Zangfu

Question 0

Palpitation, insomnia; fullness of chest, sob; disinclination to speak, listlessness, lassitude; spontaneous sweating; aggravated after activities; pallor, pale tongue; weak knotted or intermittent pulse.

Answer 0

Deficiency of heart qi

Question 1

Palpitation, insomnia; precordial pain, pallor, pale or blue complexion, swollen tongue with ecchymoses; intolerance to cold, cold limbs, thin and white slippery coating; deep threads and slow pulse

Answer 1

Deficiency of heart yang

Question 2

Sudden and profuse sweating, cold limbs up to the elbow or knee joints; coma, minute or knotted pulse

Answer 2

Sudden collapse of heart yang

Question 3

Palpitation, insomnia, dreaming, amnesia, dizziness, blurred vision; pale and lustreless complexion, pale lips, nails, and tongue. Threads and weak pulse.

Answer 3

Deficiency heart blood

Question 4

Palpitations, irritability, insomnia, dreaming; afternoon fever or low fever, malar flush, burning sensation in the chest, palms, soles, night sweats, dryness of throat; yellow urine, constipation, red tongue with little coating, thready rapid pulse.

Answer 4

Deficiency of heart yin

Question 5

dysphoria with hot sensation in the chest; insomnia, even mania and delirium; flushed face, thirst, yellow urine, constipation, and rapid forceful pulse; deep-red tip of the tongue, or ulceration and pain of the mouth and tongue; hematemesis and epistaxis; skin ulceration, swelling and burning pain.

Answer 5

hyperactivity of heart fire

Question 6

palpitation; suffocating feeling and pain in the chest radiating to the shoulders, the back, and the interior aspect of the forearm which attacks intermittently; stabbing pain, dark purple tongue with ecchymosis and petechiae, thready, unsmooth, or knotted and intermittent pulse.

Answer 6

obstruction of the heart vessels by blood stasis

Question 7

palpitation; obesity with excessive phlegm, heaviness of the body, severe suffocating pain, white sticky tongue coating, deep and smooth pulse.

Answer 7

obstruction of the heart-vessels by phlegm

Question 8

palpitations; sudden attacks of megalgia which can be relieved by warmth, aversion to cold, cold limbs, pale tongue, white tongue coating, deep and slow pulse or deep and tense pulse.

Answer 8

Obstruction of heart-vessels by cold

Question 9

palpitations; distending pain and oppression feeling in the chest, the attacks often have something to do with emotional factors, pale-red or purple-red tongue with thin white coating, taut pulse.

Answer 9

Obstruction of the heart-vessels by Qi stasis.

Question 10

sallow complexion; nausea and fullness in the epigastrium; mental confusion, slurred speech, even loss of consciousness; rattle in the throat; mental depression, dullness; dementia, muttering, soliloquy, abnormal behaviour, sudden collapse, unconsciousness, salivation, gurgling sound in the throat; upward staring eyes, convulsions; a screaming sound like a pig/sheep; white and sticky coating and slippery pulse.

Answer 10

Phlegm misting the heart (mental confusion due to phlegm)

Question 11

high fever; flushed face and red eyes; coarse breathing; yellow and sticky sputum, rattle in the throat; mania, incoherent speech, delerium; red tongue, yellow and sticky coating, slippery rapid pulse; insomnia, irritability; fullness in the chest and profuse sputum; dizziness and blurring of vision; weeping and laughing without apparent reason; mania and restlessness, aggressive and violent behaviour.

Answer 11

Phlegm-fire disturbing the heart

Question 12

Irritability; thirst; ulceration of the mouth/tongue; deep yellow urine, burning pain in the urethra, hesitant urination; red tongue yellow coating.

Answer 12

Excess heat in the Small Instestine

Question 13

Common heart symptoms

Answer 13

palpitation, mental restlessness, insomnia, suffocating feeling and pain in the chest, delirium, loss of consciousness.

Question 14

Common symptoms of Small Intestine

Answer 14

dark red and scanty urine, hesitant urination with burning pain.

