卫气营血辩证 Defensive Qi, Qi, Nutritive Qi, Blood Wen Bing Patterns

Question 1

Fever, aversion to cold, headache, slight sweating, runny nose with yellow discharge, slight thirst, sore throat, red and swollen tonsils, T: Red sides or tip of the tongue, P: Superficial, rapid pulse

Answer 1

卫 Defensive Qi /Superficial/Exterior level (CAM)

Question 2

High fever aversion to heat, cough with expectoration of thin-yellow sputum, asthma, thirst, T: Red tongue with thick-yellow coating, P: Rolling, rapid pulse

Answer 2

气 Qi level (CAM)

Question 3

Fever at night, dry mouth with no desire to drink, insomnia, mental restlessness, aphasia, spots on skin, in severe cases coma, T: Deep-Red P: Thready, rapid.

Answer 3

营 Nutritive Qi Level (CAM)

Question 4

High fever, skin eruptions, vomiting of blood, epistaxis, blood in stools, blood in urine, manic behavior, in severe cases convulsions, T: Deep-Red tongue without coating, P: String-taut, Rapid

Answer 4

血 Blood level (CAM)

Question 5

Fever, aversion to cold, headache, sore throat, slight sweating, runny nose with yellow discharge, swollen tonsils, body aches, slight thirst
T: Red in the front or sides with a thin white coating P: Floating-Rapid

Answer 5

Wei: Wind Heat

Question 6

Fever, aversion to cold, no sweating, headache, a feeling of heaviness, an uncomfortable sensation in the epigastrium, irritability, thirst
T: Red in the front or sides with a white sticky coating
P: Soggy and Rapid

Answer 6

Wei: Summer Heat

Question 7

Fever that is worse in the afternoon, body that is hot to touch, aversion to cold, swollen glands, headache, a feeling of heaviness, a feeling of oppression of the
epigastrium, sticky taste, thirst with no desire to drink
T: sticky white coating P: Soggy

Answer 7

Wei: Damp Heat

Question 8

Fever, slight aversion to cold, slight sweating, dry skin, nose, mouth and throat, dry cough, sore throat T: dry with thin white coating P: Floating rapid

Answer 8

Wei: Dry Heat

Question 9

High fever, aversion to heat, no aversion of cold, cough with thin yellow sputum, shortness of breath, sweating. T: Red tongue with yellow coating P: Slippery-Rapid

Answer 9

Qi: Chest/Diaphragm (LU) Heat

Question 10

High fever that is worse in the afternoon, no aversion to cold, feeling of heat, intense thirst, profuse sweating
T: Red with yellow coating P: Overflowing-Rapid

Answer 10

QI: Stomach Heat

Question 11

High fever that is higher in the afternoon, constipation, dry stools, burning in the anus, abdominal fullness and pain, irritability, delirium. T: red with thick, dry, yellow coating P: Deep, full and rapid.

Answer 11

Qi: Intestinal Dry Heat

Question 12

Alternating hot and cold feeling with a prevalence of heat, bitter taste, thirst, dry throat, hypochondrial pain, nausea, a feeling of fullness in the epigastrium T: Red with unilateral sticky yellow coating P: Wiry, rapid

Answer 12

Qi: GB Heat

Question 13

Continuous fever that decreases after sweating but soon increases again, a feeling of heaviness of the body and head, a feeling of oppression of the chest and
epigastrium, nausea, loose stools T: Red with sticky yellow tongue coating P: Soggy-Rapid

Answer 13

Qi: ST/SP Damp Heat

Question 14

Fever at night, dry mouth with no desire to drink, mental
restlessness, insomnia, delirium, incoherent speech or aphasia, macules T: Red without coating P: Fine-Rapid

Answer 14

Ying: Heat in Nutritive Qi Level

Question 15

Fever at night, mental confusion, incoherent speech or
aphasia, delirium, body hot, hands and feet cold, macules T: red without coating, P: fine, rapid

Answer 15

Ying: Heat in PC

Question 16

High fever, mental restlessness, manic behavior, dark macules, hematemesis (vomiting of blood), epistaxis, blood in stools, hematuria. T: Dark red without coating, P: wiry, rapid

Answer 16

Blood: Heat Victorious Moving Blood

Question 17

High fever, fainting, convulsions, twitching of limbs, rigidity of neck, opisthotonus, eyeballs turning up, clenching of teeth, T: dark red without coating, P: wiry, rapid.

Answer 17

Blood: Heat Victorious Stirring Wind

Question 18

Low-grade fever, tremor of limbs, twitching, loss of weight, malar flush, listlessness
T: Dark-red tongue without coating and Dry P: Fine-Rapid pulse

Answer 18

Blood: Empty-Wind Agitating in the Interior

Question 19

Low-grade fever, night sweating, mental restlessness, dry mouth with desire to sip liquids, five-palm heat, malar flush, emaciation
T: Dark-red and Dry tongue without coating P: Fine-Rapid pulse

Answer 19

Blood: Yin Collapse

Question 20

A feeling of cold, cold limbs, bright-white complexion
profuse sweating on the forehead, listlessness T: Pale-Swollen and Short tongue P: Hidden, Slow, Scattered pulse

Answer 20

Blood: Yang Collapse