The Causality Research between Syndrome Elements by Attribute Topology

Table 11

The causality between the syndrome elements in male group.

Cause of syndrome elements	Effect of syndrome elements
Fire-heat, Dryness	Liver
Summer heat, Stirring blood	Blood deficiency
Qi counterflow, Insecurity of Qi	Qi deficiency
Half-exterior half-interior, Yang floating, Dampness, Summer heat, Qi sinking, Water retention, Heart spirit, Heart, Small intestine	Spleen
Food accumulation	Dampness
Phlegm, Dryness, Fluid depletion	External wind
Exterior, Lung	Liver
Summer heat, Blood heat	Yin deficiency
Summer heat, Qi counterflow	Fire-heat
Yang deficiency, Dryness, Essence deficiency, Qi sinking, Insecurity of Qi, Fluid depletion, Heart spirit, Small intestine, Large intestine, Bladder, Skin	Yang hyperactivity
Half-exterior half-interior, Uterus	Heart spirit
Yang deficiency, Yang floating, Dryness, Qi sinking, Insecurity of Qi, Retained fluid, Lung, Kidney, Bladder, Skin	Essence deficiency
Dryness, Fluid depletion, Bladder, Skin	Qi sinking
Yang floating, Gallbladder, Uterus	Yang deficiency
Skin	Fluid depletion
Qi counterflow, Insecurity of Qi, Lung	Dryness
Stirring wind, Insecurity of Qi, Lung	Kidney
Yang floating	Gallbladder
Bladder	Half-exterior half-interior
Food accumulation, Uterus	Small intestine
Cold, Blood cold, Uterus, Spleen	Lung
Meridian–collateral, Sinew and bone	Cold
Retained fluid	Qi counterflow
Insecurity of Qi, Bladder	Sinew and bone
Yang floating	Bladder
Stirring wind	Yang floating
Insecurity of Qi	Stirring wind
Blood cold, Meridian–collateral	Insecurity of Qi
Chest and diaphragm	Uterus