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"Zhu" (Note/Transmission) implies staying or stopping, referring to a disease that lingers and remains stagnant. When severe, it can transmit to others. This condition is caused by wind pathogen clashing with Lung Qi. The Lungs govern Qi, which circulates through the exterior and interior. When the body is deficient, pathogens take advantage of the weakness and clash with the righteous Qi. Following the movement of Qi, they wander and strike, causing pain without a fixed location; hence it is named "Qi Zhu" (Qi Transmission).

When a person is deficient and injured by Cold Pathogen, and the pathogen clashes with the Yin aspect, Yin Qi fails to disperse for a long time, flowing from the exterior into the interior and accumulating. The manifestations include epigastric and abdominal pain, vomiting of saliva, cyanosis of the fingernails, periodic exacerbation, and worsening in winter; thus it is called "Han Zhu" (Cold Transmission).

"Zhu" implies staying or stopping, referring to a disease that lingers and remains stagnant. When severe, it can transmit to others. If both Yin and Yang are deficient and the Zang-Fu organs are disharmonious, Wind Pathogen clashes with Blood and Qi. Blood belongs to Yin, and Qi belongs to Yang. Pathogen clashing with Yin causes Cold, while clashing with Yang causes Heat. This results in Yin-Yang disharmony and mutual overacting, leading to alternating chills and fever persisting for years, with temporary remission followed by recurrence; thus it is called "Han Re Zhu" (Chills and Fever Transmission).

"Zhu" implies staying or stopping, referring to a disease that lingers and remains stagnant. When severe, it can transmit to others. If there is an imbalance in Yin and Yang deficiency, injury by Cold Pathogen causes it to linger in the Zang-Fu organs and stagnate in the meridians, penetrating internally and externally. It manifests upon exposure to cold, with frequent abdominal pain and soreness of bone joints; thus it is called "Leng Zhu" (Cold Transmission). For treatments involving decoctions, hot compresses, acupuncture, and stone therapy, there are separate specific formulas. Here, we attach methods for nourishment and Daoyin (guiding and pulling exercises). The *Yangsheng Fang · Daoyin Fa* states: Extend one hand fully with the palm facing up, use the other hand to grasp the chin, and pull outward to the limit. Repeat this extreme posture 14 times (two sevens). Do the same on the opposite side. Without moving the arms, stretch laterally to the limit and pull rapidly 14 times. This removes stiffness and rigidity of the cervical vertebrae, head wind with dizziness, throat obstruction (Hou Bi), and Leng Zhu in the inner arm.

"Zhu" implies staying or stopping, referring to a disease that lingers and remains stagnant. When severe, it can transmit to others. "Gu" refers to gathering snakes and insects, placing them in a vessel, and allowing them to devour each other until only one survives; this survivor is called "Gu" and possesses transformative abilities. Some individuals create Gu poison for malicious purposes, often administering it through food and drink. Those infected experience chest stuffiness and abdominal pain; if the five Zang organs are completely consumed, death ensues. The course varies from acute to chronic. Acute cases lead to sudden onset and death within ten days. Chronic cases drag on for years, with Gu wandering inside the abdomen, causing persistent physical weakness, fatigue, and heavy joints. Upon flare-ups, there is mental restlessness and abdominal pain. The ingested food may transform into Gu, gradually consuming the Zang-Fu organs until death. After death, the pathogenic influence transmits to others; thus it is called "Gu Zhu" (Gu Transmission).