Palpations

Question 1

Cold Feeling Skin

Answer 1

Cold Pattern

Question 2

Four Limbs Cold

Answer 2

Both SP and ST Yang

Question 3

Cold Loins, Lower back of Feed Cold

Answer 3

KD Yang Def

Question 4

Cold Lower Abdomen Cold

Answer 4

Sp Yang Def

Question 5

Skin Hot

Answer 5

Damp-Heat

Question 6

Skin hot on first touch –>ceases to feel hot if the pressure is maintained

Answer 6

Exterior Wind-Heat Pathogen still on the Exterior

Question 7

Skin over a blood vessel hot on medium pressure but not on heavy pressure

Answer 7

Interior Heat in Middle Jiao or HT

Question 8

Skin feels hot on heavy pressure, which nearly reaches the bone

Answer 8

Empty-Heat from Yin Def

Question 9

Moist Skin

Answer 9

Exterior Wind

Question 10

Moist Skin without exterior Symptoms

Answer 10

LU Qi Def

Question 11

Dry Skin

Answer 11

Blood Def, LU Yin Def

Question 12

Rough Skin

Answer 12

Bi Syndrome from Wind

Question 13

Scaly and Dry Skin

Answer 13

Exhaustion of Body Fluids, Severe Def, LV Blood Dryness

Question 14

Swollen Skin, pitting

Answer 14

Water Swelling from SP/KD Yang Def

Question 15

Swollen Skin, Not Pitting

Answer 15

Qi Swelling from Damp or Wi Stagnation

Question 16

Cold Hands and Feet

Answer 16

SP/ST Yang def (common cause)

Phlegm or Interior Heat obstructing Qi circulation (less common)

Question 17

Cold Hands

Answer 17

LU/HT Yang Def

Question 18

Cold Feet

Answer 18

KD Yang Def

Question 19

Cold hands and feet in women

Answer 19

Blood Def

Question 20

Cold hands in women

Answer 20

HT Blood Def

Question 21

Cold feet in women

Answer 21

LV Blood Def

Question 22

Cold fingers and toes

Answer 22

LV Qi Stagnation

Question 23

Apical Pulse Clearly felt, not hard, relatively Slow Normal

Answer 23

Normal

Question 24

Apical Pulse feeble and without strength

Answer 24

Gathering (Song) Qi Def

Question 25

Apical Strong and Hard

Answer 25

LU/HT excess Condition

Question 26

Apical Pulse Large but Empty

Answer 26

HT Qi Def

Question 27

Apical Pulse Stopping and Starting

Answer 27

Severe Shock or alcoholism

Question 28

Apical Pulse Discrepancy between apical and radial pulse

Answer 28

Poor Prognosis

Question 29

Apical Pulse Rapid

Answer 29

Shock, Fright or Outburst of Anger

Question 30

Area Below Xphoid Process

Answer 30

Should feel soft (rest of the abdoment

Question 31

Area Below Xphoid Process Hard on Palpation

Answer 31

Full condition, Qi stagnation (from emotional problems)

Question 32

Area Below Xphoid too soft on palpation

Answer 32

HT Def

Question 33

Chest is tender with light palpitation of RN17

Answer 33

HT Blood Stasis

Question 34

Chest Tender around the Center

Answer 34

LU Excess Condition

Question 35

Chest Tenderness relieved by palpation

Answer 35

HT/LU Def condition

Question 36

Chest Tenderness relieved by light palpation but elicited by deeper palpation

Answer 36

Def and Ecess

Question 37

Breast Lump relatively soft

Answer 37

Phlegm

Question 38

Breast Lump relatively hard

Answer 38

Blood Stasis

Question 39

Breast Lump Distinct Edges

Answer 39

Phlegm

Question 40

Breast Lump Indistinct Edges

Answer 40

Toxic Heat

Question 41

Mobile on Palpation

Answer 41

Phlegm

Question 42

Immovable on Palpation

Answer 42

Blood Stasis or Toxic Heat

Question 43

Fibrocystic Disease (Small, Multiple, movable lumps with distinct edges, changing size according to menstrual cycle

Answer 43

Qi Stagnation and Phlegm

Question 44

Fibroadenoma (Single, relatively hard, movable lump with distinct edges, possibly painful)

Answer 44

Phlegm and Blood Stasis

Question 45

Carcinoma of the breast (single, hard, immovable, painless lump with indistinct margins)

Answer 45

Blood stasis, Qi stagnation and Phlegm

Question 46

Abdominal is Hard

Answer 46

Full

Question 47

Abdominal is too soft

Answer 47

Empthy

Question 48

Abdominal ache is relieved by palpation

Answer 48

Empty

Question 49

Abdominal pain aggravated by palpation

Answer 49

Full

Question 50

Lower Abdomen soft and flabby

Answer 50

Original Yuan QI Def

Question 51

Abdominal masses that come and go move palpation

Answer 51

Qi stagnation

Question 52

Fixed abdominal masses

Answer 52

Blood Stasis

Question 53

Palpation of back transporting points

Answer 53

Sharp pain = full in relevant organ (either spontaneous or on pressure) Dull soreness=empty (either spontaneous or on pressure)

Question 54

Palpation of the back points

Answer 54

``` UB 43 (LU), UB52 (KD) UB31,32,33,34 (Reproductive esp in Women) ```

Question 55

Palpation of Front Collecting Points

Answer 55

For Pathological changes of Internal Organs, Full if points are tender on palpation Empty pattern if palpation relieves tenderness

Question 56

Palpation of Lower Sea Points

Answer 56

For diagnosing stomach or intestinal diseases | ST36 (ST), ST37 (LI), ST39 (SI), Lanweixue (appendix)

Question 57

Palpation of Ah Shi Points

Answer 57

- Dull soreness on pressure indicates an Empty condition of the channels influencing that area - Sharp pain on pressure indicates a full condition of the channel.