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VICUS.COM (18 July 2000)
-- This table lists the eight TCM syndromes of stress and their
corresponding physiologic processes that guide all diagnoses in
Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Table 2. Syndromes
of distress: the eight guiding principles in the TCM diagnosis
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Principle |
Physiologic
process |
| Cold |
Retarded metabolic activity |
| Heat |
Accelerated metabolic activity |
| Deficiency |
Hypofunction or diminished
capacity of any organ or physiological process;
Decreased resistance to stress or infection |
| Excess |
Hyperfunction or obstruction of
any organ or physiological process;
Increased reactivity to stress or infection |
| Internal |
Affecting deeper layers of
tissue and levels of function of the visceral organs, brain,
spinal cord, bones, deep vessels and nerves, middle and inner
ears, lining of body cavities and internal reproductive organs
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| External |
Affecting the superficial
layers of tissues and levels of function including the skin,
hair, nails, peripheral vessels and nerves, muscles, tendons,
ligaments, joints, eyes, external ears, nose, mouth, teeth,
breasts, anus and external genital organs
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| Yin |
Cold, deficient and internal
syndromes:
This category summarizes the fundamental or composite nature
of a disease process that includes cold, deficient and
internal syndromes
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| Yang |
Heat, excess and external
syndromes:
This category summarizes the fundamental or composite nature
of a disease process that includes heat and excess
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John
Russo Jr., Pharm.D, is senior
vice president of medical communications at Vicus.com. He is a
pharmacist and medical writer with more than 20 years of experience in
medical education.
Source: Susan Push, R.N.,
M.P.H., L.Ac., is a specialist in
acupuncture and
visualization. She maintains the Life Cycles Acupuncture Center in
Parkville, Md., and is an education specialist at Franklin Square
Hospital in Baltimore, Md. (Table reproduced with permission.)
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