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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
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Abdominal Pain: Cold Coagulation
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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
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Abdominal Pain: Damp Heat Obstruction
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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
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Abdominal Pain: Food Stagnation
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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
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Abdominal Pain: Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis
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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
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Abdominal Pain: Spleen Yang Xu
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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
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Asthma: Acute Cold Asthma
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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
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Asthma: Acute Hot Asthma
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chills and fever, gurgling in throat, breathlessness, flaring nostrils, white and yellowish coat, slippery and rapid pulse
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Asthma: Fire Wrapped by Cold
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sudden attack, identified allergens (flower, pollen, cat, seafood, etc.)
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Asthma: Allergic Asthma
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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
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Asthma: Lung Xu
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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
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Asthma: Spleen Xu
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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)
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Asthma: Kidney Xu
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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
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Blood Stasis: Pathogenic Heat
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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
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Blood Stasis: Cold Coagulation
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often caused by emotional disturbance
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Blood Stasis: Qi Stagnation
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happens in chronic disease, or from lack of exercise
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Blood Stasis: Qi Deficiency
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often seen with menstrual cycle problems
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Blood Stasis: Blood Deficiency
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common with coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, difficulty breathing, purple complexion
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Blood Stasis: Phlegm Obstruction
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common in ascites, late stage liver cirrhosis, enlarged liver/spleen- can see veins, very small limbs
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Blood Stasis: Water Retention
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stabbing/pricking pain, fixed, worse at night, palpitations, deep and choppy pulse, purple spots on tongue
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Xiong Bi: Heart Blood Stasis
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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
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Xiong Bi: Phlegm Retention
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severe chest pain worse with cold, palpitations, asthma, difficulty lying flat, pale face, cold limbs, white coating, deep, taut, or thin
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Xiong Bi: Cold Coagulation
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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
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Xiong Bi: Yin Xu of Heart and Kidney
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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
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Xiong Bi: Qi and Yin Xu
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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
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Xiong Bi: Heart Yang Xu
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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
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Gan Mao: Wind Cold Invasion
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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
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Gan Mao: Wind Heat Invasion
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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
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Gan Mao: Wind Damp Heat
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external invasion symptoms on top of constitutional qi xu pattern
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Gan Mao: Common Cold with Qi Xu
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external invasion symptoms on top of constitutional yang xu pattern
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Gan Mao: Common Cold with Yang Xu
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external invasion symptoms on top of constitutional blood xu pattern
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Gan Mao: Common Cold with Blood Xu
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external invasion symptoms on top of constitutional yin xu pattern
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Gan Mao: Common Cold with Yin Xu
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Palpitations: Constitutional Heart and Gallbladder Xu
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easily frightened, restlessness, dream disturbed sleep, nightmare, panic, thin white coat, rapid or dong or weak and wiry pulse
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Palpitations: Phlegm Heat in Gallbladder
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restlessness, lots of phlegm, poor appetite, nausea, yellow sticky coat, slippery and rapid pulse
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Palpitations: Heart Blood Xu
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pale face, dizziness, blurry vision, pale nails and tongue, thin and feeble pulse
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Palpitations: Yin Xu and Empty Fire
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insomnia, restlessness, dizziness, tinnitus, five center heat, night sweating, sore lower back, red with little or no coat, thin and rapid pulse
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Palpitations: Weakness of Heart Yang Qi
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stifled, cold hands and feet, bright pale face, intolerance of cold, slight breathlessness, pale tongue, weak and deep pulse
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Palpitations: Overflow of Water on Heart
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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
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Palpitations: Blood Stasis in Vessels
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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
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Palpitations: Invasion of Pericardium by Wind Heat
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with common cold symptoms, fever, thirst, restlessness, red tip white or yellow or thick yellow coat, rapid but irregular pulse
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Insomnia: Liver Fire Disturbs Heart
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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
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Insomnia: Disturbance of Heart by Phlegm Heat
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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
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Insomnia: Disturbance of Heart by Empty Fire
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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
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Insomnia: Spleen and Heart Xu
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dream disturbance, shallow sleep, palpitations, dizziness, blurry vision, poor energy, poor appetite, sallow complexion, pale with thin white coat, thin and weak pulse
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Insomnia: Heart and Gallbladder Xu
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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
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Insomnia: Liver Qi Stagnation and Liver Xue Xu
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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
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Dysentery: Damp Heat
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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
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Dysentery: Pestilential (contaminated food or bugs, life threatening)
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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
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Dysentery: Cold Dampness
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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
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Dysentery: Deficient Cold (chronic case eventually damage Sp and Kd yang- ulcerative colitis)
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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
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Dysentery: Yin Xu
