In other words, there is not enough warmth being generated by the body s Yang energy. This leads to a hypometabolic state and there is not enough warmth to equalize the cold, and coldness predominates. Because the nature of coldness is slowing down, too much coldness can create contraction and later stagnancy. This stagnancy will effect blood and energy flow, which will in turn create more serious disease. This disruption in flow will initially cause actual feelings of coldness in the body and may cause a constrictive cramping type pain.
Cold diseases are insidious, unlike diseases created by wind.
Summer-heat Summer heat may only be contracted in the way it sounds .in the middle of the summer heat. Overexposure to summer hot temperatures while exposed in the hot summer sun can create many symptoms through loss of body fluids from excessive sweating. Symptoms such as dehydration, dizziness, heaviness of the head, fatigue, skin blistering, and sunstroke may occur under these conditions. Dampness Dampness is heavy and turbid in nature. It therefore creates blockage of energy wherever it settles in the body.