Discuss Asthenia or Sthenia Cold of True Cold and False Heat / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective] Differentiate and analyse the asthenia or sthenia attribute about the cold attribute of true cold and pseudo hot syndrome, further to simply make a summary.[Method] In order to compare with other doctor’s viewpoint and prove the opinion from the etiology and pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, clinical application and so on, by researching the related literature and theoretical works.[Result]Pathological condition of inner true cold and outer false heat appears because Yang deficiency of spleen and kidney is so long that yin exopathogen is in stasis and yang fails to transport and transform ying, further to repel yang outside in the etiology and pathogenesis. Clinical symptoms show that the red zygomas looking like being made up, low spirit, coldblooded and huddling up body, chilly limbs, drinking much and hot, diarrhea with undigested food in the stool and extreme weak pulse and even no feelings. In clinical application, the prescription is sini tang and the main medicines are fuzi and ganjiang which restore yang and get rid of cold. [Conclusion]True cold and pseudo hot syndrome belongs to asthenia-cold. And no matter in disease diagnosis even in clinical treatment, it has an important theoretical and practical significance to distinguish and clear the asthenia or sthenia attribute.