FOUR LEVELS (ASPECTS) OF DISEASE

Question 1

Warm Disease School

Answer 1

1) Wen Bing Xue

2) Started in the late 1600s and early 1700s Qing and Ming Dynasty

Question 2

Books for Warm Disease School

Answer 2

• On Warm Heat (Wen Re Lun)
• Systemized Identification of Warm Disease (Wen Bing Tiao Bian)
• Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun) vs. Warm Disease (Wen Bing)
• Wen Bing Xue (school) developed out of the Cold Damage school.

Question 3

Principle Signs of Four Aspect Pattern Diagnosis:

Answer 3

• Early stages show Wind Heat disease
• Fever
• Infectious diseases
• Disease is said to enter through the mouth
• Pathogen must be strong
• Exterior Wind heat can easily penetrate to the interior
• Interior heat has a tendency to dry up fluid

Question 4

What are the Four Aspect Pattern Diagnosis?

Answer 4

Wei/Defense level disease: release exterior
Qi level disease: clear heat, generate fluids
Ying level disease: outthrust heat to Qi level
Xue/Blood level disease: cool blood, stop bleeding