Eight principles
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The Eight Principles are one of the basic ways traditional Chinese medicine
has to diagnose. It uses the following eight divisions of symptoms:
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage , exercise , and dietary therapy...
has to diagnose. It uses the following eight divisions of symptoms:
- Yin or Yang (yin-yang 陰陽)
- Superficial or internal (li-biao 表裡) gives an understanding of where the illness started, from the outside or from the inside. Also can give an indication of the direction the illness is taking, becoming more external or going deeper into the body.
- Cold or hot (han-re 寒熱)
- Deficient or Replete (xu-shi 虛實)