望诊Diagnosis: Observation

Question 1

Face Color Red: Whole face red

Answer 1

Excess Heat

Question 2

Face Color Red: Red cheekbones (malar flush) + tidal fever, night sweating

Answer 2

Deficiency Heat

Question 3

Face Color White: Dull White

Answer 3

Blood Deficiency

Question 4

Face Color White: Bright White

Answer 4

Yang Deficiency

Question 5

Face Color White: Bluish White

Answer 5

Excessive Cold

Question 6

Face Color Yellow: Sallow Yellow

Answer 6

SP/ST deficiency or Blood Deficiency

Question 7

Face Color Yellow: Smoky Dull Yellow

Answer 7

Damp Heat

Question 8

Face Color Yellow: Dull Pale Yellow

Answer 8

Cold Damp in SP/ST

Question 9

Face Color Yellow: Ash Like Yellow

Answer 9

Long Standing Damp

Question 10

Face Color Yellow: Clear and Moist Yellow In between eyebrows

Answer 10

ST qi recovering after illness

Question 11

Face Color Yellow: Dried up and withered looking in between eyebrows

Answer 11

Poor prognosis

Question 12

Face Color Yellow: Entire body (Yang type: bright orange I Yin type: smoky dark)

Answer 12

Jaundice

Question 13

Face Color Green: Green Face

Answer 13

LV patterns, Interior Cold, Pain or LV Wind

Question 14

Face Color Green: Green complexion with red eyes

Answer 14

LV fire

Question 15

Face Color Green: Green color on nose

Answer 15

Qi Stagnation

Question 16

Face Color Green: Dark Reddish-Green Complexion

Answer 16

LV Qi stagnation turning into heat

Question 17

Face Color Blue: White-blue

Answer 17

Chronic pain, cold

Question 18

Face Color Blue: Dull Blue

Answer 18

Severe heart yang deficiency

Question 19

Face Color Blue: Blue-purple face and lips pain in chest

Answer 19

Heart blood stasis

Question 20

Face Color Blue: Blue-purplish face & lips + high fever, violent movement of limbs

Answer 20

LV wind (infantile convulsion)

Question 21

Face Color Black:

Answer 21

Cold, Pain, or KD disease (esp. KD Yin def.)

Question 22

Face Color Black: Dark complexion without brightness + scaly skin

Answer 22

Prolonged blood stasis

Question 23

Eye Signs: Dull White Corners

Answer 23

Heat

Question 24

Eye Signs: Pale White Corners

Answer 24

Blood Deficiency

Question 25

Eye Signs: Red Sclera

Answer 25

LU heat

Question 26

Eye Signs: Yellow Sclera

Answer 26

Damp Heat

Question 27

Eye Signs: Whole eye red painful swollen

Answer 27

LV Fire /Wind heat

Question 28

Eye Signs: Swelling under eyes

Answer 28

KD deficiency

Question 29

Eye Signs: Grey and scattered spots like clouds

Answer 29

Iinjuries causing Qi stagnation

Question 30

Eye Signs: Black spots surrounded by a grey, cloud-like halo

Answer 30

Both Qi and Blood injuries

Question 31

Eye Signs: Red, clearly visible, spiral shaped veins

Answer 31

PAIN

Question 32

Correspondence of Eye area to Organs:

Answer 32

``` Corner-Heart Upper eyelid- Spleen Lower eyelid -Stomach Sclera- Lung Iris- Liver Pupil -Kidney ```

Question 33

Limbs : Swelling

Answer 33

Damp Bi; Damp-Heat Joints red and hot to touch; Damp Bi against a background of LV Blood deficiency

Question 34

Limbs: Edema

Answer 34

LU Yang deficiency: Pitting edema of the hands KD Yang deficiency: Pitting edema of the feet SP Yang deficiency: Pitting edema of the four limbs Dampness: Edema of the four limbs (Damp-Heat or Damp-Cold) Qi stagnation: Edema of the four limbs (non-pitting) Wind-Water invading LU: Acute edema of the hands and face

Question 35

THENAR EMINENCE

Answer 35

Bluish venules : ST Cold Bluish and short venules : Empty pattern Red venules : ST Heat Purple venules : ST Blood stasis

Question 36

Skin Signs: Papules

Answer 36

Heat in LU/ST Papules are elevated lesions usually 

Question 37

Skin Signs: Macules

Answer 37

Blood level disharmony (Red: Blood-Heat I Purple: Blood stasis I Bluish: Blood-Cold) (Macules are flat, nonpalpable lesions usually <10 mm in diameter. Chang in color)

Question 38

Skin Signs: Vesicles

Answer 38

Dampness Vesicles are small, clear, fluid-filled blisters 

Question 39

Dry Skin

Answer 39

LV Blood Deficiency

Question 40

Itching Skin (Pruritus )

Answer 40

Wind

Question 41

Skin Plagues

Answer 41

Plaques are palpable lesions > 10 mm in diameter that are elevated or depressed compared to the skin surface. Plaques may be flat topped or rounded. Lesions of psoriasis and granuloma annulare commonly form plaques.

Question 42

Nodule

Answer 42

Nodules are firm papules or lesions that extend into the dermis or subcutaneous tissue. Examples include cysts, lipomas, and fibromas.

Question 43

Bullae

Answer 43

Bullae are clear fluid-filled blisters > 10 mm in diameter. These may be caused by burns, bites, irritant contact dermatitis or allergic contact dermatitis, and drug reactions. 

Question 44

Pustule

Answer 44

Pustules are vesicles that contain pus.

Question 45

Urticaria

Answer 45

Urticaria (wheals or hives) is characterized by ELEVATED LESIONS caused by localized edema. Wheals are pruritic (ITCHY) and red

Question 46

Purpura

Answer 46

Purpura is a larger area of hemorrhage that may be palpable.

Question 47

Ulcer

Answer 47

Ulcers result from loss of the epidermis and at least part of the dermis. 

Question 48

Erosion

Answer 48

Erosions are open areas of skin that result from loss of part or all of the epidermis

Question 49

Rash

Answer 49

Rash is a general term for a temporary skin eruption