Heat/Cold

Question 1

poem of 10 inquiries

Answer 1

cold/heat
sweating
head and body
excretions
food and drink
chest and abdomen
deafness
thirst
previous illness
cause of disease
herbs taken before
menstruation

Question 2

fever, aversion to wind, headache, spontaneous sweating
or stuffy nose, dry retching
or itchy skin, edema

t: pale, thin white coating
p: floating, moderate

Answer 2

exterior wind attack

Question 3

fever, aversion to wind, thirst, itchy or sore throat, itchy skin

t: red tip, thin yellow coating
p: floating, rapid

Answer 3

wind heat attack

Question 4

aversion to wind, but no desire to take off clothes, soreness of joints, sweating, shortness of breath, unsmooth urination

t: pale, white greasy coating
p: soggy, moderate

Answer 4

wind-damp attacking superficials

Question 5

aversion to wind, spontaneous sweating, susceptibility to catching colds

t: pale
p: floating, weak

Answer 5

wei qi deficiency

Question 6

severe aversion to cold
or fever, no sweating, body ache, headache
or stuffy nose, runny nose, shortness of breath

t: thin white coating
p: floating, tight

Answer 6

superficials tightened by wind-cold

Question 7

severe aversion to cold, mild fever, headache, no sweating, dry mouth, nose, and throat, cough w/ little sputum

t: thin, white, dry coating
p: floating, tight

Answer 7

cool dryness attacking LU

Question 8

alternating chills and fever, bitter mouth, dry throat, dizziness, chest and hypochondriac fullness, irritability, nausea

t: thin white coating
p: wiry

Answer 8

Shao Yang syndrome

Question 9

aversion to cold, shiver if severe, unconsciousness, desire to remove clothes or covering, burning sensation in chest and epigastrium, thirst and preference for cold drinks, rough breathing, loud voice, constipation, reddish urine

t: crimson w/ brownish-yellow, dry coating
p: deep, slippery, forceful

Answer 9

true heat false cold

Question 10

vertigo, cold limbs, chest and epigastric oppression, vomiting of clear fluid and saliva, edema, visible fluid retention

t: white, slippery coating
p: wiry-tight or wiry-slippery

Answer 10

cold fluid retention inside (real cold)

Question 11

fear of cold, shortness of breath, chest oppression, large amounts of white sputum

t: white, slippery coating
p: wiry-tight

Answer 11

cold obstructing LU, making phlegm

Question 12

fear of cold, cold limbs, epigastric distention and oppression, slimy sensation in mouth, poor appetite, nausea, bland taste in mouth, no thirst, abdominal pain, loose stool, feeling of heaviness in head and body

t: pale, puffy w/ greasy white coating
p: soggy, moderate

Answer 12

cold dampness obstructing SP/middle jiao

Question 13

fear of cold, cold limbs or aversion to cold, often accompanied by lower abdominal cramping and cold pain, cold pain and sagging distention in testicles or retracted scrotum due to cold; or irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea; or vertex headache, worse w/ cold, better w/ warmth, vomiting of saliva

t: white coating
p: tight

Answer 13

cold coagulation in LV meridian

Question 14

fear of cold, cold limbs, dull facial complexion, lack of energy, palpitations, shortness of breath, chest oppression or pain

t: dull purple, puffy, tender
p: thready-weak or knotted-intermittent

Answer 14

HT yang deficiency

Question 15

fear of cold, cold limbs, pale facial complexion, lack of energy, decline in appetite, abdominal distention, bland taste in mouth, no thirst, epigastric cold pain relieved by warmth and pressure, loose stool or undigested food in stool

t: pale, white coating
p: deep, thready

Answer 15

SP yang deficiency

Question 16

fear of cold, cold limbs, pale bright white face or dull dark facial complexion, spiritual malaise, cold aches in loins and knees, clear, profuse, frequent urination, vision and hearing loss

male: impotence, spontaneous seminal emission, premature ejaculation
female: clear and thin white vaginal discharge, threatened miscarriage, coldness of uterus causing infertility

p: deep, thready, weak in Chi position (both sides)

