Tcm_Diagnosis_Patterns_1

Front 1

Wind Cold

(in exterior)

Back 1

Chills more than fever, no sweat

Front 2

Wind Heat

(in exterior)

Back 2

Fever more than chills, sweat

Front 3

Aversion to Cold w/ Fever

(in exterior)

Back 3

1. Wind Cold

2. Wind Heat

3. Wind Dry

4. Wind Damp

5. Summer Heat

6. Malarial Evils

7. Heat Toxins

Front 4

Fear of Cold

Back 4

1. Yang Xu

2. Tan Yin (turbid evils block Yang Qi)

3. Liver Qi Stag

4. Cold Striking Shao Yin (Ht, Kid)

5. Exuberant Yang repels Yin

Front 5

Fever, no Chills (heat patterns)

(interior)

Back 5

Heat:

1. Heat congesting in lungs

2. Damp Heat

3. Summer Heat

4. Heat Toxins

Front 6

Fever, no Chills (xu patterns)

(interior)

Back 6

Xu:

1. Yin Xu

2. Blood Xu

3. Qi Xu

Front 7

Fever, no Chills (febrile disease patterns)

(interior)

Back 7

Febrile disease patterns:

1. Yang Ming Channel (4 Bigs)

2. Yang Ming Fu (LI, St - constipation)

3. Ying

4. Xue

Front 8

Tidal Fever

(while awake)

Back 8

1. Yin Xu, Xu Re (thready, rapid, forceless)

2. Sp Qi Xu (fever 9-11am or 9-11pm)

3. Damp Heat (Yang Evil trapped in Yin Evil)

4. Yang Ming constitition (full of Blood & Qi)

5. Ying & Xue (advanced febrile disease)

Front 9

Night Sweats

(while asleep)

Back 9

1. Yin Xu, Xu Re

2. Sp Xu w/ Damp Encumberance

3. Damp Heat

4. Shao Yang

5. Blood Xu, or Blood Stasis

Front 10

Spontaneous Sweating

Back 10

1. Qi Xu

2. Wind Strike

3. Damp Heat

4. Summer Heat

5. Heat in Yang Ming (red face, sweaty, thirsty)

6. Water Rheum

Front 11

Alternating Hot & Cold

Back 11

1. Shao Yang (GB, TB)

2. Heat entering blood chamber (uterus)

Front 12

Absence of Sweat

Back 12

1. Wind Cold (open exterior & induce sweating)

2. Cold Damp (slower release of sweat)

Front 13

Pain

Back 13

Lack of free flow

Front 14

San Bi

Back 14

1. Wind Bi = moving pain

2. Cold Bi = more painful

3. Damp Bi = stiffness, fixed, often swelling

4. Heat Bi = after stiff & puffy, then heat

Front 15

Headache

Back 15

Tai Yin (Lu, Sp) Head is painful, heavy

Shao Yin (Ht, Kid) HA radiates to brain, teeth

Jue Yin (Liv, Pe) Vertex HA

Yang Ming (LI, St) HA in forehead, eyebrows

Tai Yang (SI, BL) HA radiating to back & neck

Shao Yang (GB, TB) HA in temples

Front 16

General Pain

Back 16

1. Wind Cold Exterior Invasion

2. Damp in the exterior

3. Blood Xu, Qi & Blood Xu

4. Blood Stasis

5. Yang Xu

Front 17

Dizziness

Back 17

1. Phlegm Damp

2. Liver Yang Rising

3. Wind Fire

4. Central Qi Xu

5. Kidney Essence Xu

6. Ht/Sp Dual Vacuity

Front 18

Chest Pain

Back 18

1. Phlegm Damp in Lungs

2. Heat congesting in Lung

3. Lung Abscess

4. Chest Bi

5. Heart Qi Xu

6. Heart Yang Xu

7. Qi & Blood Dual Vacuity

Front 19

Cough

Back 19

1. Wind Cold (Resolve Exterior)

2. Wind Heat (Resolve Exterior)

3. Dry Evil (Resolve Exterior)

4. Phlegm Heat Congesting in Lungs (Clear heat, transform phlegm, stop cough)

5. Phlegm Damp congesting in Lungs (dry damp, transform phlegm, stop cough)

6. Spleen Xu

7. Lu Qi Xu

8. Lu Yin Xu

Front 20

Panting

Back 20

Shallow & rapid

Flaring ala nasi

Use chest and neck to help breathing

Aggravated by lying down = water

Front 21

Wheezing

Back 21

Wheezing occurs with panting

Panting can occur without wheezing