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sudden severe abdominal pain worse with cold, better with warmth, no thirst, pale urine, normal poop or loose stool, thick white coat, deep and taut pulse
Abdominal Pain: Cold Coagulation
abd pain refusing to be pressed, chest congestion, thirst, sweating, constipation or sticky foul poop, dark yellow urine, maybe red tongue with greasy coat, ru and rapid pulse
Abdominal Pain: Damp Heat Obstruction
abd distension and pain that doesn’t like being pressed, anorexia, acid regurgitation, burping, bad breath, diarrhea that relieves pain, or constipation, thick and greasy coat, full and slippery pulse
Abdominal Pain: Food Stagnation
qi- abd distending pain, can move and refer to lower lateral abd or intercostal region, alleviated by burping or flatulence, aggravated by anger, thin white coat, wiry pulse; blood- fixed and sharp abd pain, purplish tongue, wiry or choppy pulse
Abdominal Pain: Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis
abd pain- intermittent and dull, prefers warmth and pressure, aggravated by hunger and over exertion, looses stool, low energy, SOB, intolerance of cold, pale with white coat, deep and thin pulse
Abdominal Pain: Spleen Yang Xu
gurgling in throat, cough sounds like drowning chicken, congested chest, dyspnea, dark or purplish complexion, no thirst or want hot drink, aversion to cold, white and slippery coat, wiry and slippery or tight pulse
Asthma: Acute Cold Asthma
gurgling in throat, big noise, yellow and sticky sputum, difficult to cough up, restlessness, irritability, sweating, flushed face, bitter taste, thirst with desire for cold, red with yellow greasy coat, slippery and rapid pulse
Asthma: Acute Hot Asthma
chills and fever, gurgling in throat, breathlessness, flaring nostrils, white and yellowish coat, slippery and rapid pulse
Asthma: Fire Wrapped by Cold
sudden attack, identified allergens (flower, pollen, cat, seafood, etc.)
Asthma: Allergic Asthma
cough with weak voice, pale complexion, easy to catch cold, spontaneous sweating, normal or sl. pale tongue, thin and weak or big but empty pulse
Asthma: Lung Xu
low energy, poor appetite, poor digestion, loose stool, easy diarrhea after heavy meal, chronic cough with lots of phlegm, asthma induced by food, little pale with white coat, thin and soft pulse
Asthma: Spleen Xu
SOB aggravated by movement/exertion, difficulty breathing deeply, sore lower back/knees, aversion to cold, pale or dark complexion, pale and flabby and deep and thin (yang xu), or red with little coat and thin and rapid (yin xu)
Asthma: Kidney Xu
possible flushed face, dry mouth and throat, constipation, yellow urination, soreness in mouth and lips, reddnes in area of stasis, red tongue, thready and rapid pulse
Blood Stasis: Pathogenic Heat
history of extreme cold exposure, aversion to cold, feels better with warmth, dusky tongue with spots and engorged veins, white coat, tight or wiry pulse
Blood Stasis: Cold Coagulation
often caused by emotional disturbance
Blood Stasis: Qi Stagnation
happens in chronic disease, or from lack of exercise
Blood Stasis: Qi Deficiency
often seen with menstrual cycle problems
Blood Stasis: Blood Deficiency
common with coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, difficulty breathing, purple complexion
Blood Stasis: Phlegm Obstruction
common in ascites, late stage liver cirrhosis, enlarged liver/spleen- can see veins, very small limbs
Blood Stasis: Water Retention
stabbing/pricking pain, fixed, worse at night, palpitations, deep and choppy pulse, purple spots on tongue
Xiong Bi: Heart Blood Stasis
stuffiness in chest, dull pain referring to upper back and down middle of arm, cough, heavy sensation of body, general lassitude, usually overweight with unhealthy diet, thick greasy white coat, slippery coat
Xiong Bi: Phlegm Retention
