Sedating South and Tonifying North
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CORE DEFINITION
South is Fire (Heart), North is Water (Kidney). A treatment method for heart fire hyperactivity and kidney water deficiency. It involves draining heart fire and tonifying kidney water.
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Climate regulation. The body experiences a greenhouse effect (south hot, north cold). Turn down the southern furnace (sedate south), and pour water into the northern glacier (tonify north). Restore the body's climate to a habitable state.
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In Chinese medicine, the south corresponds to Fire (Heart) and the north to Water (Kidney). 'Sedating South and Tonifying North' means draining heart fire and tonifying kidney water, used for insomnia, restlessness, etc., due to disharmony between heart and kidney, and failure of water and fire to support each other, allowing kidney water to rise and heart fire to descend.
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