Consumptive Thirst:Wasting Thirst, an introduction about its pathogenic reasons and etiology, syndrome differentiation and syndromes.
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Consumptive Thirst (Wasting Thirst).
✵Consumptive Thirst (Wasting Thirst): the consumptive thirst is also known as wasting thirst or Xiāo Kě, its main symptoms are frequent drinking and urination.
The consumptive thirst or wasting thirst, is mainly due to eating and drinking without temperance, addiction to alcohol, consumption, and intemperate sex activity, etc.
The ancient classical works Nei Jing (the Internal Canon) recorded that "the accumulation of pathogen in two Yang, is known as Xiāo.", according to Nei Jing (the Internal Canon), the syndrome Xiāo Kě is a syndrome mainly caused by accumulation in Two Yang.
The consumptive thirst or wasting thirst, is normally classified into 3 major types according to its major location. Namely, Shàng Xiāo (upper wasting-thirst), Zhōng Xiāo (middle wasting-thirst), Xià Xiāo (lower wasting-thirst).
Shàng Xiāo, upper wasting-thirst, or upper diabetes: diabetes characterized by polydipsia, also known as Fèi Xiāo (lung diabetes).
Zhōng Xiāo, middle wasting-thirst, or middle diabetes: diabetes characterized by polyphagia, emaciation, and constipation, also known as stomach diabetes or spleen diabetes.
Xià Xiāo, lower wasting-thirst, or lower diabetes: diabetes characterized by polyuria with thick suspension in the urine, also known as kidney diabetes.
Except for the three major types of Xiāo Kě, there are various syndromes belongs to the upper, the middle, and the lower, they are known as syndromes of the Shàng Xiāo type, syndromes of the Zhōng Xiāo type, and syndromes of the Xià Xiāo type, etc.
Those syndromes related to Xiāo Kě, and incurable syndromes of Xiāo Kě, these syndromes are also introduced.
Shàng Xiāo, Upper wasting-thirst, or Upper diabetes.
Shàng Xiāo, upper wasting-thirst, or upper diabetes: diabetes characterized by polydipsia, also called Fèi Xiāo (lung diabetes).
According to ancient TCM works, the syndrome Shàng Xiāo (Upper wasting-thirst, or Upper diabetes) is observed with main symptoms: drink much water and much urination, is known as Xiāo Kě, other symptoms are including tongue has red fissurings (red cracks), throat has burning sensation (burning heat in pharynx), often has great thirst (excessive thirsty) and wants to drink water, excessive, day and night.
The main pathogenic reasons of the syndrome Shàng Xiāo (Upper wasting-thirst, or Upper diabetes), according to ancient TCM works, are known including: excessive heat or excessive fire in lung viscus, or heat in the upper-energizer, or heart fire hurting the lung with its heat.
Zhōng Xiāo, Middle wasting-thirst, or Middle diabetes.
Zhōng Xiāo, middle wasting-thirst, or middle diabetes: diabetes characterized by polyphagia, emaciation, and constipation, also called stomach diabetes or spleen diabetes, it is also known as Xiāo Zhōng.
According to ancient TCM works, the syndrome Zhōng Xiāo (Middle wasting-thirst, or Middle diabetes) is observed with main symptoms: much drink and diet (take much food, drink much water), frequent urination, and athrepsy (wasting), is also known as Xiāo Zhōng, other symptoms are including much diet and easily turning hungry, dryness in muscles and flesh, dry mouth (thirst) and drink much water, excrement is hard (stool is hard), urine is similar to slop from rinsing rice (similar to swilling).
The main pathogenic reasons of the syndrome Zhōng Xiāo (Middle wasting-thirst, or Middle diabetes), according to ancient TCM works, are known including: excessive fire in the spleen, or latent yang steaming the stomach.
Xià Xiāo, Lower wasting-thirst, or Lower diabetes.
Xià Xiāo, lower wasting-thirst, or lower diabetes: diabetes characterized by polyuria with thick suspension in the urine, also called kidney diabetes, it is also known as Shèn Xiāo.
