Discussion on Pathogens of Edema on Left or Right Side

The distributions of essence, blood and yang qi on left and right body are different. The left side is yang; yang qi dominates rising, and the essence and blood gather at upper body, then essence and blood are exuberant on the left head while relative deficiency in hands and feet. Thus yang qi is excessive while essence and blood is deficiency on left side. The right side is yin; yin qi dominates descending, and the essence and blood gather at lower body, then essence and blood are deficiency on the left head while relative exuberant in hands and feet. Thus essence and blood are excessive while yang qi is deficient on right side. For some diseases, blood is responsible for the diseases on left side, and qi is responsible for the diseases on right side. Therefore, edema on left or right side can be treated from qi and blood. If zang-fu organs, skin, and meridians can not be nourished due to blood deficiency, disorder of fluid metabolism will be happened and lead to edema due to blood deficiency. Essence and blood are deficient on the left in general, then lead to edema due to blood deficiency; if the qi can not promote water flowing due to qi deficiency, fluid metabolism will get unsmooth, and lead to edema due to qi deficiency. qi is deficiency on the right in general, and lead to edema due to qi deficiency. Qi stagnation, blood stasis and meridians obstruction can cause stagnation of both water and damp and lead to qi stagnation, blood stasis and edema.

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Writer: Deli Pang
Maternal and child care service centre, Bazhou, Hebei Province (065700)