INTERROGATION Flashcards
Very frequent and copious urination
Kidney Yang Xu
Frequent and scanty urination
Qi Deficiency
Scanty and dark urine:
Kidney Yin Xu
Chronic tiredness, desire to lie down, poor appetite, loose stools
Spleen Qi Deficiency
Chronic tiredness, desire to lie down, poor appetite, loose stools PLUS COLD symptoms
Spleen Yang Xu
Chronic tiredness, weak voice, propensity to catch colds
LU qi xu
Chronic tiredness, weak voice, propensity to catch colds with COLD symptoms
LU yang xu
Chronic tiredness, backache, lassitude, a feeling of cold, depression, frequent urination
KD yang xu
Chronic tiredness, slight depression, dizziness, scanty periods
LV blood xu
Chronic tiredness, anxiety, insomnia, dry mouth at night, tongue without coating
KD yin xu
Chronic tiredness, feeling of heaviness, muzziness
Retention of Dampness
Chronic tiredness, feeling of OPPRESSION of the chest, dizziness, muzziness
Retention of Phlegm
Phlegm affects more with chest or middle?
Chest
Dampness affects more middle or upper body?
Middle
Chronic tiredness, anxiety, tenseness, wiry pulse
LV qi stag
Short-term tiredness, ALTERNATING cold and hot feelings, irritability, unilateral tongue coating, wiry pulse
Lesser Yang Pattern
Headache with recent onset, short duration (interior or exterior type)
Exterior, wind-cold attack
Headache with gradual onset, in attacks (interior or exterior type)
Interior type
Day-time headache
Qi or yang xu
Headache in the evening
Blood or yin xu
Night time headache
Blood stasis
Headache on the nape of neck… which channels? What patterns?
Greater Yang channels; Wind-Cold or interior KD xu
Vertex headache… which channels? Usually what pattern?
Terminal yin channels; LV blood xu
Temples and side of head headache… which channels? What patterns?
Lesser yang channels; ext wind in lesser yang or interior LV/GB fire rising
Headache behind the eyes
LV yang rising or LV blood xu
Headache throughout the hole head
Ext Wind Cold
Heavy feeling of pain… which channels? What patterns?
Greater Yin channels, dampness or phlegm
Pain ‘inside’ the head, dull ache, ‘hurting the brain’… which channels? What patterns?
Lesser Yin channels, KD xu
Distending, throbbing pain
LV yang rising
Boring, stabbing pain
Blood stasis
Pain with feeling of heaviness
Dampness
Pain with feeling of muziness, heaviness, dizziness
Phlegm
Pain that is aggravated by fatigue
Qi deficiency
Pain that is aggravated by emotional tension
LV yang rising
