Combinations of deficiency-excess and cold-heat patterns.
Components
Cold
Heat
Between cold and heat
Tangled cold and heat
Deficiency
Cold, deficiency
Heat, deficiency
Between cold and heat, deficiency
Tangled cold and heat, deficiency
Excess
Cold, excess
Heat, excess
Between cold and heat, excess
Tangled cold and heat, excess
Between deficiency and excess
Cold, between deficiency and excess
Heat, between deficiency and excess
Between cold and heat, between deficiency and excess
Tangled cold and heat, between deficiency and excess
Regardless of acute or chronic health conditions, all patients are classified into 1 of these 12 combinations. Very limited combinations are used for acute diseases. Between deficiency and excess; neutral in “deficiency and excess”; between cold and heat; neutral in “cold and heat”; tangled cold and heat; mixture “cold and heat,” for example, cold foot and hot flush on face.