tongue coat
Floating, rapid pulse
Sore throat
Sweating
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External Invasion

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Exterior Excess (definition):
not combined with deficiency
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External Invasion

Exterior Excess (definition):
(not combined with deficiency)

Same as exterior cold or exterior heat

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External Invasion

Exterior Deficiency (types):

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External Invasion

Exterior Deficiency (types):
Deficiency of defense qi but no invasion at this time (pure deficiency)
Deficiency of defense qi with wind evils invading (combined deficiency of defense and excess of wind evils)
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External Invasion

Deficiency of defense qi but no invasion at this time (symptoms):

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External Invasion

Deficiency of defense qi but no invasion at this time (symptoms):
Easy to catch cold
Sweats easily even when cold

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External Invasion

Deficiency of defense qi with wind evils invading (symptoms):

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External Invasion

Deficiency of defense qi with wind evils invading (symptoms):
Slight or no fever
Aversion to wind
Slight body aches
Floating pulse, thin tongue coat
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Channel Problems

Bi-obstruction (definition):

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Channel Problems

Bi-obstruction (definition):
Obstruction of the flow of qi-blood in the channels and the joints by an evil, causing pain

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Channel Problems

Wind (symptoms):

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Channel Problems

Wind (symptoms):
Pain moves from place to place

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Channel Problems

Cold (symptoms):

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Channel Problems

Cold (symptoms):
Severe fixed pain, better with heat

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Channel Problems

Dampness (symptoms):

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Channel Problems

Dampness (symptoms):
Lingering, swelling, heaviness, ache

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Channel Problems

Heat (symptoms):

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Channel Problems

Heat (symptoms):
Swollen, hot, red

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Channel Problems

Fever and Chills:

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Channel Problems

Fever and Chills:
There are often no fever or chills because the evil bypasses the defense exterior of the body

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Deficiency

Deficiency (definition):

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Deficiency

Deficiency (definition):
Some aspect of the body –yin, yang, qi, blood, fluids, etc.– is weak.

There is no evil (unless it is a combined pattern)

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Deficiency

Deficiency (symptoms):

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Deficiency

Deficiency (symptoms):
Weakness, listlessness, curling up, quietness, weak breathing, weak pulse, chronic condition, dull lingering pain which is better with pressure, slight sweating

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Yang Deficiency

Yang Deficiency (symptoms):

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Yang Deficiency

Yang Deficiency (symptoms):
Symptoms of qi deficiency plus coldness and copious fluids
There is insufficient yang to warm and activate the body

Symptoms are worse in the daytime, especially the morning

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Yin Deficiency

Yin Deficiency (symptoms):

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Yin Deficiency

Yin Deficiency (symptoms):
There is insufficient yin to cool and nourish the body

Symptoms are worse in the afternoon, evening, or night

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Excess

Excess (symptoms):

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Excess

Excess (symptoms):
Acute conditions, strong pain worse with pressure. If the face is red, it is red all over; if sweating, it is profuse, course breathing, strong voice, thick tongue coat, strong pulse.
Yin evils damage yang; yang evils damage yin
The bodies right qi is still strong

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Heat-Cold
The Nature of Disease

Heat (definition):

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Heat-Cold
The Nature of Disease

Heat (definition):
Yang excess or yin deficiency

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Heat-Cold
The Nature of Disease

Cold (definition):

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Heat-Cold
The Nature of Disease

Cold (definition):
Yin excess or yang deficiency

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Heat-Cold

Affect on the body:

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Heat-Cold

Affect on the body:
A person can have both heat and cold at the same time, for example:
Cold on the interior and heat on the interior (or vice versa)
Heat above and cold below

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True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold

Describe:

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True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold

Describe:
Contradictory signs and symptoms in extreme conditions; contradictory symptoms arise because the weaker aspect has deserted to the exterior. Since it is on the exterior, it is visible

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True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold

Treatment Principle:

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True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold

Treatment Principle:
You should always treat what is true and avoid being misled by what is false

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True Cold-False Heat

True Cold-False Heat (definition):

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True Cold-False Heat

True Cold-False Heat (definition):
The interior is so cold that all the yang (heat) is pushed to the exterior

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True Heat-False Cold

True Heat-False Cold (definition):

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True Heat-False Cold

True Heat-False Cold (definition):
The interior is so hot that all the yin (cold) is pushed to the exterior

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True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold

How to diagnose:

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True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold

How to diagnose:
Careful examination, especially tongue and pulse are key.

