Chapter17PreventiveTherapeuticalPrinciplesofTCM2解答.ppt

For example, in spring and summer when the weather changes from warm to hot and yang qi ascends, the interstices 腠理 of the body become looser. During this period, even for external contraction of wind-cold, pungent-warm dispersing drugs, such as Ma Huang Herba Ephedrae and Gui Zhi Ramulus Cinnamomi , should be used cautiously so as not to impair qi and yin due to excessive dispersion; in autumn and winter when the weather turns cold from cool and yin becomes preponderant with decline of yang, the interstices become tighter and yang qi retreats interiorly. So drugs of cool or cold nature, su