Stools

Question 1

Aggravation of a condition after a bowel movement

Answer 1

Deficiency

Question 2

Amelioration of a condition after a bowel movement

Answer 2

Excess

Question 3

Acute constipation with thirst and dry yellow coating

Answer 3

Heat in ST and LU (Excess)

Question 4

Constipation with small, bitty stools like goat’s stools

Answer 4

LV QI Stagnation and LI Heat (Excess)

Question 5

Difficulty in performing a bowel movement , stools not dry

Answer 5

LV Qi Stagnation (Excess)

Question 6

Constipation with abdominal Pain

Answer 6

Excess or Def Cold (Excess)

Question 7

Alternation of constipation and diarrhea

Answer 7

LV Qi Stagnation invading SP (Excess)

Question 8

Constipation with dry stools, dry mouth, desire to drink in small sips

Answer 8

KT/ST Yin Def (Def)

Question 9

Constipation in old people or women after childbirth

Answer 9

Blood Def

Question 10

Chronic Diarrhea

Answer 10

SP/KD Yang Def

Question 11

Cocks-Crow diarrhea (daybreak)

Answer 11

KD Yang Def

Question 12

Loose Stools with undigested food

Answer 12

SP Qi Def

Question 13

Slightly Loose but very frequent, cannot hold them easily

Answer 13

SP Qi sinking (Def)

Question 14

Accompanied by abdominal pain, fullness, undigested food

Answer 14

LI Cold (Excess)

Question 15

Black or very dark stools

Answer 15

Blood Stasis (Excess)

Question 16

Diarrhea with mucus in the stools

Answer 16

LI Dampness

Question 17

Diarrhea with mucus and blood in the stools

Answer 17

LI damp-heat

Question 18

Blood –> Stool, bright-red splashing in all directions

Answer 18

LI damp-heat

Question 19

Blood–>Stool, turbid, anus feels heavy and painful

Answer 19

Blood Heat

Question 20

Stools–>Blood, watery

Answer 20

SP unable to hold Blood

Question 21

Pain accompany diarrhea

Answer 21

LV involvement or Heat

Question 22

Foul smelling, burning sensation in the anus while passing stools

Answer 22

Heat

Question 23

Presence of foul smell

Answer 23

Heat

Question 24

Absence of smell

Answer 24

Cold

Question 25

Borborygmi (gurgling sounds in the abdomen) with loose stools

Answer 25

SP Def

Question 26

Borborygmi with abdominal distention without loose stools

Answer 26

LV Qi Stagnation

Question 27

Flatulence

Answer 27

LV Qi Stagnation

Question 28

Flatulence with foul smell

Answer 28

SP Damp-Heat/LI Heat

Question 29

Flatulence without smell

Answer 29

SP Yang Def