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Pattern六经辨证

少阴寒化证

Shào Yīn Hán Huà Zhèng

Shaoyin Cold Transformation Pattern

Treatment Principle

回阳救逆

Restore yang and rescue from counterflow

Cardinal Symptoms · 主症

constant desire to sleep
aversion to cold with curled-up lying
reversal cold of the four limbs
diarrhea with undigested food

Secondary Symptoms · 次症

vomiting without thirst
clear copious urination

Etiology · 病因

Heart and Kidney yang vacuity, or mistaken sweating or purging damaging Shaoyin yang qi, with yin-cold exuberant internally.

Pathomechanism · 病机

Heart and Kidney yang are debilitated, yin-cold is exuberant internally, yang qi fails to warm the four extremities, and qi transformation fails.

Treating Formulas · 主治方剂

真武汤

Zhēn Wǔ Tāng

True Warrior Decoction

Editor-reviewed· 2026-04-09

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@misc{bencaodian-shao-yin-han-hua,
  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Shào Yīn Hán Huà Zhèng 少阴寒化证 (Shaoyin Cold Transformation Pattern)},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/patterns/shao-yin-han-hua},
  urldate      = {2026-04-17},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}

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@misc{bencaodian-shao-yin-han-hua, author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}}, title = {Shào Yīn Hán Huà Zhèng 少阴寒化证 (Shaoyin Cold Transformation Pattern)}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine}, url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/patterns/shao-yin-han-hua}, urldate = {2026-04-17}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }