Complex of Cold and Heat
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-31
CORE DEFINITION
At the same time, the patient has both cold and heat syndromes. For example, "upper heat and lower cold" (stomach heat and intestinal cold).
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Palette thinking. Don't take for granted to only prescribe "heat herbs" or "cool herbs." Facing upper heat and lower cold (such as Huanglian Tang syndrome), hold Huanglian (clearing upper heat) in the left hand and Ganjiang (warming lower cold) in the right hand, and apply both to the body simultaneously.
Anchor fast decisions
The same patient simultaneously presents with cold and heat syndromes (such as upper heat and lower cold, stomach heat and intestinal cold), which is a "palette" at the pathological mechanism level—cannot only warm or only clear, must use both cold and heat herbs to simultaneously address opposite mechanisms.
MINIMUM ACTION
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