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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
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Diarrhea: Cold Dampness
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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
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Diarrhea: Damp Heat or Summer Heat
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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
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Diarrhea: Food Stagnation
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undigested food in poop, foul smell, full stomach, abd pain, acid reflux, burping, loss of appetite, thick and greasy coat, slippery pulse
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Diarrhea: Liver Overacting on Spleen
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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
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Diarrhea: Spleen and Stomach Xu
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chronic, induced by heavy meal, bloating after food, sallow complexion, poor energy, emaciation, pale with thin white coat, thin and weak pulse
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Diarrhea: Kidney Yang Xu
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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
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Dian: Retention of Phlegm and Liver Qi Stagnation
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above, with more anger, loss of appetite, stuffy chest, white and greasy coat, wiry and slippery pulse
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Dian: Heart and Spleen Xu
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dream disturbance, palpitations, panic, easily scared, lassitude, poor appetite, pale tongue, thin and weak pulse
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Kuang: Flaring of Phlegm Fire/ Excessive Yang
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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
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Kuang: Excess Heat and Yin Xu
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chronic, not as mad as before, thirsty, thin, looks tired, emaciated, poor sleep, thin and rapid pulse, red with little coat
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Dian Kuang: Blood Stasis
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dian or kuang symptoms with purple tongue or spots, choppy pulse
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Depression: Liver Qi Stagnation
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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
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Depression: Liver Fire
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mild mania, irritability, bitter taste in mouth, acid regurgitation, constipation headaches, red eyes, tinnitus, red with yellow coat, wiry and rapid pulse
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Depression: Qi and Phlegm Stagnation
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plum pit in throat can’t spit or swallow it out, stifled chest, hypochondriac pain, white greasy coat, wiry and slippery
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Depression: Depression of Liver Qi
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mental depression, distress in chest, hypochondriac pain, abdominal distension, belching, decreased appetite, vomit, white thin or greasy coat, wiry pulse
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Depression: Deficiency of Blood
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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
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Cough: Wind Cold
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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
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Cough: Wind Heat
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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
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Cough: Wind Dryness
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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
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Cough: Retention of Phlegm Damp in Lung
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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
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Cough: Retention of Phlegm Heat in the Lung
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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
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Cough: Attack of Liver Fire
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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
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Cough: Lung Yin Xu
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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
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Constipation: Re Bi- Heat
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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
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Constipation: Qi Bi- Stagnation
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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
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Constipation: Xu Bi- Qi Xu
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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
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Constipation: Xu Bi- Xue Xu
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dry stools, difficult defecation, sallow complexion, dizziness, blurry vision, palpitations, pale lips and tongue, thready and choppy pulse
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Constipation: Leng Bi- Cold (due to Sp/Kd yang xu)
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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
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Bleeding: Invasion of Lung by Fire (heat and dryness)
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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
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Bleeding: Empty Fire in Lung
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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
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Bleeding: Liver Fire Excess
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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
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Bleeding: Stomach Fire
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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
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Bleeding: Heat in Blood
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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
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Bleeding: Damp Heat in LI
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hemofecia (light or dark depending on location), maybe abd pain, bitter taste in mouth, yellow greasy coat, ru and rapid pulse
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Bleeding: Heat in Bladder
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bloody urine, thirst, restlessness, cankers or sores in mouth, insomnia, red with yellow coat, rapid pulse wiry on left chi, slightly overflowing overall
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Bleeding: Spleen Qi Xu (also Lung Qi Xu)
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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
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Bleeding: Spleen and Kidney Yang Xu (Stomach and Spleen Xu)
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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
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What are the four steps to treat bleeding/blood stasis?
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arrest bleeding, resolve blood stasis, calm the blood to prevent further bleeding, tonify blood
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Re Lin (Heat Stranguria)
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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
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Shi Lin (Stranguria caused by urinary stones)
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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
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Qi Lin- excess type
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hesitant urination or dribbling, distending pain in lower lateral abdomen, thin white coat, deep wiry pulse
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Qi Lin- deficient type
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incomplete urination, lack of stream force, bearing down sensation in lower abdomen, pale face, pale tongue, thin and weak pulse
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Xue Lin- excess type (Stranguria complicated with Hematuria)
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stranguria with blood or clots,stabbing, burning pain, dark brown urine, maybe with blood clots, restlessness, yellow coat, slippery and rapid pulse
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Xue Lin- deficiency type (Stranguria complicated with Hematuria)
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stranguria with pink urine, with dull pain, sore LB, weak knees, lassitude, pink tongue, thin and rapid pulse
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Gao Lin- excess type (Stranguria marked by chyluria)
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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
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Gao Lin- deficiency type (Stranguria marked by chyluria)
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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
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Lao Lin (stranguria induced by taxation/overstrain)
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recurrent stranguria, reddish urine with mild pain, aggravated by overexertion, soreness of lower back, weakness of knees, general lassitude, pale tongue, weak pulse
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