Interrogation Flashcards

1
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Exterior: simultaneous chills and fever (chills>fever)
A

Wind cold

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Exterior: simultaneous chills and fever (fever>chills)
A

wind heat

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Exterior: fever of exterior origin with objectively emanating heat
A

Exterior pathogen has entered into the interior

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4
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Exterior: alternating chills and fever (2)
A
  1. Shao Yang syndrome

2. GB heat

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5
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of cold: limbs and epigastrium feel cold
A

Full cold in ST

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of cold: legs and lower abdomen are cold
A

Full cold in Intestines

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of cold: lower abdomen feels cold
A

Full cold in uterus

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of cold: cold hands, sweaty hands
A

Yang def of HT or LU

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9
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of cold: cold limbs and abdomen
A

SP/ST yang ef

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10
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of cold: cold legs, knees, feet, back
A

KD yang def

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of cold: cold hands and feet and esp the fingers
A

Qi stagnation

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of cold: cold hands and chest
A

HT blood def

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of cold: cold feet
A

LV blood def

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14
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of heat: fever without aversion to cold
A

Interior heat in yang ming

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15
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of heat: feeling of heat in the afternoon or evening
A

Empty heat

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16
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of heat: low grade fever worse in the afternoon
A

Yin def

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17
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of heat: Constant low grade temperature
A

Damp heat

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18
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Interior: Feelings of heat: fever in the middle of the night (2)
A

Adult: yin def
Child: food retention

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19
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: Intense feeling of cold and shivers
A

Full cold

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20
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: slow, gradual onset
A

empty cold

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: full pulse
A

Full cold

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22
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: mild, persistent cold feeling or tendency to feeling cold
A

Empty cold

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23
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: sudden onset
A

Full cold

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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: weak pulse
A

Empty cold

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25
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: feels mildly cold to touch
A

Empty cold

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26
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: No pain
A

Empty cold

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27
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: Pain
A

Full cold

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28
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  1. Feelings of Cold and heat: Full vs Empty cold: Feels noticeably cold and relatively hard to touch
A

Full cold

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29
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  1. Sweating: Exterior: what condition when there is sweating?
A

Wind heat or wind cold

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30
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  1. Sweating: Exterior: what condition if there is no sweating?
A

Wind cold

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31
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  1. Sweating: Interior: if there is sweating, what is def?
A

Yang or Yin def

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32
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  1. Sweating: Interior: if there is sweating, what is excess?
A

Heat or damp heat

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33
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  1. Sweating: Area of Body: Only on head
A

ST heat or damp heat

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34
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  1. Sweating: Area of Body: Oily sweat on forehead
A

Yang collapse

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35
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  1. Sweating: Area of Body: only on arms and legs
A

ST and SP def

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36
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  1. Sweating: Area of Body: only on hands
A

LU/HT qi def or nerves

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37
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  1. Sweating: Area of Body: whole body
A

LU qi def

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38
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  1. Sweating: Area of Body: On five palms (palms, soles, chest)
A

Yin def

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39
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  1. Sweating: Day time
A

Yang def

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40
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  1. Sweating: night time
A

Yin def

Poss. damp heat

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41
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  1. Sweating: Profuse, cold sweat during severe illness
A

Yang collapse

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42
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  1. Sweating: oily sweat on forehead, like pearls, not flowing
A

Severe yang collapse

Danger of imminent death

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43
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  1. Sweating: oily sweat
A

Severe yang def

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44
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  1. Sweating: yellow sweat
A

Damp-heat

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45
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3.A. Head: Headache: recent onset

A

Exterior wind-cold

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46
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3.A. Head: Headache: gradual onset

A

Interior pattern

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47
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3.A. Head: Headache: day time

A

Qi or Yang def

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48
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3.A. Head: Headache: Evening

A

Blood or Yin def

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49
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3.A. Head: Headache: night time

A

Blood stasis

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50
Q

3.A. Head: Headache: Nape of neck

A

Tai Yang channels

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51
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3.A. Head: Headache: Nape of neck causes (2)

A

Wind cold

KD def

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52
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3.A. Head: Headache: fore head

A

Yang ming channels

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53
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3.A. Head: Headache: forehead causes (2)

A

ST Heat

Blood def

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54
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3.A. Head: Headache: temples and side

A

Shao Yang channel

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55
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3.A. Head: Headache: temples and side causes (2)

