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Damage to yáng
伤阳 〔傷陽〕 shāng yáng
Damage to yáng qì; it may be a) due to use of cold bitter medicinals, or sweating, or diarrhea during the course of disease; b) due to direct strike by cold evil or prevalence of internal cold yīn qì, described in When yīn prevails, yáng ails
; c) due to sudden joy that causes the heart spirit to float astray and qì to be easily worn and dissipated, causing heart palpitation, fearful throbbing, abstraction, and insomnia.