"Yin Deficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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In the YIN-YANG system of philosophy and medicine, an insufficiency of body fluid (called yinxu), manifesting often as irritability, thirst, constipation, etc. (The Pinyin Chinese-English Dictionary, 1979).
| Descriptor ID |
D016710
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.972
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| Concept/Terms |
Yin Deficiency- Yin Deficiency
- Yin Deficiencies
- Yinxu
- Yin Xu
- Xu, Yin
- Deficiency, Yin
- Yin Hsu
- Hsu, Yin
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