Other Palpatations

Question 1

Skin: Temperature: Cold: cold feeling

Answer 1

Cold patterns

Question 2

Skin: Temperature: Cold: four limbs cold

Answer 2

Both SP and ST yang def

Question 3

Skin: Temperature: Cold: Loins, lower back or feet cold

Answer 3

KD yang def

Question 4

Skin: Temperature: Cold: Lower abdomen cold

Answer 4

SP yang def

Question 5

Skin: Temperature: Heat: Skin hot

Answer 5

Damp heat

Question 6

Skin: Temperature: Heat: skin hot on first touch but ceases to feel hot if pressure is maintained

Answer 6

Exterior wind heat still on the exterior

Question 7

Skin: Temperature: Heat: skin over a blood vessel hot on a medium pressure but not on heavy pressure

Answer 7

Interior heat in Middle jiao or HT

Question 8

Skin: Temperature: Heat: skin feels hot on heavy pressure which nearly reaches the bone

Answer 8

Empty heat from yin def

Question 9

Skin: Moisture and texture: Moist skin

Answer 9

Exterior wind

Question 10

Skin: Moisture and texture: moist w/o exterior sx

Answer 10

LU qi def

Question 11

Skin: Moisture and texture: dry skin (2)

Answer 11

Blood def

LU yin def

Question 12

Skin: Moisture and texture: rough skin

Answer 12

Bi syndrome from wind

Question 13

Skin: Moisture and texture: scaly and dry skin (3)

Answer 13

Exhaustion of body fluids
Severe deficiency
LV blood dryness

Question 14

Skin: Moisture and texture: swollen skin, pitting

Answer 14

“Water swelling” from SP/ KD yang def

Question 15

Skin: Moisture and texture: swollen skin, not pitting

Answer 15

“Qi swelling” from damp or qi stag

Question 16

Limbs: Cold hands and feet (2)

Answer 16

SP/ST yang def (common)

Phlegm or interior heat obstructing qi circulation (less common)

Question 17

Limbs: Cold hands

Answer 17

LU/HT Yang def

Question 18

Limbs: Cold feet

Answer 18

KD yang def

Question 19

Limbs: Cold hands and feet in women

Answer 19

Blood def

Question 20

Limbs: Cold hands in women

Answer 20

HT blood def

Question 21

Limbs: Cold feet in women

Answer 21

LV blood def

Question 22

Limbs: Cold fingers and toes

Answer 22

LV qi stagnation

Question 23

Chest: Apical Pulse: Clearly felt, not hard, relatively slow

Answer 23

Normal

Question 24

Chest: Apical Pulse: feeble and w/o strength

Answer 24

Gathering Zong qi def

Question 25

Chest: Apical Pulse: strong and hard

Answer 25

LU/ HT excess condition

Question 26

Chest: Apical Pulse: Large but empty

Answer 26

HT qi def

Question 27

Chest: Apical Pulse: stopping and starting

Answer 27

Severe shock or alcoholism

Question 28

Chest: Apical Pulse: Discrepancy between apical and radial pulse

Answer 28

Poor prognosis

Question 29

Chest: Apical Pulse: Rapid

Answer 29

Shock, fright, or outburst of anger

Question 30

Chest: Area below xiphoid process: soft compared to rest of abdomen

Answer 30

Normal

Question 31

Chest: Area below xiphoid process: hard on palpation

Answer 31

``` Full condition Qi stagnation (from emotional problems) ```

Question 32

Chest: Area below xiphoid process: too soft on palpation

Answer 32

HT def

Question 33

Chest: Tend with light palpation of RN 17

Answer 33

HT blood stasis

Question 34

Chest: tender around center

Answer 34

LU excess condition

Question 35

Chest: Tender relieved by palpation

Answer 35

LU/Ht def

Question 36

Chest: Tenderness relieved by light palpation but elicited by deeper palpation

Answer 36

Def and excess

Question 37

Breast lumps: relatively soft

Answer 37

Phlegm

Question 38

Breast lumps: relatively hard

Answer 38

blood stasis

Question 39

Breast lumps: distinct edges

Answer 39

phlegm

Question 40

Breast lumps: indistinct edges

Answer 40

toxic heat

Question 41

Breast lumps: mobile on palpation

Answer 41

phlegm

Question 42

Breast lumps: immovable on palpation

Answer 42

blood stasis or toxic heat

Question 43

Breast lumps:small multiple movable lumps with distinct edges changing size according menstrual cycle

Answer 43

Fibrocystic disease

Question 44

Breast lumps: fibrocystic disease cause

Answer 44

Qi stag and phlegm

Question 45

Breast lumps: single, relatively hard, movable lump with distinct edges, possibly painful

Answer 45

Fibroadenoma

Question 46

Breast lumps: fibroadenoma cause

Answer 46

Phlegm and blood stasis

Question 47

Breast lumps: single, hard, immovable painless lump with indistinct margins

Answer 47

Carcinoma of the breast

Question 48

Breast lumps: carcinoma of the breast causes (3)

Answer 48

Blood stasis Qi stag Phlegm

Question 49

Abdomen: Hard

Answer 49

Full

Question 50

Abdomen: too soft

Answer 50

Empty

Question 51

Abdomen: ache relieved by palpation

Answer 51

Empty

Question 52

Abdomen: pain aggravated by palpation

Answer 52

Full

Question 53

Abdomen: lower abdomen soft and flabby

Answer 53

Original yuan qi def

Question 54

Abdomen: abdominal masses that come and go, move on palpation

Answer 54

Qi stag

Question 55

Abdomen: fixed abdominal masses

Answer 55

Blood stasis

Question 56

Points: Back shu: sharp pain

Answer 56

Full in relevant organ (either spontaneous or on pressure)

Question 57

Points: Back shu: dull soreness

Answer 57

Empty in relevant organ