Blood Syndromes Differentiation + Common S/sx

Question 1

The following are pattern differentiations of _____?

Blood Xu
Bleeding
Blood Heat
Cold in Blood
Blood Stasis

Answer 1

Blood Syndromes

Question 2

The following are typical S/sx of ________?

Pale, sallow complexion
Pale eyelid, lips, nails, Dryness
Dizziness, vertigo
Palpitations
Insomnia
Poor memory
Numbness of hands/feet
Scanty menses w/ pale colour
Delayed menstruations or amenorrhea
T: Pale w/ pale coating
P: Weak + Thready (Blood Xu)

Answer 2

Blood Xu

Question 3

The following are typical S/sx of ________?

Bleeding in nose, gums, tongue, urine, stool, metrorrhagia or metrostaxis
T: Pale
P: Weak + Thready, maybe Rapid

Answer 3

Bleeding

Question 4

The following are typical S/sx of ________?

General Heat S/sx
Early or profuse menstruation
Boils, carbuncles, fever, worse at night,
Coma, delrium affecting Shen
T: Crimson
P: Rapid

Answer 4

Blood Heat

Question 5

The following are typical S/sx of ________?

Cold pain in hands/feet, local
Cold feeling in hands/feet, local
Cold body + limbs
Relieved by warmth
Cold cramps in the lower abdomen
Dysmenorrhea or delayed menstruation
T: Dark purple w/ pale, slippery (wet & shiny) coating
P: Deep (interior) + Slow (Xu Cold) + Choppy (stasis)

Answer 5

Cold in Blood

Question 6

The following are typical S/sx of ________?

Fixed pain
Stabbing or spasm pain, aggravated by pressure
Bleeding (heat in blood)
Pain worst at night
Dark, purple colour lumps (can be in superficial location)
Bleeding w/ dark, purple colour w/ clots
Dark complexion
Dark purple nails + lips
T: dark purple
P: Choppy (Stasis)
Knotted (Blood stasis)
Intermittent (pain)

Answer 6

Blood Stasis