According to ancient TCM works, the syndrome Xià Xiāo (lower wasting-thirst, or lower diabetes) is observed with main symptoms: thirst and drink water ceaselessly, legs are thin and lean, urine has fat liquor, is known as Xià Xiāo (also known as Shèn Xiāo), other symptoms are including dysphoria (fidget and irritation), drink water, auricle is parched, failing to control urination and defecation (easily incontinence of urine and defecation), or urine is similar to gum oil.
The main pathogenic reasons of the syndrome Xià Xiāo (lower wasting-thirst, or lower diabetes), according to ancient TCM works, are known including: Yin deficiency of the kidney, latent fire hiding in the lower energizer.
Syndromes of the Shàng Xiāo type.
Except for the three major types of Xiāo Kě, there are various syndromes belongs to the upper, the middle, and the lower, they are known as syndromes of the Shàng Xiāo type, syndromes of the Zhōng Xiāo type, and syndromes of the Xià Xiāo type, etc.
According to ancient TCM works and practice of herbalists, the Syndromes of the Shàng Xiāo type (syndromes belong to the upper wasting-thirst, or upper diabetes) are mainly:
One suffers from polydipsia (excessive thirst) and could take diet (could take food);
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), fullness sensation in chest, vexation (perturbed), lassitude;
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), dry defecation (excrement is dry), glans penis turns short, tongue is white and dry, crack of mouth lips, eye irritation and blysopia;
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), swelling of the body (edema);
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), swelling of face and eyes, feet and knees, less urination;
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), dry throat, red face, irritation;
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), turns serious at night;
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), due to counterflowing upward of heart fire, polydipsia (excessive thirst) and drink much water, consumption of Qi and blood day by day;
One suffers from excessive heart fire, dry mouth, polydipsia (excessive thirst), urine is reddish, difficulty and pain in micturition (difficulty in urination);
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), frequent urination, blood vessels on the tongue, withering and thinning of the body;
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), dysphoria with smothery sensation in the upper energizer, develops to Gé Xiāo (Shàng Xiāo);
One suffers from Xiāo Kě (wasting-thirst, or diabetes), no appetite (cannot take diet);
A person of old age or deficiency suffers from great thirst;
Above, are some common syndromes of the Shàng Xiāo type (syndromes belong to the upper wasting-thirst, or upper diabetes).
Syndromes of the Zhōng Xiāo type.
According to ancient TCM works and practice of herbalists, the Syndromes of the Zhōng Xiāo type (syndromes belong to the middle wasting-thirst, or middle diabetes) are mainly:
One suffers from Zhōng Xiāo (Middle wasting-thirst, or Middle diabetes), take much diet and drink much (take much food and drink much water), not very thirst, frequent urination, muscle is lean and thin;
One suffers from polyorexia (digestion of food and easily feels hungry);
One could take diet, but physique is thin, dry mouth and spontaneous sweating, constipation and frequent urination;
One suffers from Xiāo Zhōng (Middle wasting-thirst, or Middle diabetes), and thin, constipation and difficult urination；
One suffers from Xiāo Zhōng (Middle wasting-thirst, or Middle diabetes) due to stomach heat;
One suffers from Xiāo Zhōng (Middle wasting-thirst, or Middle diabetes), dryness-heat in the middle energizer, muscle is lean and thin, excrement is hard (stool is hard), urination is frequent and yellow reddish;
One suffers from Xiāo Zhōng (Middle wasting-thirst, or Middle diabetes), legs and shanks gradually turning thin, will develops to Shèn Xiāo(lower wasting-thirst);
Consumptive thirst or wasting thirst, excess heat accumulated in stomach and intestines;
Excess heat in stomach viscus, drink the whole cup of water and often thirst;
Consumptive thirst, drink a lot of water up to 10 liters a day;
Consumptive thirst, due to addiction to alcohol and drink much alcohol every day, excess heat accumulates in stomach and spleen, heat in the body senses like burning, thirst all day, drink a lot of water, but could not quench thirst;
Consumptive thirst, due to improper diet, take fat meat and fine grains, or take abundant fish and meat often, excess heat in stomach and spleen, heat in the body senses like burning, thirst all day, drink a lot of water, but could not quench thirst;
Consumptive thirst, due to improper diet, take much salty food and cooked wheaten food, stick to tasty food with sour and salty taste, excess heat in stomach and spleen, often thirst, drink a lot of water but could not quench thirst;
Above, are some common syndromes of the Zhōng Xiāo type (syndromes belong to the middle wasting-thirst, or middle diabetes).
