Summerheat damage

1. Any of many conditions resulting from contraction of summerheat in summer. Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, cì zhì lùn) states, When qì is exuberant and the body is cold, contraction will produce cold damage; when qì is vacuous and the body is hot, contraction produces summerheat damage.

2. A mild summerheat disease pattern. Medical Insights (医学心悟 yī xué xīn wù) states, Summerheat damage is a mild contraction... Summerheat stroke is a severe contraction. Distinction is made between yīn summerheat and yáng summerheat.