Kyō 虚 — deficiency pattern

underpowered abdominal presentation

Kyō denotes a deficiency presentation in Kampo pattern language: reduced resistance, softness, or lack of force on examination. Its position is an editorial overlay over the abdomen, not a claim that deficiency occupies a discrete anatomical organ.

Kyō 虚 — deficiency patternKyō 虚 — deficiency patternJitsu 実 — excess patternKan 寒 — cold patternNetsu 熱 — heat patternHyō 表 — exterior patternRi 裏 — interior pattern

Point 1 of 6 in Kampō Body Typology — Sho Pattern Field

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Yoshimasu Tōdō, Ruikei-hō (primary_canonical)

The Ruikei-hō records Tōdō’s symptom-and-formula classification; consult the sections on sho (pattern) selection and formula families.

Terasawa Katsutoshi, Kampo: A Clinical Guide to Theory and Practice (scholarly_modern)

Modern clinical synthesis explaining shō diagnosis, abdominal palpation (fukushin), and formula typology.

Tsumura Kampo (primary)

Manufacturer monographs document formula indications and Japanese Kampo naming; used here for terminology, not as proof of efficacy.

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