General symptoms

Question 1

What are the general symptoms of Qi deficiency?

Answer 1

Qi deficiency: tiredness, Empty pulse

Question 2

What are the general symptoms of Yang deficiency?

Answer 2

Yang deficiency: tiredness, feeling cold, bright-pale face, pale tongue, Weak pulse

Question 3

What are the general symptoms of blood deficiency?

Answer 3

Blood deficiency: tiredness, dizziness, dull-pale face, pale dry tongue, Choppy pulse

Question 4

What are the general symptoms of yin deficiency?

Answer 4

Yin deficiency: tiredness, night sweating, tongue without coating, Floating-Empty pulse

Question 5

What are the general symptoms of external wind?

Answer 5

External Wind: fever, aversion to cold, Floating pulse

Question 6

What are the general symptoms of Heat (full)?

Answer 6

Heat (Full): feeling of heat, red face, red tongue, Rapid pulse

Question 7

What are the general symptoms of Heat (empty)?

Answer 7

Heat (Empty): feeling of heat in the evening, red tongue without coating, Rapid-Fine pulse

Question 8

What are the general symptoms of Dampness?

Answer 8

Dampness: feeling of heaviness, feeling of fullness, sticky tongue coating, Slippery pulse

Question 9

What are the general symptoms of Phlegm?

Answer 9

Phlegm: feeling of heaviness, feeling of muzziness (fuzziness), feeling of oppression of the chest, expectoration of phlegm, swollen tongue with sticky coating, Slippery pulse

Question 10

What are the general symptoms of Qi stagnation?

Answer 10

Qi stagnation: feeling of distension, irritability, Wiry pulse

Question 11

What are the general symptoms of Blood stasis?

Answer 11

Blood stasis: pain, purple tongue, Firm pulse

Question 12

What are the general symptoms of Internal wind?

Answer 12

Internal Wind: giddiness, tremor, Wiry pulse

Question 13

What are the general symptoms of Full-cold?

Answer 13

Full-Cold: feeling of cold, tongue pale with thick coating, Tight pulse

Question 14

What is the tongue and pulse in deficiency conditions?

Answer 14

Qi deficiency: Pale (or normal) & Empty

Yang deficiency: Pale, wet & Weak

Blood deficiency: Pale, dry & Choppy

Yin deficiency: Without coating & Floating-Empty

Question 15

What is the tongue and pulse in full conditions?

Answer 15

Heat: red tongue with coating, Rapid pulse
Dampness: sticky coating, Slippery pulse
Phlegm: swollen tongue, Slippery pulse
Qi stagnation: Wiry pulse (tongue may be normal)
Blood stasis: purple tongue, Firm pulse
Internal Wind: Wiry pulse (tongue depends on underlying condition)
Full-Cold: pale tongue with thick coating, Tight-Full pulse

Question 16

What does the complexion indicate?

Answer 16

Pale or bright-pale: Yang deficiency or Cold
Dull-pale: Blood deficiency
Red: Heat
Red cheekbones (malar flush): Empty-Heat
Dark: Blood stasis

Question 17

What are the symptoms of heat or cold?

Answer 17

For Yang deficiency or Cold patterns, always add ‘feeling of cold’ and ‘cold limbs’. For Heat patterns, always add ‘feeling of heat’.