TCM Patterns Flashcards
Pallor, dizziness, blurring of vision, listlessness, lasstitude, SOB, unwillingness to speak, feeble voice, spontaneous perspiration, all aggregated on exertion, susceptible to cold, pale tongue, weak pulse
Qi Deficiency
Tiredness, dizziness, blurring of vision, SOB, bearing down and distending sensation in abdomen, frequent urination, chronic diarrhea, prolapsed uterus or rectum, gastroptosis (stomach prolapse), nephroptosis, pale tongue, white tongue coating, weak pulse
Sinking of Qi
Oppression and distending, unlocalized and fluctuating pain in chest, hypochondrium and abdomen which is subsided after eructation, fart and borborygmus, aggrevated when patient feels depressed
Stagnation of Qi
Cough, asthma, hiccup, eructation (belching), nausea, vomiting, dizziness, painful distension in head or even syncope (fainting), hematemesis in serious cases
Reversed flow of Qi
Pallor or sallow complexion, pale lips and nails, dizziness, blurring of vision, palpitation, insomnia, numbness of limbs, rough skin, hypomenorrhea with light color, delayed menstration, amenorrhea, pale tongue, thready weak pulse
Deficiency of Blood
Stabbing fixed pain at certain region, aggrevated with pressure or at night, hard and fixed masses in the abdomen, subcutaneous hemotoma and pelidnoma, bleeding of caked and dark purple blood, darkish complexion, squamous and dry skin, cyanotic lips and nails, amenorrhea in women, dark purple tongue or with ecchymoses and petechiae, thready unsmooth pulse
Blood Stasis
Hemoptysis, hematemesis, bleeding from eyes, ears, nose, mouth or subcutaneous tissues, hematuria, hematochezia, preceded menstral cycle, menorrhagia, mental restlessness or mania, coma, dryness of mouth with no desire to drink, feverish that is severe at night, crimson tongue, rapid pulse or slippery rapid pulse
Heat in Blood
Coldness and pain in the hands, feet and lower abdomen which is relieved by warmth, intolerance to cold and preference for warmth, cold and blueish purple hands and feet, delayed menstration, dark purple menstral flow with clots, dysmenorrhea, pale tongue, white coating, slow deep unsmooth pulse
Cold in Blood
Pallor or sallow complexion, SOB, unwillingness to speak, fatigue, dizziness, blurred vision, spontaneous perspiration, palpitation, insomnia, pale lips and nails, pale tongue, thready and weak pulse
Deficiency of both Qi and Blood
Fullness, distension and migratory pains in chest and hypochondrium, depression, irritability, abdominal mass, stabbing pain with reluctance to pressure, distending pain in breasts before menstration, dysmenorrhea, dark purple menstration with clots, amenorrhea in a serious case, dark purple tongue with petechiae, wiry unsmooth pulse
Stagnation of Blood due to Stagnation of Qi
Hemafecia (blood in stool), hematemesis, subcutaneous ecchymoses, teeth and gum bleeding, profuse menstration, metrorrhagia, metrostaxis, SOB, spontaneous perspiration, fatigue, pale tongue and complexion, thready weak pulse
Hemorrhage due to Deficiency of Qi
Heavy bleeding, pallor, cold limbs, profuse cold sweating, feeble breath, coma, pale tongue, floating scattered pulse
Exhaustion of Qi resulting from Hemorrhage
Dryness of mouth and throat, dry lips and tongue, dry skin, scanty urination, constipation, red tongue with little fluids, thready rapid pulse
Insufficiency of Body Fluids
Puffiness of eyelids which spreads to the four limbs and whole body, the attack is abrupt, soreness and heaviness of limbs, scanty urination, mostly accompanied by aversion to wind cold, fever, thin white tongue coating, superficial tense pulse, sore throat, red tongue, superficial rapid pulse, general edema which develops slowly and produces deep dents on pressure, heaviness of the body and limbs, fullness of the epigastrium, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, white sticky tongue coating, deep retarded pulse
Yang Edema
Edema worse in the lumbar region, dents on pressure, scanty urination, epigastric fullness, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, loose stools, pallor and sallow complexion, soreness and coldness of lumbar region and knee joints, cold limbs, intolerance to cold, lasstitude, pale and puffy tongue, white slippery tongue coating, deep slow forceful pulse
