Maciocia - chest and abdomen

Question 1

stabbing chest pain

Answer 1

stasis of blood in the Heart

Question 2

chest pain accompanied by cough with profuse yellow sputum

Answer 2

lung heat

Question 3

a feeling of oppression of the chest

Answer 3

• phlegm in the lungs
  or
• severe liver qi stagnation

Question 4

a feeling of distention of the hypochondrium,

Answer 4

stagnation of liver qi

Question 5

stabbing pain in the hypochondrium

Answer 5

stasis of liver blood

Question 6

dull epigastric pain alleviated by eating

Answer 6

empty type pattern

Question 7

severe epigastric pain aggravated by eating

Answer 7

full type pattern

Question 8

severe epigastric pain

Answer 8

full patterns such as
Food stagnation
Stomach heat
Damp heat in the stomach
Fire of Phlegm Fire in the Stomach
Blood stasis in the stomach
Liver qi invading the stomach

Question 9

dull epigastric pain

Answer 9

Stomach qi deficiency

empty cold in the stomach

Question 10

feeling of fullness in the epigastrium

Answer 10

dampness

Question 11

feeling of distention of the epigastrium

Answer 11

liver qi stagnation

Question 12

lower abdominal pain can be due to many different causes:

Answer 12

internal cold
stagnation of liver qi
liver blood
damp heat
stasis of blood in the intestines or uterus

Question 13

abdominal pain relieved by bowel movements

Answer 13

full nature

Question 14

abdominal pain aggravated by bowel movements

Answer 14

empty nature

Question 15

hypogastric pain

Answer 15

damp heat in the bladder or liver fire infusing downwards to the bladder

Question 16

very slight feeling of fullness in the epigastrium

Answer 16

spleen qi deficiency

“feeling of fullness in epigastrium is dampness”