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Non-seasonal common cold (exogenous pathogenic factors contracted outside the regular seasons), mistakenly treated as Shaoyang disease (diseases caused by contracting cold pathogens in winter). ("Non-seasonal" refers to the irregular qi of the four seasons; "Shaoyang" refers to the severe, killing qi of winter.)

Direct invasion of the Yin meridians (cold pathogens directly invading the Three Yin meridians), mistakenly treated as transmitted disease (transmission from one meridian to another).

Heat syndrome (disease manifestations characterized by heat signs), (those with even a basic understanding of Shaoyang disease would not make this error.)

Jia Yin Shaoyang (contracting cold pathogens while having underlying kidney deficiency) and Jia Yin Zhong Han (direct invasion of cold pathogens while having underlying kidney deficiency), mistakenly treated as Zheng Shaoyang (ordinary exogenous cold contraction). ("Jia Yin" implies kidney deficiency due to sexual exhaustion, inevitably presenting with cold feet and a deep pulse.)

Internal injury by cold (damage to spleen and stomach yang qi due to consumption of raw or cold food), mistakenly treated as external injury by cold (exogenous cold pathogen invasion). (For internal injury caused by raw/cold food, the method should be to resolve dampness; for external cold pathogen invasion, the principle is to release the exterior through sweating.)

Ru Kuang symptoms (mental confusion resembling mania but not full-blown madness), mistakenly treated as Fa Kuang (mania characterized by wild, irrational behavior). (Patients with Blood Stasis Syndrome often exhibit Ru Kuang symptoms, whereas Fa Kuang indicates severe heat pathogens.)

Xue Zheng Fa Kuang (mania caused by blood stasis obstruction), mistakenly treated as Shi Re Fa Huang (jaundice caused by damp-heat accumulation). (Abdominal fullness with free urination characterizes Jaundice due to Blood Stasis, where the complexion resembles smoke-stained skin, accompanied by whole-body pain and difficult urination; this describes Jaundice due to Warm-Heat pathogens.)

Wen Ji (red spots on the skin resembling mosquito bites), mistakenly treated as Fa Ban (skin macules appearing during warm diseases). (Fa Ban mostly appears on the chest and abdomen, whereas Wen Ji only appears on the hands and feet. A surging pulse, irritability, coma, turning red first then crimson indicates Fa Ban; a pulse that is not large, calm and clear demeanor, turning red first then yellow indicates Wen Ji. Wen Ji results from kidney deficiency, where mistaken use of cooling herbs forces rootless fire to scorch the lungs.)

Disturbance of Shao Yin Blood (disturbing the blood level of the Shao Yin meridian), mistakenly treated as Bi Nu (epistaxis/nosebleed). (In Shao Yin disease, if there are only cold limbs and no sweat, forcing sweating causes blood to gush from the mouth and nose, termed "Lower Cold and Upper Exhaustion," which is fatal; epistaxis is merely due to fire pathogens scorching the lungs.)

Chan Yu (delirious speech with unclear consciousness), mistakenly treated as Kuang Yan (wild, abusive shouting). (Chan Yu involves continuous talking with changing content; Kuang Yan involves loud calling out and angry cursing.)

Du Yu (talking to oneself), mistakenly treated as Zheng Sheng (repetitive, low-voiced muttering due to loss of consciousness). (Du Yu occurs when speaking alone without others present; Zheng Sheng involves frequent, earnest repetition of the same words.)

Nü Lao Fu (relapse of a woman's illness due to sexual intercourse after recovery), mistakenly treated as Yin Yang Yi (transmission of disease between male and female partners). (Nü Lao Fu refers to intercourse after recovery; Yin Yang Yi refers to the transmission of disease from woman to man, or man to woman.)

Pi Man (stuffiness and fullness in the epigastrium), mistakenly treated as Jie Xiong (chest binding characterized by hardness, fullness, and pain in the chest, hypochondrium, and epigastrium). (Painless stuffiness is Pi Man; painful hardness is Jie Xiong.)

Yue Ni (hiccups), mistakenly treated as Gan Ou (dry heaving). (Yue refers to hiccups; Gan Ou is the sound of vomiting without expulsion of matter.)

Bing Bing (concurrent disease where one meridian's pathology remains while another begins), mistakenly treated as He Bing (simultaneous disease of two or three meridians). (He Bing means two or three meridians are diseased simultaneously; Bing Bing means one meridian's pathology has not resolved before transmitting to another.)

Zheng Yang Ming Fu Bing (proper Yang Ming Fu organ excess syndrome), mistakenly treated as Yang Ming Jing Bing (Yang Ming Meridian exterior syndrome). (Fu disease is interior and suitable for purgation; Jing disease is exterior and suitable for diaphoresis.)

Yin Zao (restlessness caused by Yin excess repelling Yang), mistakenly treated as Yang Kuang (mania caused by excessive Yang heat). (Yin Zao presents with a deep pulse, cold frozen legs, and an inability to swallow water despite thirst; Yang Kuang presents with a solid and large pulse, thirst, and desire to drink water.)