Yin Edema
Cough, asthma, expectoration, fullness of chest, stuffiness of epigastrium, loss of appetite, nausea, dizziness, coma, mania, rattle in the throat, numbness of body and limbs, hemiplegia, scrofula, goiter, subcutaneous nodules, nodules in breasts, obstructed feeling in throat, white and sticky or yellow and sticky tongue coating, smooth pulse
Phlegm Syndrome
Stuffiness and distension in the epigastrium and abdomen, rumbling sound in stomach and intestines, vomiting clear water, dizziness, blurred vision, palpitations, distension and fullness in chest and hypochondrium, cough, pain which occurs during respiration in turning the body laterally; or cough, asthma, fullness of chest that makes it impossible to lay flat, edema of body and limbs, heaviness and soreness, difficult urination, white smooth tongue coating, wiry pulse
Retained Fluids Syndrome
Fever, aversion to cold, sweats or slight sweats, headache, stuffy and running nose, itching throat, slight cough, superficial moderate pulse, white thin tongue coating
Invasion of Wind in the Exterior
WIND PATTERN
Itching of skin, skin rashes, come and go regularily and quickly
Retention of Wind in the Skin
WIND PATTERN
Numbness of limbs or face, clenched jaw, deviation of mouth and eye, stiff neck, convulsion, tic
Invasion of Wind in the Channels and Collaterals
WIND PATTERN
Unbearable pain in the joints, limitation of movement, SOB, spontaneous perspiration, superficial wiry or deep weak pulse, white greasy tongue coating
Retention of Wind in the Joints
WIND PATTERN
Acute onset, no fever at beginning but later on, aversion to cold, no sweats, stiff neck and back, body aching, superficial tight pulse, white thin tongue coat
Invasion of Cold in the Exterior
COLD PATTERN
Abdominal pain, borborygmus, diarrhea, vomit, pale tongue with white coating or spasm of four limbs, extremely cold limbs, minute pulse
Attack of Cold in the Interior
COLD PATTERN
Severe joint pain which is fixed and swollen, aggrevated by cold and alleviated by warmth, pale puffy skin, skin cold to the touch, pale puffy tongue with white greasy/slippery tongue coating, wiry tight pulse
Invasion of Cold in the Channels and Collaterals
COLD PATTERN
Fever, thirst, cough without sputum, chest tightness, hypochondriac pain, soft rapid pulse, strong in Cun position, may be dizzy, fever and chills, sweats, cough, thin white slightly greasy coating, weak pulse
Invasion of Summer Heat in the Lungs
SUMMER HEAT PATTERN
Dizziness, vertigo, headache, aversion to heat, restlessness, red face, rough breathing, dry mouth, thirst with preference for cold drinks, profuse sweats, slight aversion to cold on the back, flooding large pulse
Scorchung of Summer Heat in the Yangming Meridian
SUMMER HEAT PATTERN
Fever, red face, deafness, chest tightness, epigastrium fullness, diarrhea,scanty yellow urine, cough with bloody sputum, slight thirst with no desire to drink, red tongue with yellow and slippery coating
Summer Heat with Damp Heat
SUMMER HEAT PATTERN
Headache, fever, aversion to cold, no sweats, stiffness of body, fullness in the epigastric region, restlessness, white and greasy tongue coating
Summer Heat with Cold Damp
SUMMER HEAT PATTERN
High fever, spontaneous sweats, big thirst, vomit, diarrhea, heaviness of the head, fatigue, feeble pulse
Injury of Qi and Body Fluids by Summer Heat
SUMMER HEAT PATTERN
Heaviness of the head and body, fever, no sweats, joint aching, fatigue, superficial moderate and soft pulse, thin white slippery tongue coating
Invasion of Damp in the Exterior
DAMPNESS PATTERN
Skin rash, excema with yellowish liquid, boils, sores, unbearable itching
Invasion of Damp in the Skin
DAMPNESS PATTERN
Swollen and painful joints in a fixed location, heaviness of body, numbness of skin, clumsiness, deep thready or soft moderate pulse, white greasy tongue coating
Retention of Damp in the Joints
DAMPNESS PATTERN
Fullness and oppression in the chest and epigastric region, diarrhea with clear watery stool, abdominal pain, borborygmus, soft moderate pulse, whie greasy slippery tongue coating