A

Exterior/Interior wind

LV and GB fire

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56
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3.A. Head: Headache: vertex

A

Jeu Yin channels

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57
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3.A. Head: Headache: vertex causes

A

LV blood def

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58
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3.A. Head: Headache: whole head

A

Exterior wind cold

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59
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3.A. Head: Headache: heavy feeling

A

Dampness or Phlegm

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60
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3.A. Head: Headache: pain inside or in brain

A

KD def

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61
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3.A. Head: Headache: Distending/throbbing

A

LV yang rising

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62
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3.A. Head: Headache: boring

A

blood stasis

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63
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3.A. Head: Headache: with muzziness and heaviness

A

Dampness

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64
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3.A. Head: Headache: with muzziness, heaviness, and dizzyness

A

Phlegm

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65
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3.A. Head: Headache: with aversion to wind or cold

A

Eterior invasion

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66
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3.A. Head: Headache: worse with cold

A

Cold pattern

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67
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3.A. Head: Headache: worse with heat

A

Heat pattern

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68
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3.A. Head: Headache: worse with fatigue, better with rest

A

Qi def

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69
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3.A. Head: Headache: worse with emotional tension

A

LV yang rising

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70
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3.A. Head: Headache: aggravated by sexual activity

A

KD def

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71
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3.A. Head: Dizziness: severe giddiness when everything seems to sway and loses balance

A

Internal wind

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72
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3.A. Head: Dizziness: Dizziness with throbbing H.a

A

LV yang rising

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73
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3.A. Head: Dizziness: Dizziness with feeling of heaviness and muzziness in head

A

Phlegm obstructing the head

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74
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3.A. Head: Dizziness: sl dizziness aggravated when tired

A

Blood def

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75
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3.A. Head: Dizziness: sudden onset

A

Full pattern

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76
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3.A. Head: Dizziness: gradual onset

A

Empty pattern

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77
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3.A. Head: Facial Pain: Cheeks, jaws, Acute, severe, feeling of heat, h/a, sore throat, chills and fever

A

Wind-heat

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78
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3.A. Head: Facial Pain: cheeks/jaws: Acute, spastic pain, sneezing, dorsum of hands hot, runny nose

A

Wind-cold

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79
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3.A. Head: Facial Pain: cheeks/forehead: Severe, red cheeks, greasy skin, sticky, yellowish-green nasal discharge

A

Damp Heat

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80
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3.A. Head: Facial Pain: cheeks/forehead: red cheeks, thirst, bitter taste, wiry and rapid pulse

A

LV fire

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81
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3.A. Head: Facial Pain: cheek: Intense, often unilateral pain, boring, long in duration, dark complexion

A

Qi Def and Blood stasis

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82
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3.A. Head: Facial Pain: trigeminal neuralgia

A

LV fire with LV/KD yin

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83
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3.A. Head: Bleeding Gums: Tiredness, poor appetite, loose stools

A

SP/ST qi def not holding blood

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84
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3.A. Head: Bleeding Gums: inflamed gums, feeling heat, thirst

A

ST excess heat

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85
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3.A. Head: Bleeding Gums: dry mouth, desire to drink in small sips

A

ST def heat

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86
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3.A. Head: Bleeding Gums: dizziness, tinnitus, night sweating, malar flush

A

KD yin def with empty heat

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87
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3.A. Head: Mouth ulcers: ulcers that recure very frequently or are almost permenant

A

Full condition

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88
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3.A. Head: Mouth ulcers: ulcers that come and go

A

Empty condition

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89
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3.A. Head: Mouth ulcers: very painful, red-rimmed ulcers on the gum

A

ST excess heat

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90
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3.A. Head: Mouth ulcers: pale rimmed ulcers on the gums

A

ST def heat

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91
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3.A. Head: Mouth ulcers: ulcers on the tip of the tongue

A

HT fire

HT def Heat

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92
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3.A. Head: Mouth ulcers: ulcers on the inside of the cheeks

A

ST heat

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93
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3.A. Head: Mouth ulcers: ulcers in pregnancy

A

Disharmony of REN vessel

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94
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3.A. Head: Mouth ulcers: Pale rimmed ulcers aggravated by overwork

A

KD yin or Yuan qi def

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95
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3.B Body: Whole Body Pain: sudden onset, chills and fever

