✵The Dryness-induced disease is any disease caused by Zào Xié (dryness pathogen, pathogenic dryness), usually with symptoms fever with a dry throat, dry cough, dry skin, and other symptoms of dryness.
✵Herbalist Zhang Zhongjing defined the Dryness-induced disease in about 6 syndromes. These syndromes are all defined in details by his famous works:
Dryness-induced disease (Shāng Zào).
[entry-01]. The affection of dryness, lungs are affected first, when the pathogen comes out then large intestines are affected, then transmits and spreads to five Zang-viscera, diseases are in different forms, treat separately, and according to pulse manifestations from channels and meridians.
[entry-02]. The disease of dryness (dryness syndrome), thirst, dry throat, panting (pant for breath), cough, thoracic fullness and chest pain (fullness sensation in chest and chest pain), spitting blood in severe conditions, the pulse is floating short and tense, this is the syndrome the Zào Xié (dryness pathogen, pathogenic dryness) affecting lungs... If the pathogen transmits to the large intestines, surely constipated (difficulty defecation), thirst, wants to drink hot water, the pulse is tense and large, in the lower, ...
[entry-03]. The disease of dryness (dryness syndrome), erosion of the mouth (rotten mouth), heat Qi counterflow (reverse flow upward of the heat Qi), thoracic pain (pain in the chest), the pulse is large and choppy, this is the syndrome that the Zào Xié (dryness pathogen, pathogenic dryness) subujgating the heart, ...
[entry-04]. The disease of dryness (dryness syndrome), red eye (hot eyes, conjunctival congestion), bitterness in mouth (bitter taste), dry throat, hypochondriac pain (pain below the costal region), the pulse is wiry and rapid, this is the syndrome that Zào Xié (dryness pathogen, pathogenic dryness) subujgating the liver, ...
[entry-05]. The disease of dryness (dryness syndrome), yellow appearance (facial complexion is yellowish), abdominal pain (pain in the abdomen) and unbearable to press down, constipated (difficult defecation), the pulse is rapid and slippery, this is the syndrome that Zào Xié (dryness pathogen, pathogenic dryness) subujgating the spleen, ...
[entry-06]. The disease of dryness (dryness syndrome), dry pharynx (dry throat), laryngalgia (laryngeal pain), acute pain of the lower abdomen (acute pain in lower abdomen), urine is reddish, the pulse is sunken and tense, this is the syndrome that Zào Xié (dryness pathogen, pathogenic dryness) subujgating kidneys, ...
References:
1.Dryness-induced disease:an introduction.
2.Shang Han Za Bing Lun:the Treatise on Cold-induced and Miscellaneous Diseases.By Zhāng Zhòngjǐng.
3.Shang Han Lun:the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases.By Wáng Shūhé.
4.Zhong Jing Quan Shu:the Complete Book of Zhongjing.By Zhào Kāiměi.
✵The Dryness-induced disease is any disease caused by Zào Xié (dryness pathogen, pathogenic dryness), usually with symptoms fever with a dry throat, dry cough, dry skin, and other symptoms of dryness.