Retention of Damp in the Middle Jiao
DAMPNESS PATTERN
Fever, slight aversion to cold, headache, little sweat, cough with little sputum, dry mouth and nose, thirst, red tongue with white tongue coating, large rapid pulse in right Cun position
External Dryness
Invasion of Warm Dry in the Exterior
DRYNESS PATTERN
Aversion to cold, slight fever, headache, no sweats, obstruction of nose, dry throat and lips, cough with thin sputum
External Dryness
Invasion of Cool Dry in the Exterior
DRYNESS PATTERN
Dry cough or cough with little sputum which is difficult to expectorate, cough with blood, dry mouth, thirst, distension in the chest and abdomen, constipation, epistaxis, restlessness, dry yellow tongue coating
Internal Dryness
DRYNESS PATTERN
Fever, sore throat, redness of eyes and face, thirst, halitosis, toothache, swelling gums with bleeding, deafness, bitter taste in the mouth, restlessness, constipation, scanty urine, burning pain in urination
Excessive Fire
FIRE PATTERN
Afternoon fever, malar flush, hot in five heat, insomnia, restlessness, red tongue with little coating, thready rapid pulse
Deficient Fire
FIRE PATTERN
Fever, slight aversion to wind or cold, absence of or little sweating, headache, cough, sore throat, dryness of mouth, mild thirst, red tip and edges of tongue body, thin and white or slightly yellow coating, superficial and rapid pulse
Syndrome of Wei level
High fever, aversion to heat rather than cold, flushed face, irritability, thirst, dark yellow and scanty urine, red tongue with yellow coating, rapid pulse
Syndrome of Qi level
General Manifestations
Fever, extreme thirst, sweating, cough, asthma, chest pain, expectoration with thick yellow sputum, flaring of nose, red tongue with yellow coating, slippery and rapid pulse
Retention of Heat in Lungs
SYNDROME OF QI LEVEL
Fever, distressing and burning sensations in the epigastrium, restlessness, light yellow tongue coating in mild cases, high fever, irritability, burning sensation in chest and diaphragm, dryness of lips and throat, thirst, constipation, red tongue with yellow tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse
Disturbance of the Chest and Diaphragm by Heat
SYNDROME OF QI LEVEL
High fever, flushed face, irritability, polyphagia, severe thirst, preference for cold drinks, profuse sweating, yellow and dry tongue coating, flooding and rapid pulse
Retention of Heat in the Stomach
SYNDROME OF QI LEVEL
Afternoon fever, constipation or watery diarrhea with foul smell, abdominal fullness and lain aggrevated by pressure, yellow and dry or dark yellow tongue coating with prickles, deep forceful pulse
Retention of Heat in the Intestional Tract
SYNDROME OF QI LEVEL
Fever higher at night, restlessness, insomnia, even occasional coma and delirium, slight thirst with little desire to drink, faint skin rashes, deep red and dry tongue, thready and rapid pulse
Syndrome of Ying Level
Fever, loss of consciousness, delirium or mental confusion, contraction of tongue, cold limbs, deep red tongue, rapid Pulse
Invasion of Heat into the Pericardium
SYNDROME OF YING LEVEL
Fever that is worse at night, restlessness, insomnia, mania, absence of thirst, Hemoptysis, epistaxis, bloody stools, hematuria, dense skin rashes, deep red tongue, rapid pulse, fever, flushed face, dry mouth and tongue, tinnitus, deafness, burning sensation in the chest/palms/soles, feeble and rapid pulse
Syndrome of Xue Level
Transmission law of Sanjiao Diseases
Upper Jiao- expel EPF
Middle Jiao- reduce heat to protect fluids
Lower Jiao - nourish yin to suppress yamg
Slight aversion to wind and cold, fever, sweating, thirst or absence of thirst, superficial rapid pulse
Invasion of Lung by Wind-Heat
SYNDROME OF UPPER JIAO
Fever, sweating, thirst, cough, asthma, yellow tongue coating, rapid pulse
Retention of Heat in the Lung
SYNDROME OF UPPER JIAO
Fever, loss of consciousness, delirium, mental confusion, aphasia, cold limbs, contraction of tongue, deep red tongue
Invasion of the Pericardium by Heat
SYNDROME OF UPPER JIAO
Severe aversion to cold, mild or absence of fever, a heavy sensation in the head as if were tightly wrapped with a cloth, heaviness of the limbs and trunk, a stifling sensation in the chest, absence of thirst, dull facial expression, epigastric fullness and distension, poor appetite, borborygmus, loose stools, a white sticky tongue coating, soft retarded pulse
