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Diseases are caused when the balance in nature is disrupted.
To cure the disease, the opposite force is applied to restore balance.
The symptoms are caused by the 6 influences (wind, heat, damp, fire, dryness, and cold).
Different herbs and formulas used to treat different diseases.
King herbs, ministerial herbs, and assistant herbs
Depending on who ruled, people had certain sickness
- Wind = distress on spleen and stomach
- Heat = problems in lungs and large intestines
- Damp = trouble in kidneys and bladder
- Fire = distress in lungs and large intestines
- Dryness = illnesses of the liver and gallbladder
- Cold = distress of the heat and small intestines
Secondary ruling that affected people’s diseases
- Wind = Shivers from chills, chest tightness, discomfort of ribs, bulimia
- Heat = fever, skin neuralgia, chest and abdominal discomfort and paint
- Damp = water retention, deafness, headache, blurry vision
- Fire = abdominal pain, and blood in the stools and wine
- Dryness = chest and rib pain
- Cold = pain lower abdomen, chest pain, sore throat
Just treat the illness with its opposite (i.e. bitter/sweet).
Mild conditions require a small formula with light flavored herbs.
Acute and severe conditions require a large formula with thick – flavored herbs
3 category herbs
- First category called superior, or immortal because of lack of side effects and strengthening qualities
- Medium or medicinal used for rectifying imbalance
- Inferior or radical herbs because it’s strong and not without side effects. Sometimes toxic
Myriad things of the universe have an intimate relationship with one another.
Balance of 3 yang channels in Qi (Ying Yang) is important. When imbalanced, it causes diseases and illnesses by
the invasion of pathogens.
Pathogens are bacteria or viruses that enter the body and causes diseases and illnesses.
When the kidney is impaired or has a disease, it causes others diseases that cause pain in other bodies.
Physicians based their treatment on careful observation and diagnosis.
Spleen controls the blood vessel and if impaired, then it causes weakness in the limbs.
Diseased lungs cause disturbances to the qi of the spleen and stomach, resulting in the flight of the essence from
all the viscera.
5 failing of physicians occurs in:
- diagnosis
- treatment
- lack of deductive reasoning
- counseling
- Inept and careless administering medical care.
The pulse can tell a lot about the human body – whether healthy or not.
The color complexions can the health of a person.