A

Exterior wind invasion

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96
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3.B Body: Whole Body Pain: pain all over and feeling of tiredness

A

Qi/Blood def

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97
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3.B Body: Whole Body Pain: Postpartum: dull pain

A

blood def

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98
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3.B Body: Whole Body Pain: postpartum: severe pain

A

Blood stasis

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99
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3.B Body: Whole Body Pain: pain in arms and shoulders only when walking

A

LV qi stagnation

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100
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3.B Body: Whole Body Pain: pain in all muscles and hot sensation of flesh

A

ST heat

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101
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3.B Body: Whole Body Pain: Dull ache of limbs, heavy feeling

A

Damp obstructing muslces

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102
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3.B Body: Joint Pain: wandering from joint to joint

A

Wind

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103
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3.B Body: Joint Pain: fixed and very painful

A

Cold

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104
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3.B Body: Joint Pain: fixed with swelling and numbness

A

Dampness

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105
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3.B Body: Joint Pain: with swelling and redness of the joints

A

Damp-heat

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106
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3.B Body: Joint Pain: severe, stabbing pain with rigidity

A

Blood stasis

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107
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3.B Body: Back ache: continuous, dull, better with rest

A

KD def

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108
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3.B Body: Back ache: recent onset, severe, with stiffness

A

Sprain causing blood stasis

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109
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3.B Body: Back ache: severe pain, aggravated during cold/damp weather, alleviated by heat

A

Wind-cold-damp

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110
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3.B Body: Back ache: boring pain with inability to turn at the waist

A

Blood stasis

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111
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3.B Body: Back ache: pain in the back extending up to the shoulders

A

Exterior wind

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112
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3.B Body: Numbness: arms and legs, hands and feet on both sides

A

Blood def

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113
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3.B Body: Numbness: fingers- esp first three fingers, elbow and arms on one side only

A

Wind-phlegm before wind stroke

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114
Q

3.C Limbs: Weakness, numbness, tingling: weakness (3)

A

Def of ST. Qi
Def Qi and Blood
Def of KD yang

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115
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3.C Limbs: Weakness, numbness, tingling: more tingling than numbness (esp in women)

A

Blood def

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116
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3.C Limbs: Weakness, numbness, tingling: more numbness often unilateral (esp in elderly)

A

Wind

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117
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3.C Limbs: Weakness, numbness, tingling: numbness with a feeling of heaviness

A

Phlegm

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118
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3.C Limbs: Weakness, numbness, tingling: numbness with swelling esp. legs

A

Damp or Damp heat

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119
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3.C Limbs: Weakness, numbness, tingling: numbness with pain

A

Qi and blood stagnation

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120
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3.C Limbs: joint pain: pain wandering from joint to join

A

Wind

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121
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3.C Limbs: joint pain: severe pain in one joint

A

Cold

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122
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3.C Limbs: joint pain: dull ache with swelling and heaviness

A

Damp

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123
Q

3.C Limbs: joint pain: pain with redness, swelling, and heaviness

A

Damp-heat

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124
Q

3.C Limbs: difficulty walking: beginning stages

A

SP/ST qi def

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125
Q

3.C Limbs: difficulty walking: atrophy (2)

A

LV/KD yin def

SP/KD Yang def

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126
Q

3.C Limbs: cold hands: ameliorated by heat

A

Yang def

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127
Q

3.C Limbs: cold hands: with palpitations and dizziness

A

HT blood def

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128
Q

3.C Limbs: cold hands: cold fingers and toes

A

LV qi stagnation

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129
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Chest: Stabbing pain
A

Ht blood stasis with underlying Yang def

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130
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Chest: with cough with profuse yellow sputum
A

LU heat

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131
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Chest: feeling of oppression (2)
A

LU phlegm

LV qi stagnation

132
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: hypochondrium: feeling of distension
A

LV qi stagnation

133
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: hypochondrium: stabbing pain
A

LV blood stasis

134
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Epigastrium: Dull pain, alleviated by eating
A

Def pattern

135
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Epigastrium: severe pain, aggravated by eating
A

Excess pattern

136
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Epigastrium: severe pain (5)
A
Food retention
ST fire
ST phlegm-fire
ST blood stasis
LV overacting on ST
137
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Epigastrium: Dull pain (2)
A

ST qi def

ST def cold

138
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Epigastrium: Feeling of fullness
A

