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Blood Deficiency:
signs and symptoms include pale or sallow complexion, pale lips,
dizziness, poor memory, blurring of vision, palpitations, insomnia,
numbness of hands and feet, a pale tongue and weak and deficient
pulse.
Blood
Stagnation:
symptoms such as fixed, boring, or stabbing pain, mass tumors which do
not move, hemorrhage with dark blood and clots, purple lips and nails,
purple blotches or bruises on skin, purple tongue and wiry, choppy or
knotted pulse.
Cold:
Caused by Cold Pathogenic Factor or diminished vital function, marked by
intolerance to cold, fondness for warmth, loose bowels, pale tongue with
white coating, slow pulse.
Cold in the
Middle Burner:
Usually refers to Cold in the Spleen and Stomach. Marked by cold and
pain over the stomach, anorexia, abdominal fullness, belching, vomiting
thin fluid, diarrhea, lassitude and cold limbs.
Dampness:
Caused externally by Damp Pathogenic Factor or internally by a
dysfunction of the Spleen and Kidney in promoting water circulation and
distribution. Symptoms include heaviness in the limbs, headache as if
the head were tightly bound, fullness in the chest, joint pains and
swelling, diarrhea, abdominal fullness, sallow face, edema of the lower
limbs, turbid discharges, etc.
Damp Heat:
A combination of Dampness and Heat which produces varying symptoms
depending on the part of the body affected. Symptoms include loss of
appetite, nausea, vomiting, bitter taste and stickiness in the mouth,
heaviness of the body and limbs, fullness of the chest, lassitude,
jaundice, loose stools or diarrhea with blood or mucus, offensive odor
of stools, burning in anus, scanty yellow urine, abdominal pain and
distension, eczema, swelling and burning pain in the testes, yellow
foul-smelling leucorrhoea, frequent and urgency of urination, burning
pain in the urethra, dribbling urination, turbid deep yellow urine.
Pulse is rapid, tongue is red with a sticky, yellow coating.
Deficiency:
Deficiency of vital energy and lowered body resistance. Some Deficiency
symptoms include: emaciation, listlessness, lassitude, shortness of
breath, pallor, insomnia, poor memory, spontaneous and night sweating,
nocturnal enuresis, pain alleviated by pressure. Tongue is dry with
little or no coating, pulse is weak and deficient.
Deficiency Heat
or Fire:
Caused by a deficiency of Yin, symptoms include afternoon or low grade
fever, malar flush, dry mouth, insomnia with mental restlessness,
anxiety, feverish sensations in the palms and soles, night sweats,
constipation, concentrated urine, etc. Tongue is red with little
coating, pulse is rapid, deficient, and empty.
Dryness:
One of the Six Pathogenic Factors which prevails in autumn or in dry
climates, causes consumption of body fluids with symptoms such as red
eyes, dry nose and throat, dry cough, dry skin, constipation, reduced
urination, etc. Also an internal condition caused by impairment of Yin.
Essence:
(also known as "Jing"), refers to the combination of the
energy which makes up a person's inherited constitution and energy
derived from food. It resides mostly in the Kidneys and is the basis of
growth, reproduction and development. It is also the source of Kidney Qi
and of constitutional strength. Deficiency of Essence results in a
variety of symptoms such as stunted growth, poor bone development or
bone deterioration, infertility, habitual miscarriage, loose teeth, hair
falling out or prematurely gray, poor sexual function, impotence,
weakness of knees, ringing in the ears, poor memory, poor concentration,
dizziness, lowered body resistance, and chronic allergies.
Fire:
A severe form of Heat, manifestations include: high fever, restlessness,
insomnia, mania, delirium, thirst, sweating, mouth and tongue ulcers,
swollen and painful gums, headache, congestion of the eyes.
Food Stagnation:
Symptom pattern includes: stomach pain and distension, loss of appetite,
foul belching, acid regurgitation, vomiting. Tongue has a thick, sticky
coating.
Heart Blood
Deficiency:
Symptom pattern includes: giddiness, pallor, palpitation, insomnia,
forgetfulness, a fine, weak pulse.
Heart Qi
Deficiency:
Symptom pattern includes: palpitation, shortness of breath on exertion,
spontaneous sweating, a fine, weak or irregular pulse.
Heart Yin
Deficiency:
Symptom pattern includes: mental irritability, palpitation, insomnia,
low fever, night sweats, flushed cheeks, thirst, a fine, rapid pulse.