severe chest pain worse with cold, palpitations, asthma, difficulty lying flat, pale face, cold limbs, white coating, deep, taut, or thin
Xiong Bi: Cold Coagulation
dull pain in front of chest, palpitations, night sweating, irritability, restlessness, soreness of lower back, weak knee joints, tinnitus, dizziness, hypertension, red face, numbness of fingers, rigid tongue red with little coat, thin rapid or choppy pulse
Xiong Bi: Yin Xu of Heart and Kidney
chest pain, stuffiness, worse with exertion, general lassitude, SOB, palpitations, pale face, malar flush, five center heat, night sweats, slight red tongue, tender or scalloped, thin weak and intermittent pulse
Xiong Bi: Qi and Yin Xu
stuffy or pain in chest that radiates to arm, palpitations, SOB, spontaneous sweating, intolerance of cold, cold limbs, low energy, pale face, lips, nails and tongue, dizziness, edema, deep thready faint pulse
Xiong Bi: Heart Yang Xu
severe chills, slight fever, no sweating, head and body aches, stuffed or runny nose, scratchy throat, cough with thin white phlegm, no thirst or desire for hot liquids, thin white and moist coat, floating and tight pulse
Gan Mao: Wind Cold Invasion
more fever, less chills, sweating, headaches or distending pain in head, sore throat, stuffed or runny nose with sticky yellow discharge, thirst with desire for cold, cough with thick yellow phlegm, red tip with thin yellow coat, floating and rapid pulse
Gan Mao: Wind Heat Invasion
aversion to cold, shivering, fever, heaviness of head and body, nausea, vomiting, swollen glands, headaches, feels worse in afternoon, oppression in chest and epigastrium, sticky taste, sticky yellow coat, slippery and floating pulse
Gan Mao: Wind Damp Heat
external invasion symptoms on top of constitutional qi xu pattern
Gan Mao: Common Cold with Qi Xu
external invasion symptoms on top of constitutional yang xu pattern
Gan Mao: Common Cold with Yang Xu
external invasion symptoms on top of constitutional blood xu pattern
Gan Mao: Common Cold with Blood Xu
external invasion symptoms on top of constitutional yin xu pattern
Gan Mao: Common Cold with Yin Xu
Palpitations: Constitutional Heart and Gallbladder Xu
easily frightened, restlessness, dream disturbed sleep, nightmare, panic, thin white coat, rapid or dong or weak and wiry pulse
Palpitations: Phlegm Heat in Gallbladder
restlessness, lots of phlegm, poor appetite, nausea, yellow sticky coat, slippery and rapid pulse
Palpitations: Heart Blood Xu
pale face, dizziness, blurry vision, pale nails and tongue, thin and feeble pulse
Palpitations: Yin Xu and Empty Fire
insomnia, restlessness, dizziness, tinnitus, five center heat, night sweating, sore lower back, red with little or no coat, thin and rapid pulse
Palpitations: Weakness of Heart Yang Qi
stifled, cold hands and feet, bright pale face, intolerance of cold, slight breathlessness, pale tongue, weak and deep pulse
Palpitations: Overflow of Water on Heart
paroxysmal palpitations, dizziness, fullness of chest, cold extremities, scanty urine, edema, no thirst or thirst but don’t want to drink, vomit, nausea, flabby, scalloped with wet white coat, slippery and rapid pulse
Palpitations: Blood Stasis in Vessels
pain in front of chest, fixed pricking, stabbing pain if severe, purple lips, nails, and tongue, purple spots with engorged veins, choppy or intermittent pulse
Palpitations: Invasion of Pericardium by Wind Heat
with common cold symptoms, fever, thirst, restlessness, red tip white or yellow or thick yellow coat, rapid but irregular pulse
Insomnia: Liver Fire Disturbs Heart
dreaming of fire or fight, irritability, loss of appetite, thirst-prefers cold, bitter taste in mouth, dark yellow urine, constipation, red with yellow coat, wiry and rapid pulse
Insomnia: Disturbance of Heart by Phlegm Heat