Question 15

Common heart syndromes

Answer 15

DEF= qi, blood, yin, yang
EX= invasion of heart-fire, phlegm-fire, phlegm misting, obstruction of vessels.

(9)

Question 16

Common Small Intestine syndromes

Answer 16

Excess heat in SI

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Question 17

Common Spleen syndromes

Answer 17

DEF= qi, sinking qi, yang, fail to control blood, cold-damp
EX= damp-heat

(6)

Question 18

Common Spleen symptoms

Answer 18

poor appetite, abdominal distension and pain, loose stools, diarrhea, edema, lassitude, and hemorrhage.

Question 19

Common Stomach symptoms

Answer 19

epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, hiccups, belching

Question 20

Common Stomach syndromes

Answer 20

DEF= yin
EX= retention of food, cold, heat

(4)

Question 21

loss of appetite; abdominal distention that is especially worse after eating; loose stools, or loose stools after dry stools; lassitude, emaciation; SOB, disinclination to speak; pallor and edema; sallow complexion; pale tongue, white coating, retarded and weak pulse.

Answer 21

Deficiency of Spleen Qi

Question 22

Epigastric sag and distention which becomes more serious after meals or work, continuous diarrhea and dysentery, prolapse of the anus, prolapse of the uterus, gastroptosis, nephroptosis, vertigo and blurred vision, weariness, SOB, unwillingness to speak, low voice, pale tongue with white coating, feeble pulse.

Answer 22

Sinking of Spleen Qi

Question 23

Abdominal distention, loss of appetite, abdominal pain which can be relieved by warmth or pressing, loose stools, and cold limbs or heaviness of the limbs, or general edema, difficult urination, profuse dilute leucorrhea, pale and puffy tongue, white and slippery coating, deep, slow and weak pulse.

Answer 23

Deficiency of Spleen Yang

Question 24

bloody stools, hematuria, hematohidrosis, menorrhagia (excessive menstral flow), metrorrhagia and metrostaxis; poor appetite, loose stools, lassitude, weakness, SOB, disinclination to speak, pallor pale tongue, white coating, thready weak pulse.

Answer 24

Failure of the Spleen in controlling blood

Question 25

Fullness and distending pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, loss of appetite, loose stools, diarrhea, nausea, tasteless mouth, absence of thirst, heaviness of the head and body, sallow complexion, icteric skin and eyes that are dark yellow as if having been smoked, edema, scanty urine, pale puffy tongue, white slippery coating, soft and retarded pulse.

Answer 25

Disturbance of the spleen by Cold-Damp

Question 26

Fullness in the abdomen, loss of appetite, nausea, loose stools, yellow scanty urine, heaviness of the body and limbs, icteric skin, eyes in a fresh bright color like oranges, itching, raising and falling fever which cannot be relieved after sweating, red tongue, yellow sticky coating, and soft rapid pulse.

Answer 26

Retention of Damp-Heat in the Spleen

Question 27

Dull pain in the epigastrium, anorexia, dryness of the mouth and throat, constipation, or fullness in the epigastrium, retching, hiccups, red tongue, little coating, thready rapid pulse.

Answer 27

Deficiency of Stomach Yin

Question 28

Distention, fullness and pain in the epigastrium and abdomen which can be relieved after vomiting, foul belching, sour regurgitation, and anorexia, vomiting, loose stools, diarrhea with foul stools, thick and sticky coating, smooth pulse.

Answer 28

Retention of Food in the Stomach

Question 29

Epigastric pain which is continuous in mild cases and shows contracture and megalgia in severe cases and which is aggravated by cold and relieved by warmth, tasteless mouth, absence of thirst, lassitude, weakness, cold limbs, all of which can be relieved by warming, or pain which can be relieved after eating, with accompanying splashing sound in the stomach, vomiting of clear water, pale tongue, white slippery coating, slow wiry pulse.