This condition only happens in critical cases

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Straight Treatment and Paradoxical Treatment

Straight Treatment (definition):

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Straight Treatment and Paradoxical Treatment

Straight Treatment (definition):
The principle of treatment whereby the mature and pathomechanism are addressed directly
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Straight Treatment and Paradoxical Treatment

Paradoxical Treatment (definition):

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Straight Treatment and Paradoxical Treatment

Paradoxical Treatment (definition):
The non-routine principle of treating false signs with medicinals of the same nature
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Yin-Yang

Yin Patterns (describe):

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Yin-Yang

Yin Patterns (describe):
Pattern of disease has more yin than yang

Excess of yin
Deficiency of yang
A predominance of coldness, deficiency, or interior conditions

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Yin-Yang

Yang Patterns (describe):

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Yin-Yang

Yang Patterns (describe):
Pattern of disease has more yang than yin

Excess of yang
Deficiency of yin
A predominance of heat, excess, or exterior condition

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Yin-Yang

Collapse of Yin (definition):

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Yin-Yang

Collapse of Yin (definition):
An acute critical form of yin deficiency. Excessive yang pushes out the last remaining bit of yin, like a pot boiling dry.

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Yin-Yang

Collapse of Yin (symptoms):

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Yin-Yang

Collapse of Yin (symptoms):
Abundant perspiration
No loss of urine or stool
Hot skin, hot limbs
Floating deficient rapid pulse
Red peeled short dry tongue
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Yin-Yang

Collapse of Yang (definition):

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Yin-Yang

Collapse of Yang (definition):
An acute form of yang deficiency. Excessive yin pushes out the last remaining bit of yang, like rising flood waters carry away things in its pass

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Ying-Yang

Collapse of Yang (symptoms):

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Ying-Yang

Collapse of Yang (symptoms):
Chilliness, cold limbs
Weak breathing
Profuse, but cold sweating
No thirst, frequent profuse urination or incontinence, loose stool or incontinence
Minute deep pulse
Pale wet swollen tongue
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Yin-Yang

Collapse of Yin and Collapse of Yang and Death:

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Yin-Yang

Collapse of Yin and Collapse of Yang and Death:
Both of these conditions are getting close to separation of yin and yang

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Four Examinations (list):

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Four Examinations (list):
Asking
Looking
Feeling
Listening and smelling
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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Diagnosis (phrase/structure):

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Diagnosis (phrase/structure):
Eight principles plus organs and/or substances or evils, etc.

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Treatment Principle (describe):

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Treatment Principle (describe):
Statement that includes what steps must be taken to rectify the pattern
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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Treatment Principle and Diagnosis:

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Treatment Principle and Diagnosis:
Treatment almost always opposes the diagnosis. This is called, “straight treatment”

Unlike a “disease,” naming the pattern (diagnosis) implies what we must do to correct it, and therefore the treatment

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Steps to treatment (list):

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Steps to treatment (list):
Diagnosis
Treatment Principle
Treatment

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Determine the Treatment (key items):

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Determine the Treatment (key items):
We must take care of every part of the treatment principle, and cannoe have any action that is not part of the treatment principle

The herbal formula or point formula must treat all aspects. In addition, we should not include herbs or points that do other things

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Validity of Treatment:

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From Diagnosis to Treatment

Validity of Treatment:
The treatment tests the validity of the diagnosis. If correct, the patient will improve. Without proper pattern diagnosis, the treatment principle and therefore the treatment will be wrong

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TCM Methodology

TCM Methodology (list):

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TCM Methodology

TCM Methodology (list):
Four examinations
Pattern Identification (Chinese diagnosis)
Treatment Principle
Formulation of treatment plan
Periodic assessment of results
Modification of treatment plan as the patients condition changes

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