How an initial disturbance unfolds into the patterns of illness — the dynamics of excess and deficiency, imbalance and movement.
1. The Basic Mechanisms
What are disease mechanisms?Preview12 min
Excess and Deficiency13 min
Yin-Yang imbalance as disease dynamics12 min
Disharmony of Qi, Blood and Fluids as mechanisms12 min
2. The Movement of Disease
Interior, exterior and the depth of disease12 min
Ascending, descending, and transformation12 min
The complexity of real patterns12 min
3. Consolidation
Summary: the mechanisms of disease8 min
Check yourself8 min

