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WHO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION 53Code Term Chinese Definition/Description1.7.84true heat with falsecold眞 熱 假 寒a pathological change marked by excessive heat inthe interior with pseudo-cold manifestations1.7.85 deficiency and excess 虛 實1.7.86 deficiency 虛1.7.87 excess 實one of the guiding principles for analyzing thecondition of the body’s resistance to pathogenicfactors, in which deficiency refers to deficiency of thehealthy qi and excess refers to excessiveness of thepathogenic qi(1) deficiency of the healthy qi; (2) weak constitution;(3) weak reaction against pathogens(1) excessiveness of the pathogenic qi; (2) strongconstitution; (3) strong reaction against pathogens1.7.88deficiency-excesscomplex虛 實 夾 雜a pathological state in which both excess of pathogenicqi and debilitation of healthy qi occur in the diseaseprocess1.7.89excess with deficiencycomplication實 中 夾 虛excess condition complicated by deficiency symptomswith the former dominant1.7.90deficiency with excesscomplication虛 中 夾 實deficiency condition complicated by excess symptomswith the former dominant1.7.91upper deficiency andlower excess上 虛 下 實deficiency of healthy qi in the upper body and excessof pathogenic qi in the lower body, the same asdeficiency above and excess below1.7.92upper excess andlower deficiency上 盛 下 虛 ;上 實 下 虛exuberance of pathogenic qi in the upper body anddeficiency of healthy qi in the lower body, the same asexcess above and deficiency below1.7.93true or falsedeficiency-excess虛 實 眞 假false appearance of deficiency-excess manifestationsopposite to the true nature of the disease1.7.94true excess with falsedeficiency眞 實 假 虛excess pattern/syndrome with pseudo-deficiencysymptoms1.7.95true deficiency withfalse excess眞 虛 假 實deficiency pattern/syndrome with pseudo-excesssymptoms1.7.96conversion of excessinto deficiency由 實 轉 虛the process of a disease turning from excess ofpathogenic qi into deficiency of healthy qi1.7.97conversion ofdeficiency into excess由 虛 轉 實the process of a disease turning from deficiency ofhealthy qi into excess of pathogenic qi