Principle of Hot and Cold and Its Clinical Application in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

With the advanced desire to look more into the traditional view and its possible health advantages, it is necessary to primarily understand the theoretical concepts of this perspective and then find ways to relate those concepts to conventional medicine through modern technologies. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one of the main traditional medicines that has been spread worldwide and showed potentials to bring new insights into the conventional medical approach. One of the important concepts to be clarified in TCM is Heat and Cold. This article reviews the significance and importance of TCM-related heat/cold in relation to TCM philosophy and disease pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Likewise, the findings from published articles focused on the concept of heat/cold are reviewed in the hope of opening new doors into recognition of this work and fostering insights toward unifying the old and new.