heavy head, foggy mind, profuse sputum, stifling sensation in chest, anorexia, burping, nausea, acid regurgitation, bitter taste, blurry vision, yellow and greasy coat, slippery and rapid pulse
Insomnia: Disturbance of Heart by Empty Fire
restlessness, palpitations, tinnitus, dizziness, poor memory, sore lower back, 5 center heat, erotic dreams, seminal emission, thirst, red with little coat, thin and rapid pulse
Insomnia: Spleen and Heart Xu
dream disturbance, shallow sleep, palpitations, dizziness, blurry vision, poor energy, poor appetite, sallow complexion, pale with thin white coat, thin and weak pulse
Insomnia: Heart and Gallbladder Xu
timid, easily wakes and difficult to get back to sleep, nightmares, wake up frightened, panic, paranoid, SOB, poor energy, clear urine, slightly pale and thin white coat, thin and wiry pulse
Insomnia: Liver Qi Stagnation and Liver Xue Xu
hard to fall and stay asleep, dream disturbed sleep, fullness in chest or intercostals, irritability, sighing a lot, red with white or yellow coat, wiry and rapid pulse
Dysentery: Damp Heat
severe abd pain, tenesmus, bloody and mucous discharge mixed, burning around anus, scanty dark urine, red tongue with yellow greasy coat, slippery and rapid pulse
Dysentery: Pestilential (contaminated food or bugs, life threatening)
severe abd pain, sudden and violent diarrhea with pus and blood, tenesmus, fever, thirst, headaches, fidget, cloudy mind and convulsion, deep red tongue with yellow dry coat, slippery and rapid
Dysentery: Cold Dampness
lots of white mucus like jelly, less blood, abd pain, tenesmus, anorexia, fullness of stomach, heavy body, foggy head, scalloped tongue with white greasy coat, ru and slow pulse
Dysentery: Deficient Cold (chronic case eventually damage Sp and Kd yang- ulcerative colitis)
diarrhea with white mucus, little blood, persistent dull pain in abd, poor appetite, low energy, LBP, cold limbs, intolerance of cold, pale with white coat, deep, thin and weak pulse
Dysentery: Yin Xu
pus and blood in poop, or only blood that is bright red and sticky, burning pain in abd and anus, tenesmus, poor appetite, thirst, restlessness, deep red tongue with little or no coat, thin and rapid pulse
Diarrhea: Cold Dampness
abd pain, borborygmus, full ST, poor appetite, or with fever and chills, stuffy nose, head and body aches, thin white coat, ru mai, little slow
Diarrhea: Damp Heat or Summer Heat
violent diarrhea, urgent and frequent, dark brown foul smell, burning butt, abd pain, fidget, thirst, scanty dark yellow urine, yellow and greasy coat, ru or slippery and rapid
Diarrhea: Food Stagnation
undigested food in poop, foul smell, full stomach, abd pain, acid reflux, burping, loss of appetite, thick and greasy coat, slippery pulse
Diarrhea: Liver Overacting on Spleen
may alt. with constipation, following bad abd pain, depression, sighing a lot, anger/irritability, pain or discomfort in chest and hypochondria, little pale tongue, thin white coat, wiry pulse
Diarrhea: Spleen and Stomach Xu
chronic, induced by heavy meal, bloating after food, sallow complexion, poor energy, emaciation, pale with thin white coat, thin and weak pulse
Diarrhea: Kidney Yang Xu
chronic, before dawn, urgency, rumbling and abd pain (better after poop), cold limbs, intolerance of cold, LBP, weak knees, pale with white coat, deep and thready pulse
Dian: Retention of Phlegm and Liver Qi Stagnation
above, with more anger, loss of appetite, stuffy chest, white and greasy coat, wiry and slippery pulse
Dian: Heart and Spleen Xu
dream disturbance, palpitations, panic, easily scared, lassitude, poor appetite, pale tongue, thin and weak pulse
Kuang: Flaring of Phlegm Fire/ Excessive Yang
irritable, hot temper, splitting headache, red eyes, insomnia, flushed face, turns manic, dangerous and aggressive, deep red tongue with greasy yellow coat, wiry, slippery, rapid, full pulse
Kuang: Excess Heat and Yin Xu
