Stomach Patterns

Question 1

Uncomfortable feeling in the epigastrium, lack of appetite, lack of taste sensation, loose stools, tiredness especially in the morning, weak limbs

T: Pale
P: Empty, esp on the Right middle position

Answer 1

Stomach-Qi deficiency

Question 2

Discomfort or dull pain in the epigastrium, better after eating and better with pressure or massage, no appetite, preference for warm drinks and foods, vomiting of clear fluid, lack of thirst, cold and weak limbs, tiredness, pale complexion

T: pale and wet
P: Deep-Weak-Slow esp on the right middle position

Answer 2

Stomach deficient and cold

Question 3

No appetite or slight hunger but with no desire to eat, constipation (dry stools), dull or slightly burning epigastric pain, dry mouth and throat esp in the afternoon w/ a desire to drink in small sips, a slight feeling of fullness after eating

T: without coating in the centre, or with rootless coating, normal body colour
P: Floating-Empty on the right middle position

Answer 3

Stomach-Yin deficiency

Question 4

Epigastric pain and distension, belching, nausea, vomiting, hiccup, irritability

T: no particular signs on the tongue except in severe cases it may be red on the sides in the central section
P: Wiry on the right middle position

Answer 4

Stomach-Qi stagnation

Question 5

Burning epigastric pain, intense thirst with a desire to drink cold liquieds, mental restlessness, bleeding gums, dry stools, dry mouth, mouth ulcers, sour regurgitation, nausea, vomiting soon after eating, excessive hunger, foul breath, feeling of heat

T: Red in the centre with a dry yellow or dark-yellow (or even black) coating
P: Rapid and slightly Overflowing on the right middle position

Answer 5

Stomach-Fire (or Phlegm-Fire)

Question 6

Sudden severe pain in the epigastrium, feeling of cold, cold limbs, preference of warmth, vomiting of clear fluids (which may alleviate the pain), nausea, feeling worse after swallowing cold fluids, which are quickly vomitied, preference for warm liquids

T: thick white coating
P: Deep-Tight-Slow

Answer 6

Cold invading the Stomach

Question 7

Nausea, difficulty in swallowing, belching, vomiting, hiccup

T: No changes
P: Tight or Wiry on the right middle position

Answer 7

Stomach-Qi rebelling upwards

Question 8

Feeling of fullness and pain of the epigastrium, feeling of heaviness, facial pain, blocked nose or thick sticky nasal discharge, thirst w/out a desire to drink, nausea, feeling of heat, dull-yellow complexion, sticky taste

T: Red with sticky yellow coating
P: Slippery-Rapid

Answer 8

Damp-Heat in the Stomach

Question 9

Fullness, pain and distension of the epigastrium that are relieved by vomiting, nausea, vomiting of sour fluids, foul breath, sour regurgitation, belching, insomnia, loose stools or constipation, poor appetite

T: thick coating (which could be white or yellow)
P: Full-Slippery

Answer 9

Retention of food in the Stomach

Question 10

Severe, stabbing epigastric pain that may be worse at night, dislike of pressure, nausea, vomiting, possibly vomiting of blood, vomiting of food looking like coffee grounds

T: Purple
P: Wiry

Answer 10

Stasis of Blood in the Stomach

Question 11

Poor appetite, slight abdominal distension after eating, tiredness, lassitude, pale complexion, weakness of the limbs, loose stools, uncomfortable feeling in the epigastrium, lack of taste sensation

T: Pale
P: Empty, esp on the right middle position

Answer 11

Stomach- and Spleen-Qi deficiency