Diagnosis In Tcm Painful Obstruction And Wei Syndrome

Front 1

soreness and pain of muscles and joints, limited movements with pain moving from joint to joint, or associated with aversion to cold, fever, a thin and white coating, superficial and tight pulse

Back 1

Wind painful obstruction syndrome (wind bi)

Front 2

severe pain in a joint or muscles with limitations of movements, usually bi-lateral, often aggravated by cold and relieved slightly by heat, pain gets worse at night, a white and slippery tongue coating and stringy and tense pulse

Back 2

Painful obstruction syndrome (pain bi)
Mostly due to cold.

Front 3

pain, soreness and swelling in muscles and joints with a feeling of heaviness and numbness of the limbs, the pain often fixed in one location and aggravated by damp heat, a white and sticky tongue coating, soft and slow pulse

Back 3

Damp Painful obstruction syndrome (damp bi)
yi yi ren

Front 4

acute onset, pain and heat in the joint which feels hot to the touch, redness and swelling of the joints, limitations of movements and severe pain, relived slightly by cold, associated with fever, aversion to wind, seats, irritability, thirst, a red tongue with yellow coating, slippery and rapid pulse

Back 4

Heat painful obstruction syndrome (heat bi)
Bai hu Gui Zhi Tang

Front 5

fever, weakness of limbs after the fever subsides, dry skin, irritability, thirst, cough, dry throat, scanty and dark urine, constipation, a red tongue and yellow coating, thready and rapid pulse

Back 5

Wei syndrome due to heat in the lung damaging fluids
(SARS)

Front 6

constant low fever which does not abate with sweating, weakness, heaviness and swelling of legs, short and scanty urine, fever, a feeling of heaviness of the body, a red tongue with yellow coating, soft and rapid pulse

Back 6

Wei syndrome due to damp heat invasion
Er Miao San

Front 7

gradual onset of weakness of legs, or muscle atrophy, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, breathlessness, poor appetite, loose stool, pale complexion, a pale tongue, thready and soft pulse

Back 7

Wei syndrome due to spleen and stomach deficiency

Front 8

chronic onset, weakness and atrophy of leg muscles, soreness and weakness of the lower back and the knees, dizziness, tinnitus, possible incontinence of urine and bowel movements, a red and purple tongue and less coating, thready and rapid pulse

Back 8

Wei syndrome due to liver and kidney deficiency