Ba gang 8 principles patterns Flashcards
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Dull white complexion Dull pain that is better with pressure Feels worse after bowel movement Weak, slow, deep pulse Thin white tongue coat
Deficiency cold
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Bright white complexion Pain that is worse with pressure Feels better after bowel movement Full, tight, deep pulse Thick white tongue coat
Excess cold
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Feels hot in the afternoon or evening
No bitter taste
If bleeding, it is slight
Dry stools with no abdominal pain
Deficiency heat
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Constantly hot
Bitter taste
If bleeding, it is profuse
Constipation with abdominal pain
Excess heat
Five hearts hot (hands, feet, face)
with
Low grade, tidal fever
deficiency heat
Feels hot in the afternoon or evening
deficiency heat
Bright white complexion
Excess heat
Dull white complexion
Deficiency heat
Bitter taste
Excess heat
General anxiety and fidgeting
Deficiency heat
Mental confusion or delirium
Excess heat
Fever, chills, body aches, irritability, abdominal pain
External cold, internal heat
Fever, sweating, loose stools, abdominal distension
External heat, internal cold
Thirst, halitosis, insomnia, loose stools, cold pain in abdomen
Heat above, cold below
Vomiting clear fluids, epigastric pain, frequent & painful urination, hot & smelly diarrhoea
Cold above, heat below
Chills, desires warmth, loose stools, clear urine, red face, thirst, body is hot to touch, restlessness
True cold, false heat
Dry throat, thirst with preference for cold drinks, oliguria, cold limbs, inactivity
True heat, false cold
Food stagnation leading to heat in the stomach and intestines, loss of appetite, weak voice, cold limbs
True excess, false deficiency
Fatigue, weak limbs, abdominal fullness and pain, wiry pulse that disappears when pressed deeper
True deficiency, false excess
Profuse sweating that is hot and sticky
Thirst with desires for cold water
Malar flush
Dry lips and tongue
Collapse of yin
Profuse sweating that is cold, clear, and beady Chills No thirst Pale complexion Moist, pale tongue
Collapse of yang