Answer 29

Cold in the Stomach

Question 30

Burning pain in the epigastrium, gastric discomfort with acid regurgitation, vomiting after eating, thirst with preference for cold drinks, polyrexia, swelling, pain and ulcers of the gums, gingival hemorrhage, halitosis, constipation, scanty dark-red urine, red tongue, yellow coating, smooth rapid pulse.

Answer 30

Heat in the Stomach

Question 31

Common Liver symptoms

Answer 31

distending pain, or burning pain, or dull pain in the chest, hypochondrium, lower abdomen, and head, dizziness, blurred vision, irritability, anger, numbness of the limbs, trembling hands, convulsions, and menstruation or testes disorders

Question 32

Common Liver syndromes

Answer 32

``` DEF= blood, yin EX= stg Qi, liver-fire, retention of cold in the channel, damp-heat in Liv and GB, hyperactivity of Liv yang, Liv wind ```

Question 33

Common Symptoms of Gall Bladder

Answer 33

hypochondriac pain, jaundice, bitter taste in the mouth, palpitations due to fright, insomnia

Question 34

Common syndromes of Gall Bladder

Answer 34

EX= phlegm due to stg of GB, damp-heat in Liv and GB

Question 35

Distending and wandering pain in the chest and hypochondria or in the lower abdomen, sensation of oppression in the chest, preference for sighing, depression or irritability. In some cases, globus hystericus, or goitre, or abdominal mass, distention and pain of the breasts, abnormal menstruation and even amenorrhea in females, thin and white tongue coating, wiry pulse.

Answer 35

Stagnation of Liver Qi

Question 36

Distending pain in the head, dizziness, blurred vision, flushed red face, red eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, dryness in the mouth, irritability, insomnia, or dream-disturbed sleep, burning pain in the costal hypochondriac regions. constipation, yellow urine, tinnitus like sound waves, swelling pain with pus discharge in the ear, hematemesis, epistaxis, red tongue, yellow coating, wiry rapid pulse

Answer 36

flaring-up of liver fire

Question 37

dizziness and vertigo, tinnitus, pale and lusterless complexion, withered nails, hypopsia or night blindness, numbness of the body and limbs, contracture of the joints, tremor of the limbs, muscular twitching, hypomenorrhea, pale mentral flow, amenorrhea, pale tongue, white coating, wiry thready pulse

Answer 37

Deficiency of Liver blood

Question 38

Dizziness, tinnitus, dryness of the eyes, hot sensation of the face, burning pain in the costal and hypochondriac regions, burning sensation in the chest, palms, and soles, afternoon fever, night sweating, dryness of the mouth and throat, involuntary movement of the limbs, red tongue with little fluid, wiry thready and rapid pulse.

Answer 38

Deficiency of Liver yin

Question 39

Dizziness and headache, distending pain of the head and eyes, flushed face, red eyes, irritability, inclination to become angry, palpitations, amnesia, insomnia, dreaming, soreness and weakness of the lumbar region and knee joints, heaviness of the head and floating feeling of the feet, red tongue, wiry and forceful pulse or wiry thready and rapid pulse

Answer 39

Hyperactivity of Liver yang

Question 40

Dizziness and vertigo, headache with shaking of the head, stiff neck, shaking and numbness of the limbs, dysphasia, staggering gait, sudden collapse, loss of consciousness, deviation of mouth and eyes, hemiplagia, stiff tongue, gurgling sound in the throat, red tongue, white sticky coating

Answer 40

Stirring up of Liver wind | Liver yang turning into wind

Question 41

High fever, unconsciousness, mania, clonic convulsions of the limbs, rigidity of the neck, even opisthotonos, upward staring of the eyes, locked jaw, red or deep red tongue, wiry and rapid pulse.

Answer 41

Stirring up of Liver wind | Extreme heat producing wind

Question 42

trembling of hands and feet, afternoon fever, feverish sensation in the chest palms and soles, dryness of the mouth and throat, emiciation, red tongue with little fluid, wiry thready and rapid pulse.

Answer 42

Stirring up of Liver wind | Deficiency of yin

Question 43

tics of muscles, tics of eyes, numbness of limbs, stiffness of the joints, trembling of the hands and feet, dizziness, tinnitus, sallow complexion, pale lips and nails, pale tongue, white coating, thready pulse.

Answer 43

Stirring up of liver wind | Deficiency of Liver blood

Question 44