The various main reasons are from: eating and drinking without temperance, addiction to alcohol, its causes are including addict to wine and drink for long period, drinking alcoholic drink for a long period, drink alcohol every day or every meal, and do not control alcohol volume, take fat meat and fine grains with thick tastes, sour and salty, result heat accumulation in the triple energizer, deficiency heat accumulated, dryness in the five-Zang viscera, gradually turning thin and emaciation.
Syndromes of the Xià Xiāo type.
According to ancient TCM works and practice of herbalists, the Syndromes of the Xià Xiāo type (Shèn Xiāo, syndromes belong to the lower wasting-thirst, or lower diabetes) are mainly:
One suffers from Shèn Xiāo (Xià Xiāo, lower wasting-thirst), great thirst and drink water, the lower part is lean and thin, urine is similar to fat liquor;
One suffers from kidney deficiency, exhaustion of kidney water, thirst from dryness;
One suffers from Shèn Xiāo (Xià Xiāo, lower wasting-thirst), great thirst, frequent urination, pain in waist and knees;
One suffers from Shèn Xiāo (Xià Xiāo, lower wasting-thirst), turbid urine and similar to ointment (cream);
One suffers from Shèn Xiāo (Xià Xiāo, lower wasting-thirst), dry mouth and polydipsia (excessive thirst), two feet are withering and thin;
One suffers from kidney deficiency and Shèn Xiāo (Xià Xiāo, lower wasting-thirst), urination is very frequent;
One suffers from Shèn Xiāo (Xià Xiāo, lower wasting-thirst), penis is long and hard, spermatic fluid flows out spontaneously, this is solitary Yang without Yin, is the syndrome Qiáng Zhōng (Qiáng Zhōng, a syndrome in TCM, its main symptoms are persistent erection, spermatic fluid flows out itself), this is very difficult to treat, for its reasons, normally due to fonding of women, or take pills to aid desires, after a long period, the primordial Qi is exhausted and heat Qi turns flourishing, as a result, drink and diet is similar to soup in snow, skin and muscle turns lean and thin, urine is similar to ointment oil (cream), Yang is easily excited and easily leads to seminal emission;
Insufficiency of kidney Qi, consumptive thirst, much urine (urorrhagia), low back pain;
Deficiency heat of the lower energizer counterflow upward to the spleen and stomach, from the spleen to the lung, one easily feels thirst, and polyuria;
Thirst, polyuria, deficient heat, drink the whole cup of water yet but still could not quench thirst;
Yellow complexion (looks yellow), yellow in hands and feet, dry in pharynx (dryness in the throat), short of breath, pulse is like pearls, should eliminate heat and quench thirst;
Thirst, frequent urination, not gonorrhea;
Sweating a lot in summer days, thirst and drink a lot of water, dryness and deficiency in the kidney, thirst and less urine, sweating not much in winter days, much urine (urorrhagia) and frequent urination, this is the condition of consumptive thirst;
Not thirst, polyuria, urine a lot, gradually die of passing too much urine;
Urination is unstoppable, incontinence of urine (urinary incontinence), pass urine up to 10 liters, or urine color is red as blood;
Urination is unstoppable, incontinence of urine (aconuresis);
Consumptive thirst, strain and weak breath, lack in strength, frequent urination;
Consumptive thirst, too much urine, seminal emission (spermatorrhea);
Consumptive thirst, Yin pulse not come, regurgitation and vomit out food;
Consumptive thirst, deficiency heat after febrile disease, thirst, restless pain in limbs (restless pain in hands and feet, arms and legs);
Consumptive thirst, due to consumption or strain;
Consumptive thirst, deficient heat, emaciation and lean of limbs (thin and lean of arms and hands, legs and feet), thirst and heat could not be relieved;
Consumptive thirst, strain and taxation, bitterness and thirst in mouth, dysphoria with smother sensation in bones and joints or cold;
Consumptive thirst, five consumption and seven damages, muscle can not grow, morbid leukorrhea, cold and heat in hands and feet;
Consumptive thirst, deficient heat, polyuria and much urine (urorrhagia), thirst, pulse is faint and weak;
Above, are some common syndromes of the Shèn Xiāo (Xià Xiāo, syndromes belong to the lower wasting-thirst, or lower diabetes).
