6 stages both charts combined

channels: Bladder & Small Intestine

nature: Exterior, Yang

Pathogen location: surface (skin/muscle)

gen. pathology: Defensive Qi battles exteriorWind-Cold

chills, no sweating

P: floating, tight

T: thin, white coat

Tx: release exterior, promote sweat

Tai Yang

channels: Stomach & Large Intestine

nature: Interior, Yang

pathogen location: Qi level interior

pathology: Interior Heat & Excess

-4 bigs: fever, thirst, sweat, pulse

P: flooding, Rapid

T: Red, Yellow Dry coat

tx: clear heat, purge if needed

Yang Ming

channels: Gallbladder & Sanjiao

nature: Half Exterior, Half Interior

pathogen location: Alternating between Exterior & Interior

pathology: stuck pathogenic Qi in the pivot layer

-alternating chills & fever, bitter taste

P: wiry

T: thin white/yellow coating

tx: harmonize

Shao Yang

channels: Spleen & Lung

nature: Interior, YIN

pathogen location: Spleen/Middle Jiao

Pathology: Cold Damp in the Spleen, Qi & Yang Deficiency

-abdominal pain, diarrhea, no thirst

P: deep, slow, weak

T: pale swollen white sticky coat

tx: warm/tonify SP/ST

Tai Yin

channels: Heart and Kidney

nature: Interior, YIN

pathogen location: Deep Interior (YIN organs)

pathology: Yin or Yang Deficiency (HT/KD)

if cold:

-sleepy, cold limbs

P: deep, minute

T: pale, white coat

tx: warm kd, rescue yang

tx: warm KD, rescue Yang

IF hot:

-insomnia, dry mouth, heat

P: thin, rapid

T: red, no coat

tx: nourish yin, clear empty heat

Shao Yin (cold or heat)

channels: Liver & Pericardium

nature: Interior, Terminal Yin

pathogen location: Blood Level or Collapse

pathology: Mixed cold/heat, Qi/blood disharmony, Collapse

-heat above, cold below, parasites

P: Wiry

T: mixed

tx: harmonize, warm interior

Jue Yin