distending cold pain in the lower part of the abdomen accompanied by a bearing down sensation in the testes, contraction and pain of the scrotum that can be aggravated by cold and alleviated by warmth, white slippery tongue coating, deep wiry or slow pulse.

Answer 44

retention of cold in the Liver Channel.

Question 45

Distention and burning pain in the hypochondrium, masses, anorexia, abdominal distension, bitter taste in the mouth, nausea, abnormal defication, scanty deep-yellow urine, red tongue, yellow sticky coat, wiry rapid pulse, alternating chill and fever, icteric skin and eyes, or eczema of the scrotum, unbearable itching, swelling and burning pain in the testes, yellow foul leucorrhea, and pruritus vulvae

Answer 45

Damp-heat in the Liver and Gall Bladder.

Question 46

Palpitation, insomnia, irritability, bitter taste in the mouth, nausea, fullness of the chest and distension of the hypochondria, dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, yellow sticky coating, wiry smooth pulse

Answer 46

Disturbance of phlegm due to stagnation of the Gall Bladder

Question 47

Common Kidney Syndromes

Answer 47

DEF= Qi, yang, yin, essence, failure to receive Qi | 5

Question 48

Common Bladder syndromes

Answer 48

EX= damp-heat in the Bl

Question 49

Common Kidney symptoms

Answer 49

soreness and weakness of the lumbar region and knee joints, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, developmental retardation, alopecia, loose teeth, nocturnal emssion, premature ejaculation, impotence, infetility, amenia, sterility, edema

Question 50

Common Bladder symptoms

Answer 50

frequent, urgent and painful urination, anuresis, enuresis, and incontinence of urine

Question 51

Infantile developmental retardation, microsoma, action and mental retardation, late closing of fontanel, flaccidity of the bones, spermacrasia, infertility, amenia, hyposexuality, senilism, alopecia, loose teeth, tinnitus, deafness, amnesia, rhembasmus, bradypragia, weakness of the feet, hyponea

Answer 51

Deficiency of Kidney Essence

Question 52

Pallor, listlessness, poor hearing, soreness and weakness of thelumbar region and knee joints, frequent urination with clear urine, dribbling of urine after urination, enuresis, incontinence of urine, frequent nocturia, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation in males, clear and dilute leucorrhea, fetal movement in females, miscarriage, pale tongue, white coating, deep weak pulse.

Answer 52

Deficiency of Kidney Qi

Question 53

Soreness and weakness of lumbar region and knee joints, intolerance to cold, cold limbs especially worse at the lower limbs, dizziness and vertigo, listlessness, pallor or sallowness, cold uterus, sterility, chronic diarrhea with undigested food, diarrhea at dawn, edema that is especially worse below the lumbar region, indentations which remain in the skin after pressing, even abdominal distention, general edema, palpitations, cough, asthma, pale puffy tongue, deep weak pulse

Answer 53

Deficiency of Kidney Yang

Question 54

Soreness of the lumbar region and knee joints, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, dreaming, frequent erection of the penis, nocturnal emission, oligomenorrhea, amenia, uterine bleeding, emaciation, afternoon fever, night sweating, burning sensation in the chest, palms, and soles, dryness of the throat, malar flush, yellow urine, constipation, red tongue with little fluid, thready rapid pulse

Answer 54

Deficiency of Kidney Yin

Question 55

Chronic cough, SOB, dyspnea, more inhalation less exhalation, incontinuous breath that becomes aggravated on exertion, spontaneous sweating, listlessness, feeble voice, soreness and weakness of the lumbar region and knee joints, pale tongue, white coating, deep weak pulse.

Answer 55

Failure of the Kidney Qi in receiving Qi

Question 56

Frequent and urgent urination, burning pain in the urethra, deep-yellow and scanty urine, distention and fullness of the abdomen, fever and lumbago, hematuria, stones in the urine, red tongue, yellow and sticky tongue coating, rapid pulse.

Answer 56

damp-heat in the Bladder

Question 57

Mental restlessness, insomnia, palpitations, dizziness, tinnitus, amnesia, soreness of the lumbar region, seminal emissions, burning sensation in the chest, palms, and soles, dryness of the throat and mouth, red tongue, thready rapid pulse, soreness and cold feeling of the lower limbs below the lumbar region.

Answer 57

