Yang Deficiency
Yang Deficiency denotes weakened warming, activating, and transforming functions, with a general tendency toward cold and reduced functional vigor. In traditional theory, it may involve several Zang-Fu systems and is characterized by an empty rather than an exuberant pattern. Study defining presentations and traditional differentiation context in this educational pattern record.
Key reference facts
- Nature
- Empty
- Organ affinity
- Kidneys, Spleen, Heart, Lungs
- Defining presentations
- Feeling of cold; Desire warmth; Pale urine; Undigested food in the stools; Lassitude
- Treatment principles
- Warm and support yang in traditional terms; Strengthen transformation and transportation according to the implicated network; Coordinate fluid movement without confusing deficiency with excess; Differentiate generalized yang weakness from organ-specific deficiency
Related library records
Source reference: Me & Qi - TCM Patterns Database