Pain

Question 1

Dull ache in the 4 limbs or trunk

Answer 1

Soreness

Question 2

What is soreness caused by

Answer 2

deficiency or damp

Question 3

Combined dull ache w/ sense of heaviness in the 4 limbs or trunk

Answer 3

Heaviness

Question 4

Cause of Heaviness

Answer 4

Dampness or phlegm

Question 5

Descended like a drum

Answer 5

Distention

Question 6

Cause of distention

Answer 6

LV stagnation

Question 7

Sharp stabbing spastic; feels cold; allev. By warmth (typically on abdomen or limbs)

Answer 7

Cold

Question 8

cause of cold

Answer 8

Yang def or XS Def Cold

Question 9

Burning or sensation of heat

Answer 9

Burning

Question 10

Cause of burning

Answer 10

• Due to XS or
• def heat

Question 11

General feeling of emptiness, usually in the head

Answer 11

Emptiness

Question 12

Cause of emptyness

Answer 12

• Qi Def. or
• Blood Def or
• KID def.

Question 13

GI. - sharp and colicky nature, upper gastrointestinal

Answer 13

Colicky

Question 14

cause of colick

Answer 14

• Blood Stasis,
  
  • cold in intestine;
  • cold in the Uterus due to XS

Question 15

Sharp pain with spasm or contraction or sensation of spasm; usually in the limbs or related to sinews

Answer 15

spastic

Question 16

Cause of spastic pain

Answer 16

• LIV Qi stag. W/ LIV blood Def. or
• LIV yang rising ( usually in the head)

Question 17

Ache or pain accompanying with anxiety or uneasiness

Answer 17

distressing

Question 18

cause of distressing pain

Answer 18

• Phlegm in epigastrium;
• combo of def in LIV KI; gyno - menopausal symptoms

Question 19

Mild fullness that feels soft on Palpation, dull ache,

Answer 19

stuffiness

Question 20

cause of stuffiness

Answer 20

Combo pack: SP def and heat and phlegm

Question 21

Sharp that is coming out, eg. bone spurs, commonly seen in hypochondrium or epigastrium

Answer 21

pushing

Question 22

cause of pushing pain

Answer 22

severe Qi stagnation

Question 23

Sharp pain accompanied by a sensation of the skin being pulled, occurs mostly in the head

Answer 23

pulling

Question 24

cause of pulling pain

Answer 24

LIV wind

Question 25

Sharp like a knife, usually low abdomen

Answer 25

cutting

Question 26

cause of cutting pain

Answer 26

XS blood stasis

Question 27

pulsing or throbbing pain

Answer 27

Yang rising

Question 28

Fixed location; tip of a nail or screw; low abdomen, hypochondrium, chest head

Answer 28

boring pain

Question 29

cause of boring pain

Answer 29

Blood Stasis XS; gyno, painful periods due to blood stasis

Question 30

Chronic and enduring, chronic, lower back, knees, joints, shoulders; improves with heat.

Answer 30

lurking pain

Question 31

cause of lurking pain

Answer 31

• Qi and blood def, or
• def. cold on interior

Question 32

List the 17 types of pain

Answer 32

Soreness, heaviness, distention, fullness, cold, buring, emptiness, colicky, spastic, distressing, stuffiness, pushing, pulling, cutting, throbbing, boring, lurkin

Question 33

If the pain is at night

Answer 33

yin def. or blood stasis

Question 34

Acute pain

Answer 34

XS

Question 35

pain that gets better with pressure

Answer 35

Def

Question 36

pain that gets worse with pressure

Answer 36

XS, stasis of blood or Qi

Question 37

continuious pain, nagging and sharp

Answer 37

blood stasis