APPROACHING CHINESE MEDICINE FROM AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STANCE

ANNEX 3 T. HOR

THE SIX EXTERNAL DISEASE-CAUSING FACTORS (LIU YIN)

Excessive changes in the weather harin the body and are referred to as the six extemal
disease-causing factors, namely the wind (feng), cold. (han), heat (shu), moisture (shi), dryness
(zao) and internal heat (huo, 'fire') (waigan bingxie).

Simplified table of diseases due to the seven emotions

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