The Research On The Theory Of Cold In Chinese Medicine

The research on the Theory of cold in Chinese MedicineCold is an important concept in the basic theory of Chinese Medicine, and cold-syndrome is very common in clinic. This article focuses on the science classification of terms and basic theory about cold.It includes cold of Six Qi, the pathogenic factors of cold resulting in disease, cold of the main clinical manifestations and characteristics,the general method of cold in treating disease, and so on.Firstly, make a brief introduction about Chinese characters meaning of cold. The basic mening of Chinese characters about cold is the very low temperatures that the body do not feel comfortable. Secondly, make an assess of cold from Traditional Chinese Culture and in Chinese Medicine.Researches on the Theory of cold in Chinses Medicine includes eight factors as follows.1 "cold" of six climatic factorsCold is one of six climatic factors.It's basic concepts and theories is an important foundation not only in the etiology "cold" of TCM but also in the pathogenesis "cold" Northern produces cold is a spatial understanding of the formation of cold, while winter produces cold is a time understanding of the formation of cold. In the promotion and restriction role of the law of Five Elements, the wind, heat, wet, dry, fire of five climatic factors can be directly or indirectly into "cold", "the nature is the cold", "the transfer is contraction",cold and contraction are the main features of cold.2 "cold" of the constitutionThe constitution's "cold" is caused by the insufficient due to congenital or acquired endowments lost in the nursed back to and so on. inducing the body's yang qi deficiency, while exteriority cold, showing peaceful and restrain characterized physical state of yin excess with yang deficiency, also having so-called cold constitution, yin constitution. There will be further elaboration of the cause, physical characteristics and prone trends of the constitution's "cold" as follows. Moderate or partial fat, partial white complexion, pale tongue, fat tongue, smooth white fur, etc.; zang-fu organs features:slow movements, aversion cold but heat-loving, the cold of hand and foot, less sweating, cold and much more urine, deformed feces, etc.; personality psychology:introversion, indifference and so on.3 "cold"of the etiologyThe etiology's "cold" refers to the pathogenic evils with the cold, condensation, collection characteristics,specifically, the cause of the "cold", including "natural cold'", "food cold", "Home cold" and so on.The production of cold evil has the relationship with year and season, under the guidance of the five movements and six climatic factors theory to summary the time of cold evil.the cold evil easily occurs in the year of cold season or excess of water, transportation deficiency of fire, production of Tai Yang, dryness qi of Yang Ming. The "cold" of the etiology totally is negative, wounding yang qi, the disease with condensation, contraction, block features, with the cold and thin secretions and vomitus, commonly pain symptom. Easy to accumulate, often Hidden is the pathogenic characteristics of cold evil after wounding.4"cold" of the pathogenesisFrom "exogenous" and "internal injuries" to explain the formation and transformation of the pathogenesis of the "cold", focusing on the "cold" effect on the body, causing the dysfunction of the zang-fu organs and meridians, blood and body fluid imbalance mechanism.Includes exogenous pathogenesis. Inner injured mechanism, transformation of yin and yan. The cold caused by exogenous, resulting the destruction of yin and yang growth and decline dynamic balance, in the development of the disease process, excess Yin cold, performing functional activities for the impairment or loss, less heat, slow metabolism, the cumulative product of pathological metabolic in the pathological state.5 "cold" SyndromeIt means the constitution with yang deficiency, the pathological state with cold formation, warming, gasification dysfunction, heat deficiency, low body reaction. This is the disease of yin and yang imbalance under certain conditions, the pathological process with the pathological nature of yin syndrome can be transformed into yang or yang into yin syndrome. Pathogenesis of concept classification includes Basic pathogenesis, Meridians and collaterals pathogenesis, Zang-fu organs pathogenesis, Six meridians pathogenesis.6 "cold" symptomsCold occurrence, cold injured-body, cold from the endogenous, while cold with qi contraction, the cold with traction, Yang deficiency with stagnation, Yang deficiency leading to exterior cold, yin excess with cold, yin excess with inner cold, yin excess, cold extremely leading to heat, cold excess with float, the resistance of cold and heat, cold contraction with qi stagnation, Qi deficiency with cold, wind and cold leading to heat, extreme heat leading to cold, cold easy and easy to heat, qi aspect cold, long time leading to inner cold. There are mainly cold stagnated in liver meridian, cold and wet resistance collaterals, cold in the meridians.7 "cold" treatmentThe "cold" treatment theory includes two parts, using cold method to treat diseases and to treat cold diseases. Legislative principles, It can be divided into two aspects, cool the heat and treat cold with cold. To cool the heat means use cold agents or cold herbs to treat the heat nature diseases, that is "To treat hot uses cold"; treat cold with cold means use cold agents or cold herbs to treat the true heat nature diseases, but the performance is a fake cold disease. It belong to an anti-treatment methods. Scope includes three aspects:First, heat syndrome, there is heating method, cold and cool removing method; Second, heat deficiency; third exterior heat.Legislative principles Include two aspects:First, heat the cold, means use heat agents or heat herbs to treat the cold nature diseases, shortly using cold to treat heat. Second, treat heat with heat, contrary treatment, means use heat agents or heat herbs to treat the real cold nature diseases, the performance is a fake heat disease, also known as treating heat by heat treatment.8 "cold" of the nature of herbsThe "cold" nature of TCM is one of the herbs four qi, cold heat warm and cool. There are the meaning of yin and yang in four qi, cold and cool belong to yin while warm and heat belong to yang aspect. Cold and cool warm and heat is the antithesis of two kinds of herbs, and cold and cold, warm and heat is only the different degrees, that is cool secondary to cold, warm secondary to heat. The cold herbs can clearing away heat, nourishing yin, calming yang, remove stasis and smoothing water.