Pattern Classification in Kampo Medicine

Table 1

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.