Stools constipation and diarrhoea

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 stomach and large intestine
Excess

Question 4

constipation with small bitty stools like goats stools

Answer 4

Liver Qi stagnation, and large intestine heat
Excess

Question 5

difficulty performing a bowel movement (stools, not dry)

Answer 5

liver Qi stagnation
excess

Question 6

stool with abdominal pain

Answer 6

Excess or deficiency cold

Question 7

alternation of constipation and diarrhoea

Answer 7

liver Qi stagnation invading spleen

Question 8

with dry stools, dry mouth, desire to drink, and small sips

Answer 8

Kidney and stomach yin deficiency

Question 9

in older people, or women after childbirth

Answer 9

blood deficiency

Question 10

chronic diarrhoea

Answer 10

Spleen and Kidney yang deficiency

Question 11

Cockscrow diarrhoea (daybreak)

Answer 11

Kidney Yang deficiency

Question 12

Loose stools with undigested food

Answer 12

spleen Qi deficiency

Question 13

Lightly loose, but very frequent cannot hold them easily

Answer 13

spleen Qi sinking

Question 14

Stools, accompanied by a domino pain, fullness, and undigested food

Answer 14

Excess
Large intestine cold

Question 15

Black or very dark stools

Answer 15

Excess
Blood stasis.

Question 16

Diarrhoea with mucus in the stool’s

Answer 16

Large intestine dampness

Question 17

Diarrhoea with mucus and blood in the stools

Answer 17

large intestine. Damp -heat

Question 18

blood~ stool, bright, red, splashing in all directions

Answer 18

large intestine, damp-heat

Question 19

blood~ stool, turbid, anus, feels heavy and painful

Answer 19

Blood heat

Question 20

stools~ blood, watery

Answer 20

Spleen unable to hold blood

Question 21

Painting company, diarrhoea

Answer 21

liver involvement or heat

Question 22

Foul smelling, burning sensation in the end as well passing stools

Answer 22

Heat

Question 23

Presence of a foul smell

Answer 23

Heat

Question 24

Absence of smell

Answer 24

Cold

Question 25

Gurgling sounds in the abdomen with loose stools

Answer 25

Spleen deficiency

Question 26

borborygmi with abdominal distension without loose stools

Answer 26

liver Qi stagnation

Question 27

Flatulence

Answer 27

liver Qi stagnation

Question 28

flatulence with a foul smell

Answer 28

Spleen, damp-heat/large intestine heat

Question 29

Flatulence without smell

Answer 29

Spleen Yang deficiency