Dampness

139
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Epigastrium: Very slight feeling of fullness
A

SP qi def

140
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Epigastrium: Feeling of distention
A

LV qi def

141
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Lower abdomen: Intestine and uterine patterns (4)
A

Internal Cold
LV qi and blood stag
Damp heat
Blood stasis

142
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Lower abdomen: relieved by bowel movements
A

Excess

143
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: Lower abdomen: aggravated by bowel movements
A

Def

144
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: hypogastrium: most common BL pattern
A

damp heat

145
Q
  1. Chest and Abdomen: hypogastrium: LV –> BL
A

LV fire infusing downwards to BL

146
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Ears: Tinnitus: sudden onset (3)
A

Excess

  • LV fire
  • LV yang rising
  • LV wind
147
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Ears: Tinnitus: gradual onset
A

Def

usually KD

148
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Ears: Tinnitus: aggravated by pressing with one’s hands on the ears
A

Excess

149
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Ears: Tinnitus: alleviated by pressing with one’s hands on the ears
A

Def

150
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Ears: Tinnitus: High pitched like a whistle
A

LV yang rising

151
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Ears: Tinnitus: low pitched like rushing water
A

KD def

152
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Ears: Deafness: Sudden onset (3)
A

Excess condition

  • LV fire
  • LV yang rising
  • LV wind
153
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Ears: Deafness: Gradual onset
A

Def condition

154
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Ears: Deafness: chronic cases (4)
A

KD def
HT blood def
Upper burner Qi def
Yang qi def

155
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Eyes: Pain: like a needle with red eyes, associated with head ache
A

Toxic heat in HT channel

156
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Eyes: Pain: pain, swelling, and redness of the eyes (2)
A

Wind heat

LV fire

157
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Eyes: Pain: a feeling of pressure in the eyes
A

KD yin def

158
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Eyes: Blurred vision: Floaters in the eyes (2)
A

LV blood def

LV /KD yin def

159
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Eyes: Blurred vision: photophobia (2)
A

LV blood def

LV yang rising

160
Q
  1. Ears and Eyes: Eyes: Dryeness
A

KD yin def

161
Q
  1. Food and Drink: A condition that is relieved by eating
A

Def

162
Q
  1. Food and Drink: a condition that is aggravated by eating
A

Excess

163
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Lack of appetite
A

SP qi def

164
Q
  1. Food and Drink: being always hungry
A

ST heat

165
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Fullness and Distention after eating
A

Food stagnation

166
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Preference for hot food (in terms of temp)
A

Cold Patterns

167
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Preference for cold food (in terms of temp)
A

Heat pattern

168
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Taste: Constant bitter taste
A

Excess heat in LV

169
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Taste: Bitter taste in morning with insomnia
A

Excess heat in HT

170
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Taste: Sweet taste (2)
A

SP def

Damp heat

171
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Taste: Sour taste (2)
A

Food retention

LV and ST disharmony

172
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Taste: salty taste
A

KD yin def

173
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Taste: Pungent taste
A

LU heat

174
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Taste: Lack of taste
A

SP def

175
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Vomiting: Sour vomiting
A

LV invading SP

176
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Vomiting: bitter vomiting
A

LV and GB heat

177
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Vomiting: Clear-watery vomiting
A

Cold in ST with retention of fluids

178
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Vomiting: Vomiting soon after eating
A

Heat pattern

179
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Vomiting: Sudden vomiting with loud noise
A

Excess

180
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Vomiting: slow in coming with weak noise
A

Def

181
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Thirst and Drink: Thirst with desire to drink large amounts of cold water
A

Excess heat

182
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Thirst and Drink: Thirst with desire to sip liquids slowly or sip warm water (2)
A

ST yin def

KD yin def

183
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Thirst and Drink: Absence of thirst
A

Cold pattern (SP/ST)

184
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Thirst and Drink: Thirst but no desire to drink
A

Damp heat

185
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Thirst and Drink: Desire to drink cold liquids
A

Heat pattern

186
Q
  1. Food and Drink: Thirst and Drink: Desire to drink warm liquids
A

Cold pattern

187
Q
  1. Sleep: Insomnia: Very restless sleep, fever, agitation and excessive dreaming
A

Excess pattern (LV > HT)

