Four Levels Diagnosis

Question 1

fever, aversion to cold, headache, sore throat, slight sweating, runny nose w/ yellow discharge, swollen tonsils, body aches, slight thirst

t: red in front or sides w/ thin-white coating
p: floating-rapid

Answer 1

Wei level - wind heat

LI 4, LI 11, TE 5, GV 14, BL 12, LU 11

Question 2

fever, aversion to cold, no sweating, headache, feeling of heaviness, uncomfortable sensation in epigastrium, irritability, thirst
t: red in front or sides w/ sticky-white coating

Answer 2

Wei level - summer heat

LI 4, LI 11, TE 5, GV 14, GV 26, BL 40, PC 9

Question 3

fever that is worse in afternoon, body that is hot to touch, aversion to cold, swollen glands, headache, feeling of heaviness, feeling of oppression of epigastrium, sticky taste, thirst w/o desire to drink

t: sticky-white coating
p: soggy

Answer 3

Wei level - damp heat

LI 4, LI 11, SP 9, SP 6, CV 12

Question 4

fever, slight aversion to cold, slight sweating, dry skin, nose, mouth, and throat, dry cough, sore throat

t: dry w/ thin-white coating
p: floating-rapid

Answer 4

Wei level - dry heat

LI 4, LI 11, TE 5, SP 6, LU 9, CV 12, ST 36

Question 5

high fever, feeling of heat, no aversion to cold, thirst, cough w/ thin yellow sputum, shortness of breath, sweating

t: red w/ yellow coating
p: slippery-rapid

Answer 5

Qi level - LU heat

LU 5, LU 10, GV 14, LI 11, LU 1, BL 13

Question 6

high fever worse in afternoon, no aversion to cold, feeling of heat, intense thirst, profuse sweating

t: red w/ yellow coating
p: overflowing-rapid

Answer 6

Qi level - ST heat

ST 44, ST 34, ST 21, ST 43, LI 11, ST 25

Question 7

high fever higher in afternoon, constipation, dry stools, burning in anus, abdominal fullness and pain, irritability, delirium

t: red w/ thick-yellow-dry coating
p: deep-full-rapid

Answer 7

Qi level - intestines dry heat

LI 11, ST 25, SP 15, ST 37, ST 39

Question 8

alternating hot and cold feeling w/ prevalence of heat, bitter taste, thirst, dry throat, hypochondrial pain, nausea, feeling of fullness in epigastrium

t: red tongue w/ unilateral sticky-yellow coating
p: wiry-rapid

Answer 8

Qi level - GB heat

GB 34, GB 43, TE 6, TE 5

Question 9

continuous fever that decreases after sweating but soon increases again, feeling of heaviness in body and head, feeling of oppression in chest and epigastrium, nausea, loose stools

t: red tongue w/ sticky-yellow coating
p: soggy-rapid

Answer 9

Qi level - SP/ST damp-heat

CV 12, SP 9, SP 6, CV 9, ST 36, LI 11, CV 12, BL 20, BL 22

Question 10

fever at night, dry mouth w/o desire to drink, mental restlessness, insomnia, delirium, incoherent speech or aphasia, macules

t: red w/o coating
p: fine-rapid

Answer 10

Ying level - heat in nutritive qi level

PC 9, PC 8, HT 9, KI 6, Shi Xuan

Question 11

fever at night, mental confusion, incoherent speech or aphasia, delirium, body hot, hands and feet cold, macules

t: red w/o coating
p: fine-rapid

Answer 11

Ying level - heat in PC

PC 9, PC 8, HT 9, KI 6, Shi Xuan, PC 3

Question 12

bleeding, delirium, coma, macules, internal wind causing convulsions, tremors, collapse of yin/yang

Answer 12

Xue level - either:
heat victorious moving blood
heat victorious stirring wind
empty wind agitating interior
yin collapse
yang collapse