Shang Han Lun Differentiations

Question 1

Tai Yang - Wind Attack

Answer 1

• Slight aversion to cold
• Aversion to wind
• Slight fever
• Slight sweating

Tongue: Pale-red, thin white coating
Pulse: Floating, moderate

Question 2

Tai Yang - Cold Attack

Answer 2

• Aversion to cold
• Slight fever
• No sweating

Tongue: Pale-red, thin, white coating
Pulse: Floating & Tight

Question 3

Tai Yang Water Amassment

Answer 3

• Aversion to cold
• Fever
• Retention of urine
• Edema

Tongue: Thick, white greasy coat
Pulse: Floating & Tight

Question 4

Tai Yang Blood Amassment

Answer 4

• Lower abdominal pain
• Mental restlessness
• Thirst
• Irritability

Tongue: Reddish-purple with yellow coat
Pulse: Deep forceful, string-taut, rapid, choppy

Question 5

Shao Yang

Answer 5

• Alternating fever & chills
• Hypochondrial fullness & distension

Tongue: Pale-red with thin, white coat
Pulse: Wiry

Question 6

Yang Ming: Channel pattern

Answer 6

• High fever
• Profuse sweating
• Thirst with desire to drink cold water

Tongue: Red tongue + yellow coating
Pulse: Surging, Rapid

Question 7

Yang Ming: Organ Pattern

Answer 7

• High fever
• Profuse sweating
• Thirst with desire to drink cold water
• Constipation

Tongue: Red + dry yellow coating
Pulse: Deep, forceful, rapid

Question 8

Tai Yin Pattern

Answer 8

• Abdominal fullness
• Feeling of cold
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Lack of appetite
• Thirst
• Fatigue

Tongue: Pale, sticky white coating
Pulse: Deep, Weak, Slow

Question 9

Shao Yin: Cold Pattern

Answer 9

• Chills
• Aversion to cold
• Listnessness
• Lethargy
• Cold limbs
• Clear, profuse urine

Tongue: Pale and wet
Pulse: Deep Weak Slow

Question 10

Shao Yin: Heat Pattern

Answer 10

• Fever
• Irritability
• Insomnia
• Dry mouth & throat
• Scanty Dark Urine
• Night sweats

Tongue: Red, no coat
Pulse: Thready-Fine, Rapid

Question 11

Jue yin

Answer 11

• Thirst
• Feeling of energy rising to the chest
• Hunger with no desire to eat
• diarrhea
• Vomiting of roundworms

Tongue: Red thorns
Pulse: Wiry