disharmony between HT and KID

Question 58

Asthmatic breathing, SOB, more exhalation less inhalation all which become worse on exertion, low voice, cold limbs, blue complexion, spontaneous sweating, incontinence of urine due to severe cough, pale tongue with thin coating and weak pulse.

Answer 58

deficiency of Qi of the Lung and KID

Question 59

Cough with small amount of sputum or with blood-tinged sputum; dryness of the throat and mouth, hoarse voice, emaciation, soreness and weakness of the lumbar region and knee joints, hectic fever, afternoon fever, malar flush, night sweating, nocturnal emissions, abnormal menstruation, red tongue little coating, and thready and rapid pulse.

Answer 59

Deficiency of yin of the lung and Kidney

Question 60

Dizziness, blurring of vision, tinnitus, amnesia, insomnia, dreaming, dryness of the throat and mouth, soreness and weakness of the lumbar region and knee joints, hypochondriac pain, burning sensation in the chest, palms, and soles, malar flush, night sweating, nocturnal emissions, oligomenorrhea, red tongue with little coating, thready rapid pulse

Answer 60

deficiency of yin of the Liver and Kidney

Question 61

Pallor, intolerance to cold, cold limbs, cold pain of the lumbar region and knee joints or the lower abdomen; and chronic diarrhea and dysentery, or diarrhea at dawn; or diarrhea with undigested food in the stools; or difficulty of urination, facial puffiness and edema of the feet, even abdominal distention like the surface of a drum; pale and puffy tongue, white and slippery coating, deep and thready pulse.

Answer 61

Deficiency of yang of the Spleen and Kidney

Question 62

Persistent coughing, SOB, asthma, profuse dilute and white sputum; poor appetite, abdominal distention, loose stools, feeble voice, disinclination to speak, lassitude and weakness, pallor, facial puffiness and edema of the feet, pale tongue, white tongue coating, thready weak pulse.

Answer 62

Deficiency of Qi of the Lung and Spleen

Question 63

Distention, fullness and wandering pain in the chest and hypochondriac region, emotional frustration or irritability; poor appetite, abdominal distention, loose stools, borborygmus, abdominal pain that is alleviated after diarrhea, white or sticky tongue coating, wiry pulse.

Answer 63

Imbalance between the Liver and Spleen

Question 64

Distention, fullness, and pain of the epigastric and costal regions, belching, hiccups, gastric discomfort with acid regurgitation; irritability, red tongue, thing yellow coating, wiry rapid pulse

Answer 64

Disharmony between the Liver and Stomach

Question 65

Palpitation, insomnia, dreaming, dizziness, amnesia, sallow complexion, anorexia, abdominal distention, loose stools, lassitude and weakness, or subcutaneous bleeding, and oligomenorrhea with pale menstrual flow, or amenorrhea, pale and tender tongue, thready weak pulse

Answer 65

Deficiency of both the Heart and Spleen

Question 66

Oppression feeling and burning pain of the chest and hypochondria, irritability, dizziness, red eyes, dysphoria with smothering sensation, bitter taste of the mouth; paroxysmal cough, stocky scanty and yellow sputum, even hemoptysis, red tongue, thin white coating, wiry rapid pulse

Answer 66

Invasion of the Lung by Liver-fire

Question 67

Palpitation, amnesia, insomnia, dreaming, dizziness, tinnitus, pallor, dry eyes, blurring vision, dryness of the nails, numbness, tremors, spasms, oligomenorrhea with pale menstrual flow, even amenia, pale tongue, white tongue coating, thready weak pulse.

Answer 67

Deficiency of blood of the Heart and Liver

Question 68

Palpitation, cough and asthma, SOB (which is aggravated on exertion), lassitude, oppression feeling of the chest, clear dilute sputum; pallor, dizziness, listlessness, spontaneous sweating, feeble voice, pale tongue, white tongue coating, deep weak pulse or intermittent and knotted pulse

Answer 68

Deficiency of Qi of the Heart and Lung

Question 69

Intolerance to cold, listlessness, edema (face and limbs), scanty urine, purplish lips tongue skin, pale tongue, little or no coat, thin deep weak minute pulse

Answer 69

Deficiency of Heart and Kidney yang

Question 70

Cough, expectoration, asthma, SOB, hoarseness, hemoptysis, chest pain

Answer 70

Common Lung symptoms

Question 71

Constipation, diarrhea, stool with blood and pus

Answer 71

Common Large Intestine symptoms

Question 72

Common Lung Syndromes

Answer 72

