Life is sustained by the functioning of the body’s tissues and organs. The normal functioning of tissues and organs requires Heat Energy as the driving force. Heat Energy is mainly transformed from food absorbed by tissues and organs. Therefore, the functioning of tissues and organs and the effect of Heat Energy are interdependent and synergistic. Under these circumstances, the use of Heat Sources to ameliorate Heat Energy Deficiency will not only cause Heat Energy to increase without decreasing. For instance, although ginger can be converted into Heat Energy after being absorbed by tissues and organs, in order to sustain the functioning of tissues and organs, Heat Energy will be expended.

Similarly, using Antui to ameliorate Tishang will not only cause Heat Energy to decrease without increasing. For example, although Antui of the tender points will expend Heat Energy, improving the functioning of tissues and organs will facilitate the absorption and transformation of Heat Sources into Heat Energy. It can be seen that to ameliorate Heat Energy Deficiency, one cannot just rely on Heat Sources but must coordinate with Antui to assist in absorption and transformation. To ameliorate Tishang, one cannot just rely on Antui also but must coordinate with Heat Sources to provide what is required for functioning. Therefore, Antui and Heat Sources not only have to be used in combination, but it must also be within the body’s tolerance level and through the functioning of the body to ameliorate Tishang and Heat Energy Deficiency. This serves to achieve the goals of safeguarding life and the healing of disease and illness. From this point of view, it must be through the Cause for Contributing Factors to improve Effects. If one does not address the tolerance level and the functioning of the body and assert that Antui and Heat Sources are efficacious to cure disease and illness, one commits the fallacy of abandoning the Cause, addressing Contributing Factors, and asserting that Contributing Factors would cure Effects.

At all times, the body is functioning, going through changes, and expending Heat Energy. When one is sick, more Heat Energy will be expended and the body constitution becomes colder. If the body constitution is colder, why do all kinds of heat phenomena appear? The reason is that they are all caused by Tishang and Heat Energy Deficiency. So in treatment, an ice compress or food and medicine of a cold and cooling nature should not be used. Instead, Antui of Yuan Shi Tong Dian and the tender points of the Affected Area coordinated with Heat Sources for warming should be applied. It follows that Heat Energy within the body will only be insufficient and will not be excessive. Therefore, the so-called hot type of body constitution does not exist. If this is the case, when one is sick, all the heat phenomena used to judge the hot type of body constitution by traditional Chinese medicine (such as heat intolerance, cracked lips, bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth, preference for cold drinks, redness, swelling, burning sensation, fever, and tidal fever); or all “cold-heat” phenomena from a “mixture of cold and hot” type of body constitution (such as “deficiency (cold) fire,” “sudden cold and sudden heat,” “upper body heat and lower body cold,” and “exterior heat and interior cold”), can be resolved as long as the external treatment method of Hands-on Technique and External and Internal Heat Sources are properly applied. Hence do not treat the Effect as the Cause and mistakenly assume that the hot type of body constitution or the “mixture of cold and hot” type of body constitution really exists.

Regardless of using Chinese medicine of cold and cooling nature (such as Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Forsythiae, Rhizoma Coptidis) or Western medicine of cold and cooling nature (such as intravenous drips, antibiotics, antipyretics, steroids, and morphine), compared to consuming food and medicine of warming and hot nature, more Heat Energy will inevitably be depleted in the course of absorption and transformation. If that is the case, why is it that for some people, upon consumption of food and medicine of cold and cooling nature after some time, their Symptoms and Signs may disappear? It is because the Heat Energy of these people is still sufficient to maintain the normal functioning of tissues and organs. They can absorb the food and medicine of cold and cooling nature and convert it to Heat Energy. The effect from the ingredients of Western medicine can also be exerted to temporarily suppress Symptoms and Signs. They can even self-repair Tishang so that disease and illness can be healed. However, for people with poor stamina, diet and medicine of cold and cooling nature not only cannot resolve disease and illness, but they can also cause Heat Energy to be overdrawn, aggravate Tishang, and can even be life-threatening. Hence the reason Symptoms and Signs of disease and illness can be controlled and even cured is mainly dependent on our body’s self-repair. However, because patients and doctors often believe that recovery is due to the efficacy of medicine of cold and cooling nature, if the body has Symptoms and Signs or upon detecting abnormalities from examinations, people will continue to consume these medicines on a long-term basis, unaware that under the circumstances of depleting Heat Energy daily, it would lead to weaker and weaker stamina. Besides, by upholding this view, one commits the fallacies of not differentiating between aging and illness, and abandoning the Cause, addressing Contributing Factors and asserting that Contributing Factors would cure Effects. Such confusion will certainly lead to grave danger.

Life can be sustained only when the body has Heat Energy, and one will die without Heat Energy. Along with aging and health decline, the Heat Energy within our body gradually gets weaker. Although through the use of beneficial Contributing Factors favorable in medical treatment and health maintenance to ameliorate Tishang and Heat Energy Deficiency, one can safeguard life and heal disease and illness (if there is disease and illness); one can counter aging, increase longevity, and prevent disease and illness (if there is no disease and illness); it is not possible to enable folks to not age, get sick, or die. No matter how good the treatment is, there will come a day when a person’s Heat Energy is exhausted, and life comes to an end. At this time, one must avoid invasive treatment as well as food and medicine of a cold and cooling nature. Under the circumstances that the body is not damaged and Heat Energy not depleted, the patient can maintain a clear mind and pass away peacefully. From this perspective, to enjoy good health, longevity, and even a peaceful end, one must avoid Contributing Factors detrimental to health and make beneficial use of Contributing Factors favorable in medical treatment and health maintenance. Hence in daily living, one must avoid exposure to cold and coolness and attach importance to Heat Sources, exercise, rest, and controlling emotions. If necessary, Antui Yuan Shi Tong Dian and the tender points of the Affected Area. Finally, if Heat Energy is exhausted, stamina is completely lost, and life has indeed come to an end; then let it fade away naturally.