True Heat - False Cold

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The following is taken from The Foundations of by

Giovanni Maciocia:

 

" Dark face, bright eyes with " spirit " , red-dry lips, irritability,

strong body (sic), tongue-body colour Red-dry

 

" Breathing noisy, loud voice

 

" Thirst with desire to drink cold fluids: scanty-dark urine,

constipation, burning sensation in anus

 

" Pulse Deep, Full. Cold limbs but chest is hot " (p. 186)

 

In other words, the Cold limbs is the false symptom. Though I want to

caution readers that Cold limbs and a warm chest also can occur when

there is both extreme Yang and Yin Deficiency. Also in certain

scenarios where there is true Heat in the Interior and Wind Cold in

the Exterior. A burning sensation in the anus also can occur when

there is both real Heat and real Cold. In cases where there is both

real Heat and real Cold, there will be other symptoms and signs of

Cold. What Maciocia is saying is that if you run across a case where

all these symptoms and signs of Heat are present but there's that one

puzzling sign that doesn't fit of the limbs being cold, chances are

it's a false sign and there really isn't Cold. In other words, you

don't have to include something in the formula to warm those limbs.

(Note for students: This doesn't mean that every single herb in the

formula has to have Cool or Cold thermal energy. It means that the

thermal energy of the formula overall should be Cool. Also that most

of the herbs in the formula do have Cool or Cold thermal energy or at

least neutral.)

 

I'm not satisfied with the brief intro that Maciocia gives to True

Heat - False Cold so hopefully some of the professionals on the list

who have experience with True Heat - False Cold will flesh this bare

basics intro out some more. Also, please feel free to elaborate more

on True Cold - False Heat.