Wen Bing Patterns Flashcards
(WEI) Wind Heat Defensive Qi Level
Fever, chills, mild aversion to wind & cold, HA, cough, absence or sl sweating, mild thirst, swelling & pain in the throat, swollen tonsils, runny nose w/ nasal discharge, body aches, sl thirst
T: red on front/sides w/ thin, white tongue coat or thin white coating
P: superficial, rapid
(WEI) Summer Heat
Fever, aversion to cold, sweating, HA, heaviness, uncomfortable feeling in epigastrium, irritability, thirst
T: red front or sides w/ white, sticky coating
P: soggy, rapid
(WEI) Damp Heat
Fever worse in the afternoon, hot body, aversion to cold, swollen glands, HA, heaviness, oppression in epigastrium, sticky taste, thirst but not wanting to drink
T: sticky, white coat
P: soggy
(WEI) Dry Heat
Fever, slight aversion to cold, slight sweating, sore throat, dry skin, dry cough, dry nose, mouth & throat
T: dry w/ thin, white coat
P: floating, rapid
(Qi) Retention of Heat in the Lungs
Asthmatic breathing, cough, chest pain, thick, yellow sputum
(Qi) Lung Heat [Heat in Chest and Diaphragm]
High fever, thirst, SOB, sweating, cough w/ thin, yellow sputum
T: red/ yellow coat
P: slippery, rapid
(Qi) Retention of Heat in Chest and Diaphragm
Mental restlessness, uneasiness
(Qi) Retention of Heat in ST or ST Heat
High fever, dysphoria, thirst w/ preference for cold drinks, profuse sweating, irritability
T: dry, yellow coat or red w/ yellow coat
P: rapid & rolling or superficial, large & forceful or rapid, overflowing
(Qi) Retention of Heat in Intestines or ST Heat
Tidal fever, constipation or fecal impaction w/ watery discharge, burning anus, irritable, delirium, fullness, hardness & ab pain that’s worse with pressure
T: dry, yellow or burnt, black coat w/ thorns or thick, yellow, dry
P: deep, forceful of excess type or deep-full-rapid
(Qi) Gallbladder Heat
Alternating hot & cold w/ more heat, bittertaste, thirst, dry throat, hypochondriac pain, nausea, fullness in epigastrium
T: red w/ sticky, yellow coat
P: wiry, rapid
(Qi) Damp Heat in ST/SP
Fever that decreased after sweating but spikes again, heaviness in body & head, oppression in chest and epigastrium, nausea, loose stools
T: red w/ sticky, yellow coat
P: soggy, rapid
(Ying) Heat in the Nutritive Qi Layer
Feverishness of the body (worse at night), dry mouth w/out a strong desire to drink, mental restlessness, insomnia, irritability, delirium, faint erythema & purpura
T: red w/out coat
P: fine, rapid
(Ying) Heat in PC
Fever at night, mental confusion, incoherent speech or aphasia, delirium, hot body, cold hands & feet, macules
T: red w/out coat
P: fine, rapid
(Xue) Excessive Heat Stirring Blood or Heat Victorious Moving Blood
Similar to heat in the ying level, w/ burning heat in the body, mania, delirium, obvious skin rashes, hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematuria, epistaxis, convulsions
T: dark, red w/out coat
P: wiry, rapid
(Xue) Heat Victorious Stirring Wind
High fever, fainting, twitching, convulsions, neck rigidity, opisthotonos, clenching teeth
T: dark, red w/out coat
P: wiry, rapid
(Xue) Empty Heat Agitating the Interior
Low-grade-fever, tremors, twitching, weight loss, malar flush, listlessness
T: dark, red w/out coat
P: dry, fine, rapid
(Xue) Collapse of Yin
Low-grade-fever, night sweats, mental restlessness, dry mouth wanting to sip liquids, five-palm heat, malar flush, emaciation
T: dark, red or dry w/out coat
P: fine, rapid
(Xue) Collapse of Yang
Cold feeling, cold limbs, bright-white complexion, profuse sweating on forehead, listlessness
T: pale, swollen, short
P: hidden, slow, scattered
