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MENTAL MODEL · M3074

Intestinal Wind / Chang Feng

Intestinal Wind / Chang Feng
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Updated 2026-08-04

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

A pattern in Chinese medicine, described in classical texts on blood in the stool and contrasted with toxin-related bleeding. Its core proposition is that wind-heat lodged in the intestines drives blood out of its vessels, producing bright red bleeding that appears before the stool and starts suddenly. The key qualifier is that it is a superficial and acute pattern, distinguished from dark blood passed after the stool, which indicates deeper or toxic involvement, and the two require different treatments.

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- Read the Sequence: Use whether blood comes before or after the stool to locate how deep the problem sits. - Read the Color: Treat bright red as a shallow, acute pattern and dark blood as a deeper, more serious one. - Treat the Wind: Address the driving factor rather than only stopping the bleeding with astringents.

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Where a disturbance sits determines what it produces: a superficial irritant that drives movement pushes blood out quickly and visibly, so the blood is fresh and appears first. A deeper process that damages tissue releases blood more slowly, so it mixes with the stool and darkens. This is why color and sequence carry diagnostic weight, and why treating only the visible bleeding leaves the driving factor in place.

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