Pericardium Patterns

Question 1

Fever at night, mental confusion, incoherent speech or aphasia, delirium, body hot, hands and feet cold, macules

T: Red and dry w/out coating
P: Fine-Rapid

Answer 1

Heat in the Pericardium

Question 2

A feeling of stuffiness and discomfort of the chest, dull ache in the chest, very slight SOB, palpitations, anxiety, insomnia, dizziness, dream-disturbed sleep, poor memory, propensity to be startled, dull-pale complexion, pale lips, cold hands, scanty periods or amenorrhoea

T: Pale, Thin, slightly dry
P: Choppy or Fine but very slightly hard on the left Front position

Answer 2

Blood deficiency of the Pericardium

Question 3

Palpitations, a feeling of tightness and heat of the chest, slight chest ache, rapid breathing, thirst, mouth and tongue ulcers, mental restlessness, feeling of agitation, feeling of heat, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, red face, bitter taste (after a bad night’s sleep), heavy periods

T: Red, tip redder and swollen w/red points, yellow coating; may be a midline crack reaching the tip
P: Full-Rapid-Overflowing esp on the left front position; can also be Hasty

Answer 3

Pericardium Fire

Question 4

Palpitations, feeling of oppression and heat of the chest, chest pain, rapid breathing, thirst, red face, bitter taste, expectoration of phlegm, rattling sound in the throat, mental restlessness, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, agitation, incoherent speech, mental confusion, rash behaviour, tendency to hit or scold people, uncontrolled laughter or crying, shouting, muttering to oneself, mental depression and dullness, manic behaviour

T: Red, swollen with yellow, dry sticky coating, Deep Heart crack; tip may be redder and swollen w/red points
P: Full-Rapid-Slippery or Rapid-Overflowing-Slippery or Rapid-Full-Wiry

Answer 4

Phlegm-Fire harassing the Pericardium

Question 5

A feeling of distension and slight pain of the chest, feeling of tightness of the chest, slight SOB, sighing, a feeling of lump in the throat, palpitations, depression, irritability, poor appetite, weak and cold limbs, slightly purple lips, pale complexion

T: slightly Pale-Purple on the sides in the chest area
P: Empty but very slightly Overflowing on the left front position

Answer 5

Qi stagnation in the Pericardium

Question 6

Palpitations, stabbing or pricking pain in the chest which may radiate to the inner aspect of the left arm or to the shoulder, a feeling of oppression or constriction of the chest, SOB, cyanosis of lips and nails, cold hands, painful periods w/dark clots

T: Purple in its entirety or only on the sides in the chest area
P: Choppy, Wiry, or Knotted

Answer 6

Blood stasis of the Pericardium