LessonOneHistoryofTraditionalChineseMedicineacupuntureandmoxibusionhealthmaintenancedrugscoldandcooltheschoolofcoldandcooldiaphoesisemesispurgationtheschoolofpurgationexagenouspathogenicfactorsreinforcingtheearthinternalimpairmentofspleenandstomachwouldbringaboutvoriousdiseasesyangisusuallyredundant,whileyinisfrequentlydeficient.nourishingyinmedicinalherbsbloodstagnationwarmandinorgoratethespleenandstomach:traditionalChinesemedicine:basictheoryoftraditionalChinesemedicine:clinicalexperience:treatmentbasedonsyndromedifferentiation;patternidentificationandtreatment:materiamedica:Chinesemateriamedica;Chinesemedicinals:Chinesemedicinalherbs:fourpropertiesandfivetastes:acupunctureandmoxibustion:theoriesofdifferentschools:diaphoresis;sweatingtherapy:purgativetherapy;precipitation:emetictherapy;vomitingtherapy:schoolofinvigoratingtheearth:etiology:healthcultivation;healthimprovement;healthpreservation:medicalpractice:therapeuticprinciples:coldandcoolmedicinals:nourishingyintoreducefire:bloodstasis:healthyqi:pathogenicfactor:holism;holisticconcept:circulationofqiandblood:naturalphenomena-2LessonTwoMaterialismandDialecticsinTraditionalChineseMedicineMaterialismdialecticscelestialqiterrestrialqitheinteractionbetweenyinandyangthelucidyangascendstoconstitutetheearthqitransformationessenceprenatalessenceshen(spirit)pathologicalfactortheoppositionandunityofyinandyangthemotionandchangesofyinandyangorganicwholeFivekindsofvisceralqifiveemotionalchangesexcessiverageimpairstheliverexcessivejoyimpairstheheartexcessivemeditationimpairsthespleenexcessivemelancholyimpairsthelungexcessivefrightimpairsthekidneyroutinetreatmentandcontraytreatmenttit-for-tat(orblow-for-blow)reinforcingtherapypurgingtherapydifferentialapplicationandtherapeuticmethodsmentalactivitytheheartisthekingorganresponsiblefortheactivityofthinkingconsciousnesswilltermedthinkingwisdomsummer-heatzhengqi(healthyqi)LessonThreeTheBasicCharacteristicsofTCMmaterilismanddialecticstheconceptoforganicwholetreatmentbasedonsyndronedifferentian-3drawingyinfromyangtreatingthenightsforcuringdiseaseonthelefttreatingthesamediseasewithdifferenttherapiestreatingdifferntdiseasewiththesametherapyclearawayfireintheheartsproutingoccursinspring,growthinsummer,transformationginlatesummer,reapinginautumnandstoringinwintertherelationbetweenpachogenicfactorsandhealthyqithefourdiagnosicmethodspurgingthesmallintestinespringisusuallymarkedbywarrachs,summerbyheat,latesummerbydampness,autumnbydrynessandwinterbycoldtheinterstitialspaceareopenwhenoneswearsclothesinsummer:philosophicalconcept:oppositionandunity:mutualwaningandwaxing:natureofyinandyang:mutualtransformation:interrelation:mutualrestraint:dynamicequilibrium:yinandyanginequilibrium:interdependence:interdependencebetweenyinandyang:dissociationofyinandyang:transformationbetweenyinandyang:yangwaningwhileyinwaxing:predominanceofyinleadingtodisorderofyang:predominanceofyanggeneratingheat:extremecoldgeneratingheat:extremeheatgeneratingcold:oppositeandsupplementarytoeachother:physiologicalfunctions:pathologicalchanges:clinicaldiagnosis:exuberanceofyangleadingtoexteriorheat:obtainingyinfromyang:yangdeficiencyleadingtoheat:impairmentofyanginvolvingyin:yangwithinyin:simultaneousdeficiencyofyinandyang:feverduetoyangdeficiency-4:theoryofyinandyangstomatitisproctoptosisdysenteryhysteroptosismeaslesulcerthecollapseofzhongqiLessonFourTheTheoryofYinandYanggrowthanddeclinebetweenyinandyangyinandyangpropertiesinter-transformationinterdependencebetweenyinandyangtheinfinitedivisibilityofyinandyangyangsteadieswhileyincalmswaningofyangwillleadtowaxingofyinpredominanceofyanggivesrisetoheatsyndromeextremecoldbringsonheatextremeheatbringstocoldyinwithinyinyangwithinyangyinwithinyangyangwithinyininterdependencebetweenyinandyangnaturalharmonyofyinandyangsproutinginspringgrowinginsummerreapinginautumnstoringinwintermutualoppositionandrestrictionbetweenyinandyangmotionandquiescence,ascendinganddescendingexitingandenteringifonlyyangexists,therewillbenobirth,ifonlyyinexists,therewillbenogrowth.dynamicequilibriumexcessofyangcausingheatimbalancebetweenyinandyangyin-yangdisharmonywiseman02/04deficiencyofbothyinandyangdualvacuityofyinandyangwiseman02dysequilibriumbetweenyinandyangying-yangimbalance04-5separationofyinandyangwhileyinis(exuberant)prevails,thereiscoldwiseman02whenyangprevails,thereisheatwiseman02whenyangprevails,yinailswiseman02whenyinprevails,yangailswiseman02whenyangisvacuous,thereisexternalcoldwiseman02whenyinisisvacuous,thereisinternalheatwiseman02detrimenttoyangaffectsyinwiseman02exuberantyinrepellingyangwiseman02exuberantyinvacuityfirewiseman02exuberanceoffire/duetoyin-deficiency2002effulgentyinvacuityfirewiseman02yinvacuityfireeffulgentwiseman02yindeficiencywitheffulgentfire20049yinvacuitybloodheatwiseman02blood-heatduetoyin-deficiency2002yinvacuitywithfloatingyangwiseman02floatingofyangduetoyin-deficiency2002yinvacuitywithyanghyperactivitywiseman02yindeficiencywithyanghyperactivity20049yinandyangcounter-balanceeachotherwiseman02mutualconvertibilityo