Wind is a Yang factor and damages the Yin in the body. Often Wind
behaves like a catalyst, which enables other Pathogenic Factors to invade the body
(for example Wind-Cold, Wind-Damp). Wind and its clinical manifestations are similar
to those of the meteorological phenomenon from which it derives its name: it comes
and goes quickly, moves swiftly, and blows intermittently. Wind pains appear and disappear
suddenly. Pains with changing localization are frequently due to Wind. Wind attacks
the upper part of the body, the Lungs, the Liver
and the skin. External Wind obstructs the flow of Defense-Wei-Qi.
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