Heat:
Caused by Pathogenic Heat or by excessive vital function. Marked by
feverishness, flushed face, thirst, craving for cold drinks,
constipation, red tongue with yellow coating, rapid pulse.
Heat in the
Blood:
Marked by restlessness or mania, feeling of heat, skin diseases with red
eruptions, mouth ulcers, itching, excessive menstrual bleeding,
hemorrhage, dry mouth, red tongue, rapid pulse.
Heat-Toxin:
Refers to toxic Heat generated by bacterial or viral infection.
Kidney Yang
Deficiency:
Symptom pattern includes: pallor, cold limbs, soreness and weakness of
the lumbar region and knee joints, nocturnal urination, impotence,
infertility, dizziness, ringing in the ears, a pale tongue with white
coating, a deep, weak pulse.
Kidney Yin
Deficiency:
Symptom pattern includes: low back pain, weak knees, lassitude, general
weakness, vertigo, ringing in the ears, thirst, flushed cheeks, mental
irritability, afternoon fever, night sweats, nocturnal emission, yellow
urine, constipation, red tongue with little coating, deficient, rapid
pulse.
Liver Blood
Deficiency:
Symptom pattern includes: sallow face, blurring of vision, dry eyes,
spasms of muscles and tendons, dizziness, mental irritability, insomnia,
absent or scanty menstruation, prolonged menstrual cycle, pale tongue or
lips.
Liver Fire:
Symptom pattern includes: dizziness, headache, flushed face, red eyes,
bitter taste in the mouth, mental irritability, anger outbursts. In
severe cases symptoms include: mania, nosebleed, blood in the urine, or
coughing blood. Tongue is scarlet red on tip and sides, with yellow
coating. Pulse is wiry and rapid.
Liver Heat:
Marked by mental irritability, bitter taste in mouth, thirst, etc.
Similar to Fire but not as severe.
Liver Qi
Stagnation:
Manifests in irritability, tendency to anger, dizziness, abdominal and
hypochondriac pain and distension, fullness in chest, excessive sighing,
breast distension, belching, loss of appetite, nausea, sensation of a
foreign body in throat, menstrual disorders.
Liver/Spleen
Disharmony:
Symptom pattern includes: abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea or
loose stools, belching, vomiting, acid regurgitation.
Liver Wind:
Usually resulting from Liver Fire or Deficient Blood, symptoms include:
dizziness and vertigo, convulsions, tremors, spasms and numbness.
Liver Yang
Rising:
Manifests in headache with distending sensation in the head, dizziness
and vertigo, ringing in the ears, flushed face, red eyes, irritability,
insomnia with dream-disturbed sleep, palpitations, poor memory, red
tongue and a tight, rapid pulse.
Liver Yin
Deficiency:
Symptom pattern includes: dizziness, headache, ringing in the ears,
blurred vision, dry eyes, insomnia, night sweats, feverishness in palms
and soles, thirst, dry throat. Pulse is deficient and taut. Tongue
is reddened with little coating.
Lung Heat:
Marked by cough with thick or yellow phlegm, pain in the chest and
shortness of breath.
Lung Yin
Deficiency:
Manifests in symptoms such as dry or blood tinged cough, or cough with a
small amount of sticky sputum, dryness of the mouth and throat,
afternoon fever, malar flush, night sweats, feverishness in palms and
soles. Tongue is red with little coating. Pulse is deficient and
rapid.
Middle Qi
Deficiency:
Refers to Deficiency of Qi of the Spleen and Stomach, resulting in
hypo-function of those organs, digestive disorders, weakness, etc. (See
Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency)
Normal Qi:
Body energy made up of Qi inherited from parents, Qi from food, and Qi
from air. Responsible for the movement, functioning, and warmth of the
body and for protection from disease.
Painful
Obstruction:
Obstruction of vital energy and blood flow usually bringing on pains,
specifically arthritis, due to Wind, Cold and Dampness blocking the
channels of the limbs.
Pathogenic
Factors: The
causes of disease. Pathogenic Factors include Wind, Cold, Dampness,
Heat, Dryness and Fire. These can be of exterior origin (related to
extreme or sudden climatic changes such as invasion by Wind-Cold) or
they can be internally generated such as Liver-Wind.
Phlegm:
Results from an accumulation of bodily fluids due to a dysfunction of
the Lung, Spleen, and Kidney and impairment of water metabolism.
