Wai Gan, Wai Yin, Xie, EPI's & EPFs

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Hi Z'ev & All,

 

Z'ev wrote:

> Where did this term [EPI: External Pernicious Influence] come

> from? Who uses it? Does it mean Exterior Contraction [Wai Gan]?

 

Other authors use External Pathogen [EP], External Pathogenic

Factor [EPF], External Evil, External Devil, External Attack, etc.

 

Nigel Wiseman [Practical Dictionary of , p 180]

uses THREE terms [Wai Gan, Wai Yin and Xie]

 

Wai Gan = External Contraction (p 185), as in:

Wai Gan Bu De Wo (External Contraction sleeplessness, p 186);

Wai Gan Re Bing (Externally Contracted Heat (febrile) Disease;

Wai Gan Re Bing Bian Zheng (Externally Contracted Heat (febrile)

Disease Pattern Identification, p 186; Wai Gan Wei Wan (Guan)

Tong (Externally Contracted ST Duct Pain, p 185); Wai Gan Yao

Tong (Externally Contracted lumbar pain, p 185)

 

Wai Yin = External Cause; any Evil (Xie) that assails the body from

outside; Wai Yin = the SIX EXCESSES (see below) + Warm Evil;

one of the THREE CAUSES OF DISEASE [san Yin] - External,

Internal and Neutral.

 

Xie = Pathogen or Evil, as in Bing Xie Bian Zheng [Disease-Evil

Pattern Identification], or Evil Qi, Disease Evil. Xie = any entity from

outside OR inside that threatens health. These include the Six

Excesses [Evils], AKA the Six Qi - Wind, Cold, Fire, Summerheat,

Damp & Dryness. They also include Warm Evils [as in the Wen

Bing school], and various Toxins. It also = Wind, Cold, Damp, Fire

& Dryness that arise WITHIN the body. They also include disease-

inducing products of the body itself - Xue Stas and Phlegm.

 

 

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