Hot and Cold, Part Two (26)

[buzzaw77]

It seems like a very simplistic approach, I'm sure most disease cases are more complex than being simply hot or cold. What if someone is weak and tired, feeling cold in their body but they're also covered in spots, there's hot and cold signs?? I suppose it can help you describe the persons state, still it seems to general to be practical.

[askjohnfung]

You should learn from simple ideas first. See my Hot & Cold, two parts. They are the first steps to understand the complexities of real life. This approach is simple but not simplistic. That is the beauty of it. Hot and Cold is an elegant concept. In practice, I also pointed out there is a whole range of situations in between. You've probably missed that point.

[imbrd]

wait- fevers, though considerd 'hot' are generally best treated by sweating/expellin it out not supressin w/ coldness. fevr is natural response to try remove 'bad qi' so if u freeze/stagnate it w/ cold, thn even though fevr may temporarily subside, bad qi become stuck inside. thus mor efectiv use hot spicy soup stuff to help expel it. after 'bad qi' is expeld, fevr naturaly subside. like u dont evr use ice treat swollen sprain ankle tho it may be 'hot&swollen'.

[askjohnfung]

Using "cold" herbs to cure fever is not suppressing the fever like you said. Fever should never be suppressed, but should be neutralized or expelled. "Cold" herbs can do the job. Sweating can expel the fever too, because heat escapes from your body when you sweat.

[askjohnfung]

Anything bad happening to you can be considered as bad Qi, even when you lose money in Las Vegas. Your association of fever with bad Qi is not a satisfactory explanation. It's too general. If spicy soup helps expel the fever, then it helps. You can explain it however you want, but using the bad Qi explanation is not a good one. Try to use something more specific that makes sense.

[97val]

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