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Pestilential Factors

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In addition to the six pathogenic factors, there is another category known as pestilential factors which is the source of epidemic disease. Its nature is similar to pathogenic heat and summer heat, but more pernicious and more fierce in pathogenicity; it is usually accompanied by pathogenic damp. Pestilential diseases are epidemical and dangerous, with rapid drastic changes as seen in small pox, plague, cholera, and most acute contagious diseases.

Etiology of The Chinese Traditional Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine posits a uniquely relative relationship between the zang-fu organs and tissues of the human body, as well as between the human body and the natural environment. All are in a relatively balanced state in order to maintain the body's normal physiological function. When this balance is destroyed disease results.

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Six Exogenous Factors

Six Exogenous Factors

Spring-wind, summer-heat, summer-fire, later summer-dampness, autumn-dryness, and winter-cold are the six variations in the climate of the four seasons. They are also known as the "six climatic...
Seven Emotional Factors

Seven Emotional Factors

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the relation between diseases and mental activities. Emotional mental activities are categorized as the seven emotional factors: joy, anger, melancholy,...
Irregular Diet

Irregular Diet

Overeating or hunger: Voracious eating or hunger may give rise to disease. Hunger causes malnutrition and leads to an insufficient supply of qi and blood, which causes general body weakness....
Traumatic Injuries and Parasites

Traumatic Injuries and Parasites

Traumatic injuries include incisions, gunshot and sword wounds, scalds and burns, contusions, sprains or animal stings and bites. Mild cases that only sustain injuries to the skin include pain,...
Blood Stagnation

Blood Stagnation

Under normal conditions, blood circulates continually within the blood vessels at a certain speed. Any retarded circulation of blood or extravasated blood in spaces between the tissues may form...
Phlegm-Humor

Phlegm-Humor

Phlegm-humor can form due to the accumulation of body fluids, therefore it has a close relationship to functional disorders of the lung, spleen, and kidney which control water metabolism. It may...