Answer 16

KD yang deficiency

Question 17

high fever, reversal coldness of limbs, headache, chest oppression, red facial complexion, rough breathing, irritability, delirium, unconsciousness if severe, yellow and reddish urine

t: crimson, dry
p: slippery-rapid or overflowing-rapid

Answer 17

severe heat and severe reversal

Question 18

fever, red facial complexion (red cheeks on pale face), dry and painful throat, reversal coldness of limbs, diarrhea w/ undigested food in stool

t: pale w/ white coating
p: deep, thready, almost cannot be felt

Answer 18

exuberant yin expelling yang
(true cold false heat)

root: severe yang deficiency

Question 19

continuous low grade fever, often accompanied by dry cough or cough w/ little phlegm, blood in phlegm, dry throat or hoarseness, dry mouth and tongue, thirst, slim body, poor appetite, dry stool

t: red w/ little or no coating
p: thready-rapid or empty

Answer 19

LU-ST yin deficiency

Question 20

continuous low grade fever or five-centre heat, often accompanied by red cheeks, dry mouth and throat, dizziness, lassitude, lack of strength, insomnia, dreams, tinnitus

t: red w/ little or no coating
p: wiry-thready or thready-rapid

Answer 20

LV-KD yin deficency

Question 21

continuous low grade fever, often accompanied by bright-white facial complexion, shortness of breath, lack of strength, lassitude, no desire to speak, spontaneous sweating when active

t: pale, tender
p: empty, big

Answer 21

qi deficiency, low grade fever

Question 22

low grade fever but w/ desire to put on clothes, physically cold, fear of cold, no warmth in limbs, dizziness, desire to lie down, aching pain in loin and knees

t: pale, enlarged or w/ teeth marks, moist, w/ white coating
p: deep-thready or floating-big-weak

Answer 22

yang deficiency, low grade fever

Question 23

low grade fever, temperature fluctuates w/ emotion, depression, irritability, fullness and oppression in chest and hypochondrium, dry mouth, bitter taste in mouth, poor appetite, dry stool w/ constipation

t: red w/ thin yellow coating
p: wiry-rapid

Answer 23

LV qi stagnation, low grade fever

Question 24

low grade fever in late afternoon or evening, dry mouth and throat, desire to rinse mouth w/ water without swallowing, fixed pain or bump in trunk or limbs, sallow yellow or dull facial complexion, rough skin or incrusted skin if severe

t: cyanotic/purple or speackled
p: wiry or choppy

Answer 24

blood stasis, low grade fever

Question 25

low grade fever, worse in afternoon, chest oppression, reduced food intake, heavy body, nausea, no thirst, or vomiting soon after drinking, thin stool or difficulty in defecation w/ sticky stool

t: white or yellow greasy coating
p: soggy, rapid

Answer 25

dampness stagnation, low grade fever

Question 26

five-centre heat, worse in afternoon, desire to hold something cold in hands, desire to have limbs hanging out of blanket when lying down, night sweating, seminal emission, red cheeks, weakness in loin and knees, dry mouth and throat

t: bright red, peeled w/ little coating
p: deep-thready-rapid

Answer 26

yin deficiency, 5 centre heat

Question 27

five-centre heat in afternoon, worse w/ stress, lassitude, poor appetite, no desire to speak, palpitations, dizziness and vertigo

t: pale
p: thready-weak or thready-choppy

Answer 27

blood deficiency, 5 centre heat

Question 28

five-centre heat, chest oppression, emotional discomfort, irritability, distention in the head, bitter mouth taste, reddish urine, inhibited menstruation

t: red w/ yellow coating
p: deep, rapid

Answer 28

fire stagnation, 5 centre heat