The term excess means abnormality (or) Pernicious influence.
The six excesses are the extrinsic causes of diseases.
Excess WIND
Excess COLD
Excess HEAT
Excess DAMPNESS
Excess DRYNESS
Excess SUMMER
When the normal environmental forces become excessive or occur unseasonably, the every set up of the individual make up is disturbed or take time to accommodate the environmental change.
Each are related to particular season and associated with either YIN or YANG.
The symptomatic manifestations of each excess resemble the characteristics of their seasonal counterparts in nature.
The original relationships between the excesses and the seasons were based on the weather patterns in the Universe.
• LI 11
• ST 41
• UB 67
• GB 43
These are the true hold for each acupuncture masters to familiarise with the seasonal epidemiology.
