Netsu 熱 — heat pattern
heat-sign emphasis
Netsu groups heat signs in pattern diagnosis, including subjective heat and inflammatory-appearing presentations. The upper-abdominal placement is an editorial focus for questioning and palpation, not an anatomical claim.
Point 4 of 6 in Kampō Body Typology — Sho Pattern Field
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
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.