Clinical differentiation and analysis of"insidious yang" / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

As a medical terminology,"insidious yang"is commonly seen in ancient medical literatures of TCM,but the concept,reason and clinical significance of this term has not been illustrated comprehensively.By reviewing the ancient medical literatures and the application in modern clinic,this paper brings to light that"insidious yang"has the syndromes of interior heat and fire stagnation;and the reasons include excess yang in the interior keeping yin externally,insidious pathogenic factor in the interior transforming into heat and yang qi blocked by either visible or invisible pathogenic factors.In general,interior heat can manifest as insidious yang,insidious heat and insidious fire,according to the degree of the illness.Diagnosis must be based on the 4 diagnostic methods,and the area,the season and the condition of patient should be taken into account.Treatment of insidious yang is to clear and purge against the cause of disease.At present,the syndromes of insidious yang is commonly seen.Better therapeutic effect can be achieved when the clearing and purging herbs are applied.