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Yīn disease is treated through yáng
阴病治阳 〔陰病治陽〕 yīn bìng zhì yáng
1. When exuberant yīn cold damage yáng qì, it should be treated by supporting yáng. For example, water swelling with pale tongue and lips, low timid voice, lack of warmth in the extremities, inhibited urination or long voidings of clear urine, sloppy stool, and a deep slow pulse, can be treated by warming yáng and fortifying the spleen and by moving qì and disinhibiting water, using
2. Disease affecting a yīn channel and be treated by needling points on yáng channels. For example, for a hand greater yīn (tài yīn) lung channel pattern of common cold and cough, points such as BL-11 (Great Shuttle, 大杼 dà zhù) and BL-12 (Wind Gate, 风门 fēng mén) can be chosen. See