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| Aversion to cold and feels chilly |
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| Ext wind invasion of Wind cold or Wind heat (defensive Qi is blocked) |
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| Low grade fever, worse in afternoon, or only in afternoon |
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| fever in the middle of the night |
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yin xu
in children: food retention |
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| alternating chills and fever |
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| Shao yang (intermediate syndromes) |
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| sweating on arms and legs |
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| sweating on hands or whole body |
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| sweating on palms, soles, chest |
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| profuse, cold sweat during severe illness or oily sweat on forehead, like pearls, not flowing |
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| Headache: recent onset, short duration |
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| Tai Yang channels (ext wind-cold, Kd xu) |
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| yang ming channels (St heat or blood xu) |
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| Shao yang channels (Ext WC or WH, Int Lv & GB fire rising) |
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| HA Pain: Inside the head, "hurting the brain" |
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| HA pain: distending, throbbing |
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| HA pain: boring like a nail |
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| HA occurs w aversion to wind or cold |
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| HA aggravated by fatigue, improved by rest |
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| Dizziness w severe giddiness, everything seems to sway, losing balance |
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| Sl dizziness w heaviness and muzziness of head |
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| Phlegm (prevents clear yang ascending to head) |
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| Slight dizziness and aggravated when tired |
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| Full pattern, acute, Excess |
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| Dizziness w gradual onset |
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| empty pattern, xu, chronic |
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| Body pain: sudden onset w chills/fever |
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| Whole body pain: w tiredness |
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Whole body pain: in women after childbirth
dull pain
severe pain |
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dull pain: blood xu
severe pain: blood stasis |
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| pain in arms and shoulder only when walking |
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| pain in all muscles w hot sensation in flesh |
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| pain w feeling of heaviness |
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| dampness obstructing muscles |
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| pain wandering from joint to joint |
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| Fixed pain (very painful) |
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| Fixed pain w swelling and numbness |
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| Continuous, dull backache |
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| Backache: recent onset, severe pain w stiffness |
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| sprain of back causing blood stasis |
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| severe backache pain, aggravated by cold/damp weather, alleviated by heat |
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| Ext cold and damp to back channels |
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| Boring back pain w inability to turn waist |
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| pain in back extending up to shoulders |
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| Numbness of arms and legs, or only hands and feet on both sides |
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| numbness of fingers, elbow and arm on one side only (esp first 3 fingers) |
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| Blood stasis, which is usually d/t yang xu (Ht) |
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| Pain in chest accomp by cough w profuse yellow sputum |
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| Distention and stuffiness of hypochondrium |
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Lv Qi Stag
w/severe pain: Lv Blood Stasis |
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| Lv, Sp, Kd, Bl, Intestines |
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| Dull pain in epigastrium, not very severe |
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| epigastric pain alleviated by eating |
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| Epigastric pain aggravated by eating |
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| Int cold, Lv Qi or Blood stag, damp heat, blood stasis in uterus or intestines |
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| abdomen pain relieved by bowel movements |
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| Abdomen pain aggravated by bowel movements |
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| damp heat in UB, or sometimes Lv Fire infusing downwards to UB |
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| hunger w no desire to eat or eat small amounts of food |
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| fullness and distention after eating |
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| bitter taste w insomnia and only present in morning after sleepless night, not after restful night |
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| Sp xu, or damp heat in Sp/St |
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| Food retention or Lv- St disharmony |
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| cold in St w retention of fluids |
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| slow emission of vomit w weak noise |
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| Constipation worse after bowel movement |
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| acute constipation w thirst and dry yellow tongue coating |
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| St heat or Small intestine heat |
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| Constipation in elderly or in postpartum women |
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| Constipation w small bitty stools like a goat |
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| Lv Qi stagnation and heat in intestines |
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| Constipation w abdominal pain |
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| Internal Cold and yang xu |
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| Constipation w dry stools, dry mouth, small sips |
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| Stools not dry, but difficult to pass |
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| Alternate constipation and diarrhea |
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| Pain w diarrhea always suggests involvement of ? |
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| Diarrhea w absence of smell |
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| Sp yang and/or Kd yang xu |
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| Diarrhea everyday, very early morning |
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| Kd yang xu (cock's crow diarrhea) |
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| Diarrhea w abdominal pain |
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| Interior cold in intestines |
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| Diarrhea w mucus in stools |
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| Diarