Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp
The information provided here is not a replacement for a doctor. You shouldn't use it for the purpose of self-diagnosing or self-medicating but rather so you can have a more informed discussion with a professional TCM practitioner.
At a glance
Preliminary reading: What is a pattern?
Diagnosis
Common symptoms: No thirst Cold extremities Generalized body pain Aching bones and joints Aversion to cold - especially at the back
Pulse type(s): Choppy (Se), Deep (Chen), Minute (Wei), Slow (Chi)
Tongue coating: Thin white coating
Treatment
Common formulas: Fu Zi Tang
Pathology
Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp is a pattern of disharmony in Chinese Medicine.
Chinese Medicine views the human body as a complex system that tends toward harmony. A pattern of disharmony is a disorder that prevents that harmony from occurring.
Patterns give rise to symptoms that may at first glance seem unrelated from a Western standpoint but that actually make a lot of sense when one understands Chinese Medicine theory. For instance here Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp gives rise to such diverse symptoms as generalized body pain, aching bones and joints, cold extremities and no thirst.
To diagnose a pattern, analyzing a patient's pulse as well as their tongue is common practice. In the case of Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp patients tend to exhibit choppy (Se), deep (Chen), minute (Wei) or slow (Chi) pulses as well as a tongue with thin white coating.
Patterns aren't exactly the Chinese Medicine equivalent to Western diseases, they're rather the underlying causes behind diseases or health conditions. Here Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp is thought to sometimes induce conditions such as chronic bronchitis, uterine prolapse or cirrhosis (as well as sixteen others).
Diagnosing Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp
Diagnosing a pattern in Chinese Medicine is no easy feat and should be left to professional practitioners. In particular one has to know how to differentiate between different types of pulses and tongue coatings, shapes and colors as well as learn to read from a long list of seemingly unrelated symptoms.
Pulse type(s): Choppy (Se), deep (Chen), minute (Wei) or slow (Chi)
Tongue coating: Thin white coating
Main symptoms: No thirst Cold extremities Generalized body pain Aching bones and joints Aversion to cold - especially at the back
Treating Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp
Herbal formulas used to treat Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp
Fu Zi Tang
Source date: 220 AD
Number of ingredients: 5 herbs
Key actions: Warms the Meridians. Assists the Yang. Dispels Cold. Transforms Dampness.
Formula summary
Fu Zi Tang is a 5-ingredient Chinese Medicine formula. Invented in 220 AD, it belongs to the category of formulas that warm and transform water and Dampness.
Related conditions
Please keep in mind that a Western Medicine condition can be caused by several Chinese Medicine patterns of disharmony and vice versa. As such a patient suffering from one of the conditions below will not necessarily be suffering from Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp, it is just one pattern that's commonly associated with the condition. Click on a condition to learn what other patterns it's associated with.
Chronic bronchitis Uterine prolapse Cirrhosis Migraine Trigeminal neuralgia Nephrotic syndrome Congestive heart failure Rheumatoid arthritis Lumbar disc disease Periarthritis of the shoulder Piriformis syndrome Cluster headache Bell's palsy Cervical spine disease Ankylosing spondylitis Essential tremor Chronic nephritis Cardiac disease Erectile dysfunction