Signs include chills, fever, an aversion to cold and general aches and pains. Heat and cold signify the body s activity with the nature of the disease. Cold signifies deficient Yang or external harmful cold. Cold slows the body, making the person lethargic. Warmth lessens pain.
Heat hastens the body s activities.
Maybe the person will speak incessantly and have the need for cold liquids. Deficiency and excess signify the effect of the disorder on the body s natural resistance. Deficiency is a sign of weakness in the body. A pale sickly appearance, profuse sweating, shallow breathing and pain lessened with pressure, are symptoms. Excess is hyperactivity in the body.