Venting Pent-up Fire
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30
CORE DEFINITION
A method for treating internal fire that is pent-up. If fire is wrapped inside (such as stagnant heat), it cannot be directly extinguished with cold medicines (which would freeze the heat pathogen), but should be 'vented' with acrid and dispersing medicines, providing an outlet for it to dissipate.
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Pressure cooker release. When pressure is high in the pot, don't splash cold water (it may explode), but pull the pressure valve (to disperse). Treating depression transforming into fire, or external cold wrapping internal heat, all require giving the heat pathogen an outlet.
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A TCM treatment principle: when heat pathogen is constrained internally by cold, dampness, or qi stagnation and cannot dissipate, it should be guided according to its tendency and dispersed with methods that promote dissipation and penetration, rather than simply using cold and cooling to suppress it directly.
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