Ye Tianshi (1667–1747) was a Chinese medical scholar who was the major proponent of the "school of warm diseases".
His major work, ''Wen-re Lun'' (Discussion of Warm Diseases) published in 1746,
divided the manifestations of diseases into four stages: ''wei'' (defensive phase), ''qi'' (''qi''-phase), ''ying'' (nutrient-phase), and ''xue'' (blood-phase).
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Life
Ye Tianshi was born in 1666. His father as well as his grandfather, Ye Shi, were also physician
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Work
Ye Tianshi wrote little and most works attributed to him were compiled by his followers after his death.[ He is best known for proposing that feverish diseases progressed along four stages, a theory he laid out in his book ''Discussion of Warm Diseases''.][ Those stages are ''wei'' (defensive phase), ''qi'' (''qi''-phase or active ''qian'' phase), ''ying'' (nutrient-phase), and ''xue'' (blood-phase).][ The characteristics of ''wei'' are ]fever
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, sensitivity to cold, headache, and rapid pulse. Next ''qi'' is the phase of most active disease, characterized by high fever, sweating, dry mouth, and rapid pulse. ''Ying'' is characterized by rising fever at night, agitation, confusion, and weak pulse. Finally, ''xue'' consists of agitation, rash
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, and in some cases vomiting of blood or blood in the stool or urine.[ In his treatments for feverish diseases, Ye recommended cooling substances.][
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1667 births
1747 deaths
18th-century Chinese physicians
Writers from Suzhou
Qing dynasty science writers
Physicians from Jiangsu
17th-century Chinese physicians