Clinical manifestations are many and vary depending on the area of the
body affected. Symptoms can include cough with profuse sputum, asthmatic
breathing, fullness in the chest, palpitations, coma, manic-depressive
disorders, lymph node swelling, nodules under the skin, dizziness,
blurred vision, sensation of a foreign body in the throat, edema,
general body aching and heaviness, nausea, vomiting of sticky fluid,
borborygmus, stomach and abdominal discomfort.
Phlegm Heat:
Often seen in Lung or Stomach Patterns, clinical manifestations include:
yellow-sticky phlegm, barking cough with profuse yellow or green sputum,
fullness in the chest, asthma, dry mouth and lips, restlessness. Tongue
is red with a sticky yellow coating. Pulse is rapid and slippery.
Pulse
normal at rest is 60 beats per minute see descriptions
Qi Deficiency:
Symptoms include: general weakness, lethargy, shortness of breath, weak
voice, spontaneous sweating, loss of appetite, abdominal distension,
loose stools, frequent urination, palpitations and an empty pulse.
Shao Yang Stage
Disorder:
Refers to an intermediate stage of an illness where the Pathogenic
Factors remain between the exterior and interior. Pathological
manifestations include: alternating chills and fever, fullness in the
coastal and hypochondriac regions, lack of appetite, mental
restlessness, vomiting, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, blurring
of vision. Pulse is tight.
Spleen Dampness:
Symptoms include: lack of appetite, sticky taste in the mouth or loss of
sense of taste, nausea, fullness in the chest and abdomen, feeling of
heaviness, loose stools, headache as if the head were bound. Tongue has
sticky coating. Pulse is slippery.
Spleen Qi
Deficiency:
Clinical manifestations include: sallow complexion, emaciation,
tiredness, dislike of speaking, reduced appetite, abdominal distension,
loose stools, prolapses. Tongue is pale with a thin white coating. Pulse
is empty, weak, or deficient.
Spleen Yang
Deficiency:
Symptom pattern includes: pallor, cold limbs, poor appetite, abdominal
distension which is worse after eating, dull abdominal pain which
improves with warmth and pressure, loose stools. Tongue is pale with a
white coating. Pulse is deep and slow.
Stomach Phlegm:
Symptoms include: nausea, vomiting of sticky fluid, stomach and
abdominal fullness and discomfort, borborygmus. Tongue coating is sticky
and pulse is slippery.
Stomach Qi
Deficiency:
Clinical manifestations include: uncomfortable feeling in the stomach,
no appetite, lack of taste sensation, loose stools, tiredness,
especially in the morning, weak limbs. Tongue is pale. Pulse is weak and
empty especially in the Middle position of the right hand.
Unstable or
Disturbed Shen:
Shen is translated as "Spirit". It refers to the mind, consciousness,
the force of the personality, and the connection to the spiritual
aspects of humanness. When Shen is disturbed or unstable symptoms arise
such as insomnia, unclear or muddled thinking, poor memory,
restlessness, hysteria, incoherent speech, delirium, mania.
Wei Qi:
Refers to Defensive Energy which protects the body from invasion by
External Pathogenic Factors.
Wind:
One of the six Pathogenic Factors. External Wind is usually combined
with one of the other Pathogenic Factors (Cold, Heat, Dampness, and
Dryness) which depend on Wind to invade the body. Symptoms of External
Wind include: headache, stiff neck, nasal obstruction, sneezing, itching
or pain in the throat, facial puffiness, aversion to wind, joint pains,
and a superficial pulse. Internal or Endogenous Wind causes symptoms
such as headaches, stiff neck, irritability, dizziness, fainting, high
fever, delirium, coma, convulsions, tremors, tics, blurred vision,
numbness, facial paralysis, wandering pains.
Wind-Cold:
Symptoms include: Aversion to cold, shivering, sneezing, cough, runny
nose with watery or white discharge, slight fever or no fever, neck pain
and stiffness, no sweating. Pulse is tight and superficial. Tongue looks
normal (normal color, thin-white coating).
Wind-Heat:
Symptoms are similar to those above except with symptoms of Heat such as
fever, yellow mucus, sore throat, swollen tonsils, thirst, sweating.
Pulse is floating and rapid. Tongue is red on the tip or sides, with
thin, white, or yellowish coating.
Wind-Damp:
Symptoms include: itchy skin, rashes, hives, fever, aversion to cold,
sweating, neck pain and stiffness, body aches and heaviness, swollen
joints. Pulse is superficial and slippery.
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