ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā kumu o nā maʻi (etiology) ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana, me ke kōkua o nā hoʻokolohua, nānā ʻana a me ke aʻo ʻana i ka "field" o ka mea maʻi, ʻo ia ka imbalances i ke kumu o nā maʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa, hoʻāʻo mākou e hoʻopuni i nā kumu ma ke koho ʻana i nā ʻano imbalances (Vacuum, Excess, Stagnation, Cold, Heat, Wind, etc.)

No ka laʻana, e ʻōlelo mākou ʻo ke kanaka me ke anu ka mea i loaʻa i ka makani, no ka mea, ʻike pinepine ʻia kēia hoʻouka ʻana i ka wā o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau me ka makani a i ʻole ka ʻike ʻana i kahi kiʻi. He hōʻailona pū ka makani i ka mana o ka lewa e lawe ana i kahi kumu pathogenic a komo i loko. A laila e kamaʻilio mākou no ka makani waho. E ʻōlelo nō hoʻi mākou no ke kanaka i loaʻa i ka haʻalulu maʻamau, ua loaʻa ʻo ia i ka makani kūloko no ka mea, ʻo kona mau hōʻailona ke ʻano o ka mea a ka makani e hana ai: ʻo ka ʻili, nā lau haʻalulu, a pēlā aku. a me kahi hoʻohālikelike o ka haʻalele ʻana e koho i kahi pūʻulu kikoʻī o nā hōʻailona pathological, a nāna e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou i loko o kahi ʻāpana a i ʻole e hoʻopili iā lākou me kahi kiʻi lapaʻau. Hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe hou ʻia kēia mau kiʻi: e kamaʻilio mākou no ka makani waho a i ʻole i loko, no ka hoʻouka pololei ʻana i ka makani, no ka makani-wela e hoʻouka ana i ka māmā a i ʻole ka makani-humidity e komo i loko o ka Meridian. , kēlā me kēia ʻōlelo e kuhikuhi ana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo pololei loa.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke ʻōlelo mākou he maʻi ke kumu o ke ahi ʻaʻa, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻoi aku ka mahana o ke akepaʻa, akā ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka hana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka manawa, ʻo ia ka "hoʻomehana ʻana". A ke ʻike ʻo TCM i ke kumu o ke anu i loko, no ka mea ua like nā hōʻailona me nā mea i loaʻa i ke anu maoli i komo i loko o ke kino (hoʻolohi, mānoanoa, ʻāpiki, paʻa, a pēlā aku).

Ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i nā kumu o ka maʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā hana kūpono loa. No ka laʻana, inā hoʻoholo ka TCM ʻo ke kumu o kahi maʻi he Wind-Cold i loko o ka Lung, e ʻae kēia i ke koho ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua ai i ka hoʻopuehu ʻana i ka makani a lawe mai i ka Qi hou aku i ka Lūnū (e hakakā me ke anuanu) , ka mea e ho'ōla ai. Hāʻawi ia i ka manawa i ka mea maʻi, ʻike i ke kumu o kona maʻi a i ʻole kona kaulike ʻole, e hana i nā hoʻololi e pono ai i kona nohona e pale ai i ka hoʻi hou ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe.

Heʻokoʻa loa kēiaʻano mai keʻano o ka lāʻau lapaʻau o ke Komohana, e noʻonoʻo ana, no ka laʻana,ʻo ke kumu o ka sinusitis ka hikiʻana o kahi bacteria pathogenic; no laila e hoʻohana ʻo ia i kahi lāʻau antibiotic (a i ʻole kahi huahana kūlohelohe e like me ka eucalyptus) e hoʻouka a luku i ka bacteria i nīnau ʻia. Manaʻo ʻo TCM ʻo ke kumu o ka maʻi, no ka laʻana, he makani-anu i loko o ka māmā a i ʻole ke ahi o ke ake, ʻo ia hoʻi ka nāwaliwali o ka ʻōnaehana, kahi haʻahaʻa pōkole i ʻae ʻia, i kēia mau kūlana, ka maʻi. e hoʻokomo i loko (inā ma ka waiho ʻana i ka māla i ka bacteria a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea ʻē aʻe). No laila, e ʻimi ʻo TCM e hoʻoikaika i ka ʻōnaehana pale a me ke kino holoʻokoʻa i loaʻa hou ka ikaika e hoʻopau i ka sinusitis ponoʻī (a me ka bacteria i hiki ʻole iā ia ke hakakā ma mua).

Hoʻokaʻawale ʻo TCM i nā kumu o nā maʻi i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana: waho, loko a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Hōʻike ʻia kēlā me kēia me nā kikoʻī hou aku ma nā pae aʻe.

• Hoʻopili ʻia nā kumu o waho (WaiYin) i nā kumu climatic e like me ka Heat, Drought, Humidity, Wind, etc.
• ʻO nā kumu o loko (NeiYin) ka mea maʻamau mai kahi kūlike o nā manaʻo.
• ʻO nā kumu ʻē aʻe (Bu Nei Bu WaiYin) ʻo ka trauma, ka ʻai maikaʻi ʻole, ka hana nui, ke kumukānāwai nāwaliwali a me ka moekolohe.