INTERROGATION

Question 1

Very frequent and copious urination

Answer 1

Kidney Yang Xu

Question 2

Frequent and scanty urination

Answer 2

Qi Deficiency

Question 3

Scanty and dark urine:

Answer 3

Kidney Yin Xu

Question 4

Chronic tiredness, desire to lie down, poor appetite, loose stools

Answer 4

Spleen Qi Deficiency

Question 5

Chronic tiredness, desire to lie down, poor appetite, loose stools PLUS COLD symptoms

Answer 5

Spleen Yang Xu

Question 6

Chronic tiredness, weak voice, propensity to catch colds

Answer 6

LU qi xu

Question 7

Chronic tiredness, weak voice, propensity to catch colds with COLD symptoms

Answer 7

LU yang xu

Question 8

Chronic tiredness, backache, lassitude, a feeling of cold, depression, frequent urination

Answer 8

KD yang xu

Question 9

Chronic tiredness, slight depression, dizziness, scanty periods

Answer 9

LV blood xu

Question 10

Chronic tiredness, anxiety, insomnia, dry mouth at night, tongue without coating

Answer 10

KD yin xu

Question 11

Chronic tiredness, feeling of heaviness, muzziness

Answer 11

Retention of Dampness

Question 12

Chronic tiredness, feeling of OPPRESSION of the chest, dizziness, muzziness

Answer 12

Retention of Phlegm

Question 13

Phlegm affects more with chest or middle?

Answer 13

Chest

Question 14

Dampness affects more middle or upper body?

Answer 14

Middle

Question 15

Chronic tiredness, anxiety, tenseness, wiry pulse

Answer 15

LV qi stag

Question 16

Short-term tiredness, ALTERNATING cold and hot feelings, irritability, unilateral tongue coating, wiry pulse

Answer 16

Lesser Yang Pattern

Question 17

Headache with recent onset, short duration (interior or exterior type)

Answer 17

Exterior, wind-cold attack

Question 18

Headache with gradual onset, in attacks (interior or exterior type)

Answer 18

Interior type

Question 19

Day-time headache

Answer 19

Qi or yang xu

Question 20

Headache in the evening

Answer 20

Blood or yin xu

Question 21

Night time headache

Answer 21

Blood stasis

Question 22

Headache on the nape of neck… which channels? What patterns?

Answer 22

Greater Yang channels; Wind-Cold or interior KD xu

Question 23

Vertex headache… which channels? Usually what pattern?

Answer 23

Terminal yin channels; LV blood xu

Question 24

Temples and side of head headache… which channels? What patterns?

Answer 24

Lesser yang channels; ext wind in lesser yang or interior LV/GB fire rising

Question 25

Headache behind the eyes

Answer 25

LV yang rising or LV blood xu

Question 26

Headache throughout the hole head

Answer 26

Ext Wind Cold

Question 27

Heavy feeling of pain… which channels? What patterns?

Answer 27

Greater Yin channels, dampness or phlegm

Question 28

Pain ‘inside’ the head, dull ache, ‘hurting the brain’… which channels? What patterns?

Answer 28

Lesser Yin channels, KD xu

Question 29

Distending, throbbing pain

Answer 29

LV yang rising

Question 30

Boring, stabbing pain

Answer 30

Blood stasis

Question 31

Pain with feeling of heaviness

Answer 31

Dampness

Question 32

Pain with feeling of muziness, heaviness, dizziness

Answer 32

Phlegm

Question 33

Pain that is aggravated by fatigue

Answer 33

Qi deficiency

Question 34

Pain that is aggravated by emotional tension

Answer 34

LV yang rising