The Relative Power of Anti-Pathogens and Pathogens
A change in the relative power of anti-pathogens and pathogens may affect disease properties (excess or deficiency) or disease development (alleviation or aggre...
A change in the relative power of anti-pathogens and pathogens may affect disease properties (excess or deficiency) or disease development (alleviation or aggre...
(1)Different constitutions are vulnerable to different diseases. For example, those with superabundant Yang and deficient Yin will be vulnerable to wind and hea...
Constitutions are classified according to the Yin–Yang theory, the five elements theory, Qi, blood, body fluid, and viscera. The more common classifications fol...
The constitution is formed before birth and can be improved in life. It is stable but can undergo gradual changes over time. It reveals the condition of interna...
Insufficient healthy Qi is the basis for disease. Pathogens trigger the occurrence of disease. Different pathogens cause different pathological changes, dependi...
TCM defines a healthy person as one whose Yin and Yang are balanced. Such a balance exists in the person’s viscera, meridians, Qi, Blood, body fluid, and betwee...
Disease characteristics induced by stagnated Blood are: • Sharp, fixed pain that worsens with pressure or day’s end. Vague, lingering pain occurs if stagnation ...
Stagnated Blood has many origins, including: 1 Blood’s retention in its vessels, caused by condensation of Cold following the invasion of one of the six externa...
Blood stasis, a pathogenic process of disordered Blood flow, produces Stagnated Blood, a pathogenic product. Normally, Blood’s constant flow is driven by Heart-...
The characteristics of Phlegm and Rheum in inducing diseases are as follows: • Inhibited Qi and Blood in meridians and blood vessels is caused as Phlegm and Rhe...