Damp Heat in the Upper Jiao
Low fever or tidal fever or unsurfaced fever, or fever which reoccurs after reduced sweating, distension and fullness in the chest and epigastrium, nausea, vomiting, thirst with desire to drink only a little, heaviness of the limbs, loose but hesitant stools, turbid or scanty deep yellow urine, sticky tongue coating, soft retarded pulse
Damp Heat in Middle Jiao
Fever, malar flush, burning sensation in the chest/palms/soles that is more severe on the dorsum side of hands and feet, dryness of mouth and tongue, restlessness, insomnia, listlessness, desfness, dry and deep red tongue. Feeble or thready and rapid pulse
Consumption of Kidney Yin
SYNDROMES OF LOWER JIAO
Convulsions or trembling, listlessness, cold limbs, violent palpitations with an empty sensation, deep red tongue with little coating, weak and feeble pulse
Stirring up of Deficiency Wind
SYNDROMES OF LOWER JIAO
Retention of urine, thirst with desire to drink only a little, constipation, hardness and fullness in the lower abdomen, a sticky yellow or white tongue coating, soft rapid pulse
Damp Heat in the Lower Jiao
SYNDROMES OF LOWER JIAO
Fever, aversion to wind, pain and stiffness in the head and neck, sweating, superficial retarded pulse
Taiyang Syndrome of Attack by Wind
TAIYANG MERIDIAN SYNDROME
Aversion to cold, fever, pain and stiffness in the head and neck, absence of sweating, asthma, general aching of the body, pain in the lower part of back, painful joints, superficial and tense pulse
Taiyang Syndrome of Attack by Cold
TAIYANG MERIDIAN SYNDROME
Fever, aversion to wind, sweating, excessive thirst, vomits after drinking, difficulty in urination, distension and fullness in the lower abdomen, floating pulse
Water Retention Syndrome in Taiyang
TAIYANG FU ORGAN SYNDROME
Subjective sensation of spasmatic distension and fullness or muscular ridigity of the lower abdomen, mad like or mania, normal urination, deep and unsmooth pulse or deep knotted pulse, jaundice in serious cases
Blood Retention Syndrome in Taiyang
TAIYANG FU ORGAN SYNDROME
High fever,absence of aversion to cold but aversion to heat, profuse sweating, extreme thirst with preference for drinking cold water, flushed face, irritability, harsh breathing with dyspnea, yellow and dry coating, full large pulse
Yangming Meridian Syndrome
Fever, afternoon fever, fullness and pain in the abdomen, constipation,restlessness, irritability, polyhidrosison the hands and feet, delirium, loss of consciousness, carphology, red tongue with prickles, yellow dry or dark yellow tongue coating, deep and forceful or slippery and rapid pulse
Yangming Fu Organ Syndrome
Alternating chills and fever, fullness of costal and hypochondriac regions, loss of appetite, restlessness, vomiting, bitter taste in mouth, dryness of throat, blurred vision, wiry pulse
Shaoyang Syndrome
Abdominal fullness, vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhea, abdominal pain tats relieved by warmth or by applying pressure, absence of thirst, pale tongue, white tongue coating, retarded and weak pulse
Taiyang Syndrome
Intolerance to cold, preference for laying in a curled up posture, listlessness with a desire to sleep, cold limbs, diarrhea containing undigested food, desire to vomit but without vomitus, absence of thirst or preference for hot drinks, profuse and clear urine, palpitation, pale tongue, white tongue coating, deep and faint pulse
Cold Transformation Syndrome of Shaoyin
SHAOYIN SYNDROME
Irritability, insomnia, dryness of the throat and mouth, sore throat, red tip of tongue or deep red tongue with little coating, thready and rapid pulse
Heat Transformation Syndrome of Shaoyin
SHAOYIN SYNDROME
Persistent thirst, a feeling of Qi rushing to the chest, pain and burning sensation in the chest, a feeling of hunger with no desire to eat, cold limbs, endless diarrhea, vomiting, even vomiting of ascarids
Jueyin Syndrome
Six Stages Identification - Meridians Order
- Taiyang
- Yangming
- Shaoyang
- Taiyin
- Shaoyin
- Jueyin
