True Deficiency Falsely Looks Like Excess
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CORE DEFINITION
The true condition is extreme deficiency, with yin and yang repelling each other, yet it manifests as excess-like excitement (e.g., flushed face like makeup, restlessness). This is 'true deficiency with false excess'.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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Recognizing the last radiance before death. When a patient suddenly becomes mentally excited and face is flushed, don't be happy first. Check if the soles of the feet are ice-cold? Is the pulse rootless? If so, this is the floating of deficient fire before the oil is exhausted and the lamp goes out. Strictly avoid clearing fire; urgently rescue yang.
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Derived from TCM 'cold-heat true-false' differentiation: when vital qi is extremely deficient and yin and yang are about to separate, the deficient true nature is 'repelled'—deficient yang floats upward and outward, instead showing flushed face, restlessness, body heat and other 'false excess/false heat' signs. The essence is an inverted manifestation of internal emptiness and external excitement, i.e., 'true deficiency with false excess/true cold with false heat'.
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