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Yehuda wrote-

 

>>>OK, next question, so does that mean that all cases of inflammation without

heat and redness imply yang deficiency?

 

As I'm sure you've noticed by now, a CM teacher will hardly ever agree to any

statement that begins with " all..... are this " . What was so frustrating to me

as a student was that they would always begin the discussion with, " It

depends.... " so,

 

It depends. The first thing I have to set on the back burner is Alon's

discussion of internal swelling observed with gastroscopes or any other modern

imaging device. Most importantly, I don't have experience with it and suspect

that it may not be necessary for coming up with a clear, classical diagnosis. I

could certainly be wrong.

 

That aside, if we can generally confine the discussion to observable swelling

that can be seen and felt by the practitioner- If there is no redness, or

palpable heat then you are much more likely to be seeing a case rooted in

deficiency. Sure, the local area itself may represent excess cold and/or damp.

This could either be yang deficiency or a (spleen) qi deficiency. I don't think

that I'm saying anything that isn't in a basic textbook here. Maybe I'm still

not getting to the heart of your question.

 

respectfully,

Jason Robertson

 

 

 

 

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