chronic, not as mad as before, thirsty, thin, looks tired, emaciated, poor sleep, thin and rapid pulse, red with little coat
Dian Kuang: Blood Stasis
dian or kuang symptoms with purple tongue or spots, choppy pulse
Depression: Liver Qi Stagnation
no spirit, sighing a lot, lack of motivation, distension or pain in chest and hypochondria, pain associated with emotional change, burping, poor appetite, nausea, irregular BM, irregular menstruation, dullness, procrastination, thin white coat, wiry pulse
Depression: Liver Fire
mild mania, irritability, bitter taste in mouth, acid regurgitation, constipation headaches, red eyes, tinnitus, red with yellow coat, wiry and rapid pulse
Depression: Qi and Phlegm Stagnation
plum pit in throat can’t spit or swallow it out, stifled chest, hypochondriac pain, white greasy coat, wiry and slippery
Depression: Depression of Liver Qi
mental depression, distress in chest, hypochondriac pain, abdominal distension, belching, decreased appetite, vomit, white thin or greasy coat, wiry pulse
Depression: Deficiency of Blood
grief without reason, capricious joy, anger, fright, palpitations, irritability, insomnia, sudden chest oppression, hiccup, sudden aphonia, convulsions/loss of consciousness if severe, thin white coat, wiry pulse
Cough: Wind Cold
60% of coughing, with watery frothy phlegm, aversion to cold, no sweating, sneezing, stiff neck, head and body aches, thin to thick white coat, floating and tight pulse
Cough: Wind Heat
with yellow sticky phlegm, fever and chills, coarse voice, sore throat, sweating, runny nose with purulent discharge, thirst, thin and yellow coat, floating and rapid or slippery pulse
Cough: Wind Dryness
dry cough, or little phlegm or tinged with blood, itching dry and painful throat, very dry nose and lips, chills and fever, headaches, thin white coat, floating and rapid pulse
Cough: Retention of Phlegm Damp in Lung
repeated cough with profuse white or grey sputum, worse in early morning or after meals, relieved by spitting, congested chest, full abdomen, poor energy, loose stool, white greasy coat, ru and slippery pulse
Cough: Retention of Phlegm Heat in the Lung
barking cough with yellow sticky stinky phlegm, pain in chest, flushed face, thirst with desire for drink, red with yellow greasy coat, slippery and rapid pulse
Cough: Attack of Liver Fire
cough with sticky but scanty phlegm, hypochondriac pain associated with mood change, irritability, flushed face, bitter taste in mouth, thin dry yellow coat, wiry and rapid pulse
Cough: Lung Yin Xu
dry or half cough, or with little sticky phlegm, dry throat, thirst, afternoon fever, hot sensation in palms and soles, night sweating, emaciation, red with little or peeled coat, thin and rapid pulse
Constipation: Re Bi- Heat
dry, hard stools, scanty dark urine, red face, fever or hot, bloated or abd pain, dry mouth bad breath, red tongue with dry yellow/brown coat, slippery and rapid or deep and forceful pulse
Constipation: Qi Bi- Stagnation
with belching, farts, full chest and hypochondria, distension and pain in abd, reduced appetite, emotional change, may alt with diarrhea, thin white coat, wiry pulse
Constipation: Xu Bi- Qi Xu
constant urge but lack qi to poop, not dry but great effort to pass, sweating, SOB, tired after poop, pale face, low energy, less red looks tender with thin white coat, weak pulse
Constipation: Xu Bi- Xue Xu
dry stools, difficult defecation, sallow complexion, dizziness, blurry vision, palpitations, pale lips and tongue, thready and choppy pulse
Constipation: Leng Bi- Cold (due to Sp/Kd yang xu)
difficult to poop not hard, clear copious urine, bright pale face, cold limbs, cold pain in lower abd or back, intolerance to cold, pale with white coat, deep and slow pulse
Bleeding: Invasion of Lung by Fire (heat and dryness)
epistaxis, hemoptysis, coughing with blood, phlegm with blood, fever, thirst, fidget, restlessness, dark urine, constipation with dry poop, thin yellow coat, floating and rapid pulse
