Meaning of cold-natured | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Associated with Yin; Having the effects of lowering fevers and removing toxic substances.
   Chinese, traditional
2. Highly sensitive to cold temperatures.
3. Tending to be unemotional and unsympathetic.
4. Thriving in colder environments.

Examples

“The general principle of treatment is to treat⟳ heat-syndrome diseases with cold-natured drugs, and cold-syndromes with warm-natured drugs.”

“A cold-natured herb is different from a cool-natured one only in degree; so is a warm-natured herb different from a hot-natured herb.”

“Moreover, due to the failure to distinguish Yin from Yang, many TCM pharmacologists misjudge Yang deficiency syndrome and have⟳ misused cold-natured drugs for a long period of time.”

“Considering how cold-natured his car was he decided it would be just as easy to walk⟳.”

“She was so very cold-natured that you had to have⟳ a fire all night.”

“If you're cold-natured and tend⟳ to get⟳ chilled easily, you're going to need⟳ to plan⟳ ahead so you can relax⟳ and have⟳ fun instead of trying to keep⟳ warm.”

“No, he was thinking, Kate isn't cold-natured at all. Not by any stretch⟳ of the imagination! She was sweet and warm and loving,”

“You'll have⟳ material success and a cold-natured partner who pencils your love-making in his or her calendar — as long as it doesn't interfere⟳ with the next board⟳ meeting.”

“This step-mother was cold-natured, controlling, mean-spirited and completely overbearing, at least from Berneice's perspective.”

“Line the whole crust or fortifying boundary on its inside to the north, facing the south, with a conservatory for tropical plants, &c, that shall enclose twenty acres ; line it to the south, facing the north, with a conservatory of the same size for " cold- natured vegetation."”

“In addition to being an SSE member, we are also conducting our own⟳ seed exchange⟳ program⟳, and we will gladly send⟳ trial samples of either Siberia or Glacier to SSE members for any cold-natured variety of tomato, beans, peas, squash or pumpkin that is no longer being sold.”

“Thus, fish⟳ are moister and cooler; land⟳ animals are warmer; hot-natured trees thrive in warmer climates, and cold-natured plants in cold.”

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