Warming the interior

First, herbs that are hot and pungent, enter the Kidney and Spleen meridians, warm the interior and expel cold are selected. 

Fu Zi and Xi Xin are very hot and pungent. They can stimulate the Yang, intensively warm the interior, disperse cold, accelerate Qi movement in the intestines and alleviate pain. They are often used as chief in the formula to treat internal cold syndrome. Since they are poisonous, they should be used with caution. 

Xi Xin is used as assistant. It can warm the interior, open up the obstruction of cold and alleviate pain. It enhances the function of FuZi. 

Da Huang and Fu Zi are used as chief for removing the accumulation and warming the interior. 

First, herbs that are very pungent and hot, enter the Heart, Spleen and Kidney meridians, can disperse cold, warm the interior, relieve cramp, open up the meridians and promote Qi movement are selected. 

In formulas that warm the interior, very pungent and hot herbs, which are able to stimulate the blood circulation, should not be used in bleeding conditions or in pregnancy. 

Fu Zi and Rou Gui are the most commonly used herbs to warm the Lower-Jiao, the Kidney, and they can be used separately or together as chief herbs in formulas that warm the interior. However, there are a number of differences between these two herbs. 

When the internal cold accumulates in the body, whatever the cause is, cold may contract the meridians, collaterals and muscles. The Qi gets obstructed and pain appears in the affected area. Herbs that promote the Qi movement and are warm in nature are used in these conditions to assist the herbs that warm the interior, expel cold, open up the meridians and therefore alleviate pain. Since they enter different meridians and regions, they may be selected to treat Qi obstruction in the related area. 

Zhi Gan Cao is sweet in nature and enters the Spleen meridian. It can harmonize the herbs that warm the interior in a formula. It can also reduce the side effect of harsh herbs and protect the Stomach. Sheng Jiang and Da Zao are used together to tonify the Middle-Jiao and promote digestion, as well as protect the Stomach from the pungent and hot herbs. 

Treatment principle Tonify the Kidney-Yang and warm the interior... 

Second, pungent and warm herbs that can warm the interior are selected. 

Gan Jiang and Xi Xin are chosen as chief to warm the interior, especially the Spleen and Kidney respectively, accelerate the water metabolism and dissolve the accumulation of water and cold-phlegm in the Lung. 

This formula demonstrates two approaches to remove cold-phlegm from the Lung - one is to warm the interior, the other is to dissolve phlegm. 

Herbs that clear heat or warm the interior can be used in the formula to treat phlegm-heat or damp-phlegm respectively. 

Herbs that can warm the interior and tonify the weakness of the internal organs are often used in a deficiency syndrome. 

Assistant (A) Promote the Qi movement, warm the interior, eliminate dampness and phlegm, tonify the Qi so as to promote blood circulation and remove congealed blood. (B) Nourish the blood and Yin, protect the Stomach and Spleen to reduce the side effect of the herbs that stimulate blood... 

These herbs are selected to warm the interior, promote blood circulation and remove congealed blood. 

Ai Ye is warm and aromatic, and enters the Liver, Spleen and Kidney meridians. It is able to warm the interior, expel cold, stop bleeding and alleviate pain. Its function focuses on the blood level of the Lower-Jiao. It is effective in treating menorrhagia, uterine bleeding during pregnancy, and uterine bleeding due to hysteromyoma when there is cold in the Lower-Jiao and in the blood. This herb can also be used topically. 

Pao Jiang is bitter and warm, enters the Spleen and Liver meridians and also enters the blood level. Like Ai Ye, it can warm the interior, stop bleeding and alleviate pain, but its function focuses on the Middle-Jiao. It is especially effective for treating bleeding due to Spleen-Yang and Qi deficiency failing to control the blood. Such bleeding may be located in the stomach, intestines and uterus. 

Zao Xi Tu is warm and astringent, and enters the Spleen and Stomach meridians. It warms the interior and stops bleeding in both the Middle- and Lower-Jiao, such as bleeding from the stomach, intestines and uterus. Moreover, it binds up the intestines and stops diarrhea. It is more suitable for conditions of Spleen-Yang deficiency, such as chronic colitis, which manifests as abdominal pain and cramp, diarrhea, intestinal hemorrhage, cold hands and feet, and a pale complexion. 

Chuan Wu and Cao Wu have functions similar to those of Fu Zi but they are stronger in expelling cold and warming the interior. They are also stronger in opening the meridians and stopping pain. They are suitable to treat Bi syndrome when wind and cold are predominant. 

Gui Zhi and Rou Gui are sweet and pungent. Gui Zhi enters the Heart meridian and Rou Gui enters the Kidney meridian. They warm the interior, strengthen the Yang of the Heart and Kidney respectively, and can expel cold. They can be used as chief in the formula to treat the cause of Yin-type Yong Yang syndrome. 

Fu Zi Aconiti radix lateralis preparata) Stimulates Yang, warms the interior, expels cold ... 

Rou Gui Cinnamomi cassiae cortex) Warms the interior, stimulates blood, expels cold and enhances the function of Fu Zi. 

Xi Xin (Asari herba) Disperses the Lung-Qi, warms the interior ... 

Ultrasound can be used to supplement or replace the microwave radiation. Ultrasound effects a high frequency mechanical vibration that warms the interior of the exposed object. In this case, the sample can exposed, and heated, as a whole. However, because ultrasonic waves can be so readily focused, it is also possible to apply them in bundled form so that they act on certain selected regions of the blank, for instance by sweeping along a raster. 

S common misconception is that radioactivity is new in the environment, but it has been around far longer than the human race. It is as much a part of our environment as the sun and the rain. It has always occurred in the soil we walk on and in the air we breathe, and it warms the interior of Earth and makes it molten. The energy released by radioactive substances in Earth s interior heats the water that spurts from a geyser and the water that wells up from a natural hot spring. 

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