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Liking for cool drinks

喜冷饮 〔喜冷飲〕 xǐ lěng yǐn

A preference for drinking cool or chilled fluids a sign of interior heat. It is treated by clearing heat and engendering liquid. Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, nuè lùn) states, When yáng is exuberant, there is heat in the outer body; when yīn is vacuos, there us heat in the inner body. When there is heat in both the inner and out body, there is panting and thirst; hence a desire for cold drinks.

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