八纲

Traditional form:

八綱

Pinyin (reading):

bāgāng

Definitions:

• (TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction

Characters:

• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 纲 - program, outline; principle, guiding thread

Traditional characters:

• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 綱 - program, outline; principle, guiding thread