Ba gang 8 principles patterns

Question 1

Name this pattern:

Dull white complexion
Dull pain that is better with pressure
Feels worse after bowel movement
Weak, slow, deep pulse
Thin white tongue coat

Answer 1

Deficiency cold

Question 2

Name this pattern:

Bright white complexion
Pain that is worse with pressure
Feels better after bowel movement
Full, tight, deep pulse
Thick white tongue coat

Answer 2

Excess cold

Question 3

Name this pattern:

Feels hot in the afternoon or evening
No bitter taste
If bleeding, it is slight
Dry stools with no abdominal pain

Answer 3

Deficiency heat

Question 4

Name this pattern:

Constantly hot
Bitter taste
If bleeding, it is profuse
Constipation with abdominal pain

Answer 4

Excess heat

Question 5

Five hearts hot (hands, feet, face)
with
Low grade, tidal fever

Answer 5

deficiency heat

Question 6

Feels hot in the afternoon or evening

Answer 6

deficiency heat

Question 7

Bright white complexion

Answer 7

Excess heat

Question 8

Dull white complexion

Answer 8

Deficiency heat

Question 9

Bitter taste

Answer 9

Excess heat

Question 10

General anxiety and fidgeting

Answer 10

Deficiency heat

Question 11

Mental confusion or delirium

Answer 11

Excess heat

Question 12

Fever, chills, body aches, irritability, abdominal pain

Answer 12

External cold, internal heat

Question 13

Fever, sweating, loose stools, abdominal distension

Answer 13

External heat, internal cold

Question 14

Thirst, halitosis, insomnia, loose stools, cold pain in abdomen

Answer 14

Heat above, cold below

Question 15

Vomiting clear fluids, epigastric pain, frequent & painful urination, hot & smelly diarrhoea

Answer 15

Cold above, heat below

Question 16

Chills, desires warmth, loose stools, clear urine, red face, thirst, body is hot to touch, restlessness

Answer 16

True cold, false heat

Question 17

Dry throat, thirst with preference for cold drinks, oliguria, cold limbs, inactivity

Answer 17

True heat, false cold

Question 18

Food stagnation leading to heat in the stomach and intestines, loss of appetite, weak voice, cold limbs

Answer 18

True excess, false deficiency

Question 19

Fatigue, weak limbs, abdominal fullness and pain, wiry pulse that disappears when pressed deeper

Answer 19

True deficiency, false excess

Question 20

Profuse sweating that is hot and sticky
Thirst with desires for cold water
Malar flush
Dry lips and tongue

Answer 20

Collapse of yin

Question 21

Profuse sweating that is cold, clear, and beady
Chills
No thirst
Pale complexion
Moist, pale tongue

Answer 21

Collapse of yang