Bleeding: Empty Fire in Lung
epistaxis, non productive cough, or protracted cough with bright red blood, thirst, malar flush, tidal fever, night sweating, red with little coat, thin and rapid pulse
Bleeding: Liver Fire Excess
hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematemesis, headaches, hot flush, deafness, red eyes, irritability, bitter taste, pain in chest or intercostals, red at edge with yellow coat, wiry and rapid pulse
Bleeding: Stomach Fire
gum bleeding, vomiting blood, sometimes epistaxis, big thirst, dry stool, constipation, bad breath, big appetite, red with yellow greasy coat, big slippery and rapid pulse
Bleeding: Heat in Blood
purpura on skin, maybe gum bleeding, epistaxis, hemofecia, hemoturia, fever worse at night, cloudy mind, dark urine, deep red with yellow coat, deep rapid pulse
Bleeding: Damp Heat in LI
hemofecia (light or dark depending on location), maybe abd pain, bitter taste in mouth, yellow greasy coat, ru and rapid pulse
Bleeding: Heat in Bladder
bloody urine, thirst, restlessness, cankers or sores in mouth, insomnia, red with yellow coat, rapid pulse wiry on left chi, slightly overflowing overall
Bleeding: Spleen Qi Xu (also Lung Qi Xu)
lingering bleeding (light red small amount), poor energy, lassitude, weak voice, reluctance to speak, sallow face, epistaxis (can’t stop with pressure), easy bruising, purpura on skin, pale and tender tongue, thin and weak pulse
Bleeding: Spleen and Kidney Yang Xu (Stomach and Spleen Xu)
profuse fresh xue in stools, slight abd pain, pale face, exhaustion, depression, loose and frequent stools with mucus, pale tongue with swollen sides, weak pulse
What are the four steps to treat bleeding/blood stasis?
arrest bleeding, resolve blood stasis, calm the blood to prevent further bleeding, tonify blood
Re Lin (Heat Stranguria)
urgent, frequent, burning urination, scanty and dark urine, lower abdominal spasm or distension, or stabbing pain, maybe fever, chills, aversion to cold, bitter taste, nausea, vomit, LBP, or constipation, yellow and greasy coat, ru and rapid pulse
Shi Lin (Stranguria caused by urinary stones)
difficult urination with stones or sand, stream of urine may suddenly interrupt, turbid urine, sharp pain in urethra, colic in abdomen and back, may have blood in urine, red tongue with thin yellow coat, wiry and slightly rapid pulse, if chronic: lusterless face, mental fatigue, SOB, sore LB, weak, rapid pulse, red tongue with no coat
Qi Lin- excess type
hesitant urination or dribbling, distending pain in lower lateral abdomen, thin white coat, deep wiry pulse
Qi Lin- deficient type
incomplete urination, lack of stream force, bearing down sensation in lower abdomen, pale face, pale tongue, thin and weak pulse
Xue Lin- excess type (Stranguria complicated with Hematuria)
stranguria with blood or clots,stabbing, burning pain, dark brown urine, maybe with blood clots, restlessness, yellow coat, slippery and rapid pulse
Xue Lin- deficiency type (Stranguria complicated with Hematuria)
stranguria with pink urine, with dull pain, sore LB, weak knees, lassitude, pink tongue, thin and rapid pulse
Gao Lin- excess type (Stranguria marked by chyluria)
cloudy urine with oily film or mixed with milky flakes or blood clots or hairy sedimentation, burning pain in urethra, red tongue with yellow greasy coat, ru and rapid pulse
Gao Lin- deficiency type (Stranguria marked by chyluria)
chronic condition with milky urine, mild pain in urethra, emaciation, dizziness, low energy, lower back ache, weakness of knees, pale tongue with greasy coat, thin and weak pulse
Lao Lin (stranguria induced by taxation/overstrain)
recurrent stranguria, reddish urine with mild pain, aggravated by overexertion, soreness of lower back, weakness of knees, general lassitude, pale tongue, weak pulse