4 Stages/ Wen Bing

Question 1

Differentiation

Answer 1

employs the theory of qi and blood w/ flexibility in the analysis of acute febrile dzs. Body’s resistance is weak and their is invasion to the body by febrile pathogen or pestilential factors.
abrupt onset, injure yin

Question 2

Wei level

Answer 2

dysfunction of the wei qi:
-principal manifestations: fever, mild aversion to wind and cold, HA, cough, absence of sweating or slight sweating, mild thirst, swelling and pain of the throat, red tongue tip and boarders, thin and white t.c. and superficial rapid pulse

Question 3

Qi level

Answer 3

interior heat syndromes, febrile pathogen transmitted inwards to affect zang-fu organs.
-fever, aversion to heat, red tongue w/ yellow t.c. rapid pulse/ may be accompanied by mental restlessness and uneasiness, thirst and deep-yellow urine. 4 BIGS

Question 4

Ying (nutritive) level

Answer 4

ying refers to the qi in the blood, which flows internally to the heart. injury of ying yin ad disturbance of the mind.
-feverishness of the body worse at night, dryness of mouth w/out strong desire to drink, mental restlessness, insomnia, deep-red tongue and a thready, rapid pulse. faint skin rashes, delirium, or coma

Question 5

Xue level

Answer 5

excessive heat stirring the blood and durther disturbing the mind
-burning heat of the body, mania, delirium, obvious skin rashes, hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, bloody stools, hematuria, a dark deep-red tongue.