#217-223 Distinguishing the eight principal patterns (ba-gang bian-zheng; 八綱弁証)

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the wight principal patterns are composed of four pairs of polar opposites:|

Interior (li-zheng:裏証 )/ Exterior (biao-zheng:表証)　

Deficiency (xu-zheng:虚証)/ Excess(shi-zheng:実証 )

Cold (han-zheng;寒証 )/ Hot(re-zheng:熱証)

Patterns of Yin(陰証) / Yang （陽証）