188
Q
  1. Sleep: Insomnia: Not being able to fall or stay alseep
A

Def pattern

189
Q
  1. Sleep: Insomnia: Not being able to fall asleep but sleeping well after falling asleep
A

HT blood def

190
Q
  1. Sleep: Insomnia: Not being able to fall asleep, dizziness, blurred vision
A

LV blood def

191
Q
  1. Sleep: Insomnia: Dream disturbed sleep (2)
A

LV fire

HT fire

192
Q
  1. Sleep: Insomnia: Restless sleep with dreams
A

Food retention

193
Q
  1. Sleep: Insomnia: Waking up early in the morning and falling asleep again
A

GB def

194
Q
  1. Sleep: Insomnia: Greater tendency to wake early is normal due to the physiological decline of Qi and Blood
A

Normal growing older

195
Q
  1. Sleep: Lethargy: Feeling sleepy after eating
A

SP qi def

196
Q
  1. Sleep: Lethargy: Lethargy and heaviness
A

Damp retention

197
Q
  1. Sleep: Lethargy: Lethargy and heaviness with dizziness
A

Phlegm retention

198
Q
  1. Sleep: Lethargy: Extreme lethargy and lassitude with a feeling of cold
A

KD yang def

199
Q
  1. Sleep: Lethargy: Lethargic stupor with exterior heat sx
A

Heat invading PC

200
Q
  1. Sleep: Lethargy: lethargic stupor with rattling in the throat. Slippery pulse. Sticky tc
A

Phlegm misting mind

201
Q

8.A Stools: general: aggravation of condition after bowel movement

A

Def condition

202
Q

8.A Stools: general: ameliorated of condition after bowel movement

A

Excess condition

203
Q

8.A Stools: Constipation: Excess: Acute constipation with thirst and dry yellow coating

A

Heat in ST and LI

204
Q

8.A Stools: Constipation: Excess: Constipation with small, bitty goat stools

A

LV qi stagnation and LI heat

205
Q

8.A Stools: Constipation: Excess: Difficulty in performing a bowel movement (stools not dry)

A

LV qi stagnation

206
Q

8.A Stools: Constipation: Excess: with abdominal pain

A

Excess or def cold

207
Q

8.A Stools: Constipation: Excess: Alternation of constipation and diarrhea

A

LV qi stagnation invading SP

208
Q

8.A Stools: Constipation: Deficiency: With dry stools, dry mouth, desire to drink in small sips

A

KD/ST yin def

209
Q

8.A Stools: Constipation: Deficiency: in old people or women after child birth

A

Blood def

210
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Deficiency: Chronic diarrhea

A

SP/KD Yang def

211
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Deficiency: Cocks-crow/ Day break diarrhea

A

KD yang def

212
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Deficiency: Loose stools with undigest food

A

SP Qi def

213
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Deficiency: Slightly loose but very frequent, cannot hold them easily

A

SP qi sinking

214
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Excess: Acc. by abdominal pain, fullness, undigested food

A

LI cold

215
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Excess: black of very dark stools

A

Blood stasis

216
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Mucus: Diarrhea with mucus in the stools

A

LI dampness

217
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Mucus: Diarrhea with mucus and blood in the stools

A

LI damp-heat

218
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Blood: Blood in stool that is bright red, splashing in all direction

A

LI damp heat

219
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Blood: Blood in stool, tubid, anus feels heavy and painful

A

Blood heat

220
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Blood: Stools lead to watery blood

A

SP unable to hold blood

221
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Pain with diarrhea (2)

A

LV involvement

Heat

222
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Smell: Foul smelling, burning sensation in the anus while passing stools

A

Heat

223
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Smell: Presence of foul smell

A

Heat

224
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Smell: Abscence of smell

A

Cold

225
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Borborygmi: with loose stools

A

SP def

226
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Borborygmi: with abdominal distension without loose stools

A

LV qi stagnation

227
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Flatulence:

A

LV qi stagnation

228
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Flatulence: with foul smell (2)

A

SP damp heat

LI heat

229
Q

8.A Stools: Diarrhea: Flatulence: without smell

A

SP Yang def

230
Q

8.B. Urine: Function: Enuresis or incontinence

A

KD def

231
Q

8.B. Urine: Function: Retention of urine (2)

A

BL damp heat

LU qi def

232
Q

8.B. Urine: Function: Difficulty in urination (2)