``` DEF= Qi, yin EX= wind-cold, wind-heat, phlegm-dampness, retention of heat, dryness ``` (7)

Question 73

Common Large Intestine syndromes

Answer 73

``` DEF= Lingering diarrhea EX= insufficiency of fluids, damp-heat ``` (3)

Question 74

Feeble cough, SOB which is worse on exertion, clear dilute sputum, low voice, disinclination to speak, listlessness, lassitude, spontaneous sweating, susceptibility to cold, pale tongue with white coating, weak pulse

Answer 74

Deficiency of Lung Qi

Question 75

cough without sputum or with little sticky sputum or blood, dryness of the mouth and throat, hoarseness, emaciation, afternoon fever, burning sensation int he chest palms and soles, night sweating, malar flush, red tongue with little moisture, thready and rapid pulse

Answer 75

Deficiency of Lung yin

Question 76

cough with white and thin sputum, nasal obstruction, runny nose, aversion to cold, fever, absence of sweating, white coating, superficial tight pulse

Answer 76

invasion of the Lung by wind-cold

Question 77

cough with thick and yellow sputum, nasal obstruction, thick and yellow nasal discharge, aversion to wind-cold, fever, headache, dryness of the mouth, sore throat, red tip of the tongue, thin and yellow coating, superficial rapid pulse

Answer 77

Invasion of the lung by wind-heat

Question 78

Cough with profuse white sticky sputum, easy expectoration; sensation of oppression and fullness in the chest, asthma, gurgling sound in the throat; pale tongue, white sticky coating, slippery pulse

Answer 78

Accumulation of Phlegm-dampness in the lung

Question 79

Cough with thick and yellow sputum, asthmatic and coarse breathing, dyspnea, even flaring of nares, high fever, thirst with a desire to drink, irritability, epistaxis, hemoptysis, chest pain, cough and expectoration with foul sputum, constipation, scanty deep-red urine, red tongue with yellow coating; slippery and rapid pulse

Answer 79

Retention of heat in the lung

Question 80

Dry cough without sputum or with scanty expectoration, sticky sputum, difficult expectoration, dryness of the mouth nose and throat, fever and aversion to cold, chest pain, hemoptysis, red tongue, white or yellow coating, rapid pulse

Answer 80

Invasion of the Lung by dryness

Question 81

Abdominal pain, tenesmus, diarrhea with blood and mucus in the stoold, spouting diarrhea, halitosis, burning sensation of the anus, scanty deep-red urine, thirst, aversion to cold and fever, red tongue with yellow and sticky coating, slippery and rapid pulse

Answer 81

Damp-heat in the LI

Question 82

Constipation with dry stool, only defication once in several days, dry mouth and throat with foul smell, red tongue with dry yellow coating, thready and unsmooth pulse

Answer 82

Deficiency of fluids in the LI

Question 83

Severe diarrhea, incontinence of stools, even prolapse of rectum, dull pain in the abdomen which can be relieved by warmth and pressure, pale tongue, white and slippery coating, deep and weak pulse

Answer 83

Lingering diarrhea due to deficiency of the LI