The various main reasons are from sexual strain or exhaustion due to sexual indulgence. Man and woman seek happiness in common life, it is one instinct of human being when getting adult age, and till age grows a little old, various disease affects, main symptoms are excess heat or deficiency heat, drink a lot of water and could not quench thirst, general low fever or feel heat all over body, frequent urination, etc.
Syndromes related to Xiāo Kě.
There are syndromes related to Xiāo Kě, Shí Yì, Jiǔ Kě (wasting thirst from addiction to wine), Chóng Kě (wasting thirst from parasites), Lèi Xiāo zhèng, these syndromes are introduced:
Shí Yì: the ancient works Nei Jing (the Internal Canon) recorded,"the large intestine removes heat to the stomach, good in diet but thin, it is known as Shí Yì. The stomach removes heat to the gall bladder, it is also known as Shí Yì." Shí Yì is a syndrome with similar symptoms to Xiāo Kě;
Jiǔ Kě: there is syndrome of Jiǔ Kě (wasting thirst from addiction to wine), due to addiction to alcohol drink, heat is accumulated in the interior, body fluid is dried and wither, polydipsia (excessive thirst) and drink much water, fond of cold things (cold diet and cold drink).
Chóng Kě: there is syndrome of Chóng Kě (wasting thirst from parasites), due to parasites stay in Zang and Fu-viscera, exhaust the body fluid, and develops to Xiāo Kě (wasting thirst), it is known as Chóng Kě (wasting thirst of parasite type).
Lèi Xiāo zhèng: there is a class of Xiāo syndrome, one is thirst and wants to drink water, but dislike after drinking one or two mouth of water, not as serious as ceaselessly drinking water of Xiāo Kě syndrome, it is due to deficiency and cold of the middle Qi, cold water-retention counterflowing upward, forced the free fire to throat and tongue, thus the upper wants to drink water for saving, when the water flows to the middle, meets the water retention, thus leads to dislike.
Incurable syndromes of Xiāo Kě.
Incurable syndromes of Xiāo Kě, these syndromes are introduced:
Incurable syndromes of Xiāo Kě: in cases of Xiāo Kě, one suffers from heat and fire for long days, Qi and blood stagnation. One could take diet, later it develops to nape carbuncle and carbuncle on the back; one can not take diet (cannot take food), later it develops to dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing food and drink), flatulence (tympanites). These are all syndromes of incurable type.
Incurable syndromes of Xiāo Kě with bad prognosis: those syndromes of Shàng Xiāo, Zhōng Xiāo, Xià Xiāo, normally its prognosis is not good, are introduced:
Shàng Xiāo, one suffers from great hyperactivity of heart fire, the lung is greatly hurt, drink one cup of water but urine two cups;
Zhōng Xiāo, the stomach Yang is prosperous, the spleen Yin is in failure, diarrhea and cold in limbs (cold in hands and arms, feet and legs), after taking diet but feel hungry;
Xià Xiāo, the kidney Yin is withering and exhausted, suffering from the pathogenic fire, spermatic fluid often flows out itself, and it is similar to oil and grease.
References:
1.Consumptive Thirst:Wasting Thirst, an introduction about its pathogenic reasons and etiology, syndrome differentiation and syndromes.
✵Traditional Chinese medicine has been used for thousands of years. Through thousands of years of practice, it has been proved that Chinese medicine is effective and feasible in treating diseases, preventing diseases and maintaining health. The treatment of diseases with traditional Chinese medicine has saved countless lives. The treatment of diseases in traditional Chinese medicine is macro and comprehensive.
