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Upper body cold and lower body heat

上寒下热 〔上寒下熱〕 shàng hán xià rè

1. A cold-heat complex in which cold evil is located in the upper body, characterized by aversion to cold, nausea, vomiting, and a white tongue fur, and heat evil in the lower body, characterized by abdominal distension, constipation, and reddish urine.

2. Conditions in which there is a cold-natured disease in the upper body and an unrelated hot-natured disease in the lower, e.g., phlegm-rheum cough and panting in the upper body and heat strangury in the lower body.

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