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Conversion
转化 〔轉化〕 zhuǎn huà
In the doctrine of yīn and yáng, change from yīn or yáng to its complement. In eight-principle pattern identification, displacement of signs of one principle by those of its opposite. Any pattern may, under given circumstances, convert into its opposite principle. Conversion is often observed in externally contracted febrile diseases. Such diseases are characterized in the initial stages by signs such as headache, body pain, aversion to cold, and heat effusion. If in such cases the evil enters the interior, either as a result of its own strength, vacuity of right qì, or as a result of inappropriate treatment, the original exterior pattern converts into an interior pattern. Patterns of all the other principles may similarly convert in specific circumstances. The aim of treatment is therefore to foster favorable and prevent unfavorable conversion.
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