Febrile Disease and Cold-induced Disease according to Shang Han Lun.

 ✵Febrile disease and cold-induced disease, or heat diseases of the six channels, with entries from the book Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases) are introduced with its outlines and explanations.

 The main content is as follows: brief introduction, Warm disease (Wēn Bìng), Summer-heat affliction (Shāng Shǔ), Febrile disease (Rè Bìng), Dampness disease (Shī Bìng), Dryness disease (Shāng Zào), Wind affection (Shāng Fēng), Cold disease (Hán Bìng), Taiyang disease (Greater Yang syndrome), Yangming disease (Yangming Syndromes), Shaoyang disease (Lesser Yang Syndrome), Taiyin disease (Greater Yin Syndrome), Shaoyin disease (Shaoyin Syndrome), Jueyin Disease (Reverting Yin Syndrome), etc.

• Febrile Disease and Cold-induced Disease according to Shang Han Lun.
• Miscellaneous Internal Disease according to Jin Kui Yao Lue.
• Yin Syndromes.
• Syndromes of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
• Common Internal Syndromes.
• Gynecology Syndromes (Women's Syndromes).
• Introduction of Prominent Ancient Herbalists.
• Introduction of Well-Known Ancient Works.
• Introduction of Four Seasons and Twenty Four Solar Terms.
• Introduction of TCM Diagnostics:Diagnostic Methods.
• Introduction of TCM Diagnostics:Syndrome Differentiation.
• Introduction of TCM Therapeutics.
• TCM Herbalism:Herbs and Classifications.
• Fundamental Theories:Essence Qi,Yin Yang,Five-Elements,Correspondence.
• Introduction of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.

Brief Introduction

  A brief introduction to the diseases from Shang Han Za Bing Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced and Miscellaneous Diseases) by herbalist Zhāng Zhòngjǐng.

Warm disease (Wēn Bìng)

  Warm disease: it is also known as seasonal febrile disease, an acute externally contracted febrile disease caused by warm pathogens, and it is clinically manifested chiefly as fever.

Summer-heat affliction (Shāng Shǔ)

  Summer-heat affliction: a general term for various conditions caused by summer-heat, especially for mild cases of heatstroke and sunstroke.

Febrile disease (Rè Bìng)

  Febrile disease: (1).A disease due to exogenous pathogenic factors with fever as its main manifestation; (2).One of the cold-induced diseases; (3).A febrile disease caused by summer heat.

Dampness disease (Shī Bìng)

  Dampness disease:any disease caused by dampness, usually with symptoms such as distending pain and swelling of joints, heaviness sensation of the body, watery diarrhea, or edema.

Dryness disease (Shāng Zào)

  Dryness disease: also known as dryness-induced disease, it is any disease caused by a dryness pathogen. It is usually characterised by symptoms such as fever with dry throat, dry cough, dry skin, and other symptoms of dryness.

Wind affection (Shāng Fēng)

  Wind affection:(1).Syndrome of Taiyang meridian affected by wind;(2).Common cold.

Cold disease (Hán Bìng)

  Cold disease, also known as cold-induced disease, is a general term for various externally contracted febrile diseases. Sometimes, however, the term is used only for cold affection, a condition caused by cold and manifested by chills and fever, an absence of sweating, headache, a floating and tense pulse.

Taiyang disease (Greater Yang syndrome)

  Taiyang disease (Greater Yang syndrome): a disease (or syndrome) characterised by an attack of pathogenic wind-cold to the body surface and struggle between the normal and pathogenic factors at the exterior portion of the body.

Yangming disease (Yangming Syndromes)

  Yangming disease (Yangming Syndromes): Syndrome characterised by exuberant yang and dryness-heat in the stomach and intestines, which occurs in the course of cold-induced febrile disease.

Shaoyang disease (Lesser Yang Syndrome)

  Shaoyang disease (Lesser Yang Syndrome):a disease or syndrome in which the pathogenic heat exists between the exterior and interior of the body. It is characterised by alternate fever and chills, fullness and choking feeling in the chest and hypochondriac region, a dry throat, and a taut pulse.

Taiyin disease (Greater Yin Syndrome)

  Taiyin disease (Greater Yin Syndrome):a disease or syndrome characterised by the decline of spleen yang, resulting in the production of cold-damp in the interior, and it is manifested by symptoms such as abdominal fullness and sometimes abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, anorexia, and a sunken and relaxed or weak pulse.

Shaoyin disease (Shaoyin Syndrome)

  Shao Yin disease (Shaoyin Syndrome):a syndrome occurring at the late stage of a cold-induced disease, characterised by a general decline of Yin and Yang.

Jueyin Disease (Reverting Yin Syndrome)

  Jue Yin Disease (Reverting Yin Syndrome): A syndrome of the six meridians that occurs in the late stage of a cold-induced disease. It is characterised by the interweaving of cold and heat, or yin and yang, manifested by fever or a burning sensation in the epigastrium with cold limbs, hunger but no desire to eat.

 Edit date:April 7th, 2024