Repelling Yang / Ge Yang
Updated 2026-08-03
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
Ge Yang, repelling yang, is a severe pattern in traditional Chinese medicine. When yin cold accumulates in the interior, it rejects the remaining feeble yang and forces it outward, where it produces a flushed face, a hot body surface, and restlessness. The decisive clue is that the patient still wants thick blankets and warm drinks. The diagnostic constraint is that surface signs are misleading here: treatment must warm the interior and guide the floating yang back to its root, never clear heat.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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- False-Signal Check: when surface evidence contradicts deep evidence, trust the deeper source. - Inversion Test: ask whether an apparent excess is actually a shortage pushed outward. - Root Return: fix the displacement by restoring the centre, not by damping the surface.
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The interior is too cold to hold the yang that remains, so the yang is expelled along the path of least resistance to the surface. Because the yang now sits at the surface, surface signs look hot while the interior grows colder still. Removing the cold restores the container, and the yang returns on its own.
MINIMUM ACTION
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