A

BL damp heat

KD def

233
Q

8.B. Urine: Pain: Before urination

A

Qi stagnation in Lower Burner

234
Q

8.B. Urine: Pain: during urination

A

UB Damp heat

235
Q

8.B. Urine: Pain: after urination

A

Qi def

236
Q

8.B. Urine: Color: Pale

A

Cold pattern (usually in BL / KD)

237
Q

8.B. Urine: Color: Dark

A

Heat pattern

238
Q

8.B. Urine: Color: Turbid or cloudy

A

UB dampness

239
Q

8.B. Urine: Color: Copious, clear and pale urination

A

Exterior wind (pathogen has not penetrated)

240
Q

8.B. Urine: Color: Dark urination during an exterior wind cold or wind heat

A

Exterior wind moving to interior

241
Q

8.B. Urine: Amount: Large amount

A

KD yang def

242
Q

8.B. Urine: Amount: scanty amounts

A

KD yin def

243
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Cycle: Periods always early (2)
A

Blood heat

Qi def

244
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Cycle: Periods always late (3)
A

Blood def
Blood stasis
Cold

245
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Amount: Heavy (2)
A

Blood heat

Qi def

246
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Amount: Scanty (3)
A

Blood def
Blood stasis
Cold

247
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Color: A dark red or bright red color
A

Blood heat

248
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Color: Pale blood
A

Blood def

249
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Color: Purple or blackish blood
A

Blood or cold stag

250
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Color: Fresh- red blood
A

Def- heat from Yin Def

251
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Quality: Congealed blood with clots (2)
A

Blood or cold stag

252
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Quality: Watery blood (2)
A

Blood def

Yin def

253
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Quality: Turbid blood (2)
A

Blood or cold stag

254
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Pain: Before period
A

Qi or blood stag

255
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Pain: During period (2)
A

Blood heat

Cold stagnation

256
Q
  1. Gynecology: Menstruation: Pain: After period
A

Blood def

257
Q
  1. Gynecology: Leukorrhea: Color: White (3)
A

SP/ KD yang def
Cold-damp
LV qi stag

258
Q
  1. Gynecology: Leukorrhea: Color: Yellow
A

Heat patter (D-H in LB)

259
Q
  1. Gynecology: Leukorrhea: Color: Greenish
A

Damp heat in LV channel

260
Q
  1. Gynecology: Leukorrhea: Color: Red and White
A

Damp heat

261
Q
  1. Gynecology: Leukorrhea: Consistency: Watery
A

Cold damp

262
Q
  1. Gynecology: Leukorrhea: Consistency: Thick
A

Damp heat

263
Q
  1. Gynecology: Leukorrhea: Smell: Fishy
A

Cold damp

264
Q
  1. Gynecology: Leukorrhea: Smell: Leathery
A

Damp heat

265
Q
  1. Gynecology: Pregnancy: Def infertility (2)
A

Blood or KD essence def

266
Q
  1. Gynecology: Pregnancy: Excess infertility (2)
A

Damp heat in Lower Burner

Blood stasis in uterus

267
Q
  1. Gynecology: Pregnancy: Morning sickness
A

ST and Chong mai def

268
Q
  1. Gynecology: Pregnancy: Miscarriage before 3 months (2)
A

Blood and essence def

KD def

269
Q
  1. Gynecology: Pregnancy: Miscarriage after 3 months (2)
A

LV Blood stasis

SP qi sinking

270
Q
  1. Gynecology: Child birth: Nausea and heavy bleeding after delivery
A

Chong vessel exhaustion

271
Q
  1. Gynecology: Child birth: Sweating and fever after delivery
A

Qi and Blood exhaustion

272
Q
  1. Gynecology: Child birth: Postnatal depression
A

Blood def leading to HT Blood def

273
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Abdominal Pain (2)
A

Cold retention in ST and LI

Qi stag in LI

274
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Vomiting of milk and colic
A

Food retention

275
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Cough, wheezing, breathlessness, earache
A

Exterior wind

276
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Chronic cough/ wheezing, respitory infections
A

Exterior wind residual leading to LU Phlegm heat

277
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Chronic ear aches
A

Exterior wind residual leading to damp heat in GB channel

278
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Chronic catarrh, runny/ blocked nose, glue ear
A

Exterior wind residual leading to SP def and phlegm

279
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Disturbed sleep with loud crying of babies
A

Food retention and ST heat

280
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Relatively quiet crying at night
A

Possibly prenatal shock

281
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Disturbed sleep in older children (3)
A

LV fire
ST heat
Food retention

282
Q
  1. Pediatrics: Skin rash, insomnia, temporary character change after immunization
A

Latent heat

283
Q
  1. Pain: Character:Pain increases with pressure
A

Excess

284
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Pain decreases with pressure
A

Def

285
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Pain worse with food
A

Excess

286
Q
  1. Pain: Character: pain better with food
A

Def

287
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Sharp pain
A

Excess

288
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Dull/ lingering pain
A

Def

289
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Burning pain
A

Heat

290
Q
  1. Pain: Character: cramping pain
A

Cold

291
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Pain is better with cold
A

Heat

292
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Pain is better with heat
A

Cold

293
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Pain decreases with bowel movement (2)
A

Excess and heat

294
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Pain increases with bowel movement (2)
A

Def and cold

295
Q
  1. Pain: Character: pain decreases with sitting
A

Excess

296
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Pain decreases with lying down
A

Def

297
Q
  1. Pain: Character: sudden onset
A

Excess

298
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Gradual onset
A

Def

299
Q
  1. Pain: Character: better with vomiting (2)
A

Excess and heat

300
Q
  1. Pain: Character: worse with vomiting (2)
A

Def and cold

301
Q
  1. Pain: Character: pain decreases with movement (2)
A

Excess, cold

302
Q
  1. Pain: Character: pain decreses with rest
A

Def

303
Q
  1. Pain: Character: Pain is worse with movement
A

Heat

304
Q
  1. Energy levels: Empty: Chronic tiredness, desire to lie down, poor appetite, loose stools
A

SP qi def

305
Q
  1. Energy levels: Empty: Chronic tiredness, desire to lie down, poor appetite, loose stools, cold sx
A

SP yang def

306
Q
  1. Energy levels: Empty: Chronic tiredness, weak voice, propensity, to catch colds
A

LU qi def

307
Q
  1. Energy levels: Empty: Chronic tiredness, weak voice, propensity, to catch colds, cold sx
A

LU yang def

308
Q
  1. Energy levels: Empty: Chronic tiredness, back ache, lassitude, a feeling of cold, depression, frequent urination
A

KD yang def

309
Q
  1. Energy levels: Empty: Chronic tiredness, anxiety, insomnia, dry mouth at night, tongue w/o coating
A

KD yin def

310
Q
  1. Energy levels: Empty: Chronic tiredness, slight depression, dizziness, scanty periods
A

LV blood def

311
Q
  1. Energy levels: Full: Chronic tiredness, feeling of heaviness in the body, muzziness
A

Damp retention

312
Q
  1. Energy levels: Full: Chronic tiredness, feeling of oppression of the chest, dizziness, muzziness
A

Phlegm retention

313
Q
  1. Energy levels: Full: Chronic tiredness, anxiety, tenseness, wiry pulse
A

LV qi stag

314
Q
  1. Energy levels: Full: Short term tiredness, alternating cold and hot, irritability T: unilateral coating, P wiry
A

Shao Yang pattern

315
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Male: Impotence: feeling cold, backache, weak knees
A

KD yang def

316
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Male: Impotence: palpitation, dizziness, choppy pulse
A

HT blood def

317
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Male: Impotence: palpitations, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, rapid overflowing pulse
A

HT fire

318
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Male: Impotence: heaviness of the scrotum, urethral discharge
A

LV damp heat

319
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Male: Lack of libido: KD (2)
A

KD qi or yang def

320
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Male: Lack of libido: Def (3)
A

SP, HT, LU def

321
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Male: Lack of libido: full
A

LV qi stag

322
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Male: Premature ejaculation: (3)
A

KD qi not firm
HT qi def
HT blood def

323
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Male: Ejaculation leading to tiredness/ dizziness
A

KD def

324
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Female: libido: lack of libido or inability to reach an orgasm
A

KD yang or HT def

325
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Female: libido: excessive sexual desire (2)
A

LV/HT fire

KD yin def with empty heat

326
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Female: libido: Inability to to reach orgasm
A

HT def

327
Q
  1. Sexual Sx: Female: orgasm leading to h/a (2)
A

Rebellious Qi of Chong vessels

HT fire