LISTENING AND SMELLING

Question 1

Wood sound and odour:

Answer 1

Shouting
Rancid

Question 2

Fire sound and odour:

Answer 2

Laughing
Scorched

Question 3

Earth sound and odour:

Answer 3

Singing
Sweet/fragrant

Question 4

Metal sound and odour:

Answer 4

Weeping
Rotten

Question 5

Water sound and odour:

Answer 5

Groaning
Putrid

Question 6

VOICE AND SPEECH

Strong/loud voice:
Weak/quiet voice:
Excessive talking:
Dislikes talking:

Answer 6

Strong/loud voice: EXCESS PTN

Weak/quiet voice: DEFICIENCY PTN

Excessive talking: HEAT / EXCESS PTN

Dislikes talking: COLD / DEFICIENCY PTN

Question 7

VOICE AND SPEECH

Snoring- loud:
Snoring- weak/soft:

Answer 7

Snoring- loud: EXCESS PATTERN OF PHLEGM/ DAMP

Snoring- weak/soft: QI DEFICIENCY WITH PHLEGM/ DAMP

Question 8

VOICE AND SPEECH

Sudden loss of voice:
Gradual loss of voice:

Answer 8

Sudden loss of voice: EXTERNAL WIND HEAT

Gradual loss of voice: LUNG QI OR YIN DEFICIENCY

Question 9

VOICE AND SPEECH

Incoherent speech:
Delirious speech:

Answer 9

Incoherent speech: PHLEGM FIRE

Delirious speech: HEAT IN PERICARDIUM

Question 10

BREATHING AND SIGHING

Shortness of breath:

Weak breathing:

Answer 10

Shortness of breath: LUNG DEFICIENCY

Weak breathing: LUNG AND/OR KIDNEY DEFICIENCY

Question 11

BREATHING AND SIGHING

Breathlessness with raising shoulders to breathe:

Wheezing (commonly upon exhalation):

Answer 11

Breathlessness with raising shoulders to breathe:
PHLEGM IN THE LUNG

Wheezing (commonly upon exhalation):
PHLEGM IN THE LUNG

Question 12

BREATHING AND SIGHING

Frequent sighing:

Rapid short breath with cough and sensation of oppression:

Answer 12

Frequent sighing:
LIVER OR LUNG QI STAGNATION

Rapid short breath with cough and sensation of oppression:
QI REBELLING

Question 13

COUGHING AND SNEEZING:

Loud:
Weak:
Barking cough:
Dry cough:

Answer 13

Loud: EXCESS PTN

Weak: DEFICIENCY PTN

Barking cough: PHLEGM HEAT IN LUNG

Dry cough: LUNG YIN DEFICIENCY

Question 14

COUGHING AND SNEEZING:

Acute sneezing:
Chronic sneezing:
Sneezing with profuse nasal discharge:

Answer 14

Acute sneezing:
EXTERNAL WIND ATTACK

Chronic sneezing:
RETENTION OF WIND IN NOSE

Sneezing with profuse nasal discharge:
EXTERNAL WIND COLD ATTACK

Question 15

HICCUPS AND BELCHING

Loud: (3)

Quiet:

Answer 15

Loud: EXCESS PATTERN: REBELLIOUS STOMACH QI / STOMACH HEAT / LIVER INVADING STOMACH

Quiet:
STOMACH QI / YIN DEFICIENCY

Question 16

HICCUPS AND BELCHING

Loud and prolonged:

Weak and short:

Answer 16

Loud and prolonged:
FOOD RETENTION / STOMACH HEAT / LIVER INVADING STOMACH

Weak and short:
STOMACH QI DEFICIENCY OR COLD

Question 17

BREATH SMELLS

Pungent/foul:

Rotten:

Answer 17

Pungent/foul: DAMP HEAT IN SPLEEN / STOMACH

Rotten: DAMP HEAT IN LARGE INTESTINE

Question 18

BREATH SMELLS

Strong/foul:

Sour:

Answer 18

Strong/foul: STOMACH HEAT / FOOD RETENTION

Sour: FOOD RETENTION

Question 19

SWEAT SMELLS

Strong:

Putrid:

Answer 19

Strong: DAMP HEAT

Putrid: DISEASE OF LUNG / LIVER / KIDNEY

Question 20

SPUTUM SMELLS

Fishy:
Strong and rotten:
No smell:

Answer 20

Fishy:
HEAT IN LUNG

Strong and rotten:
HEAT IN LUNG / PHLEGM HEAT OR TOXIC HEAT

No smell:
COLD PATTERN

Question 21

URINE AND STOOLS

Foul smell:
No smell:
Strong smell (urine):

Answer 21

Foul smell: DAMP HEAT IN INTESTINES

No smell: COLD PATTERN

Strong smell (urine): DAMP HEAT IN BLADDER

Question 22

VAGINAL DISCHARGE

Strong:
Fishy:

Answer 22

Strong: DAMP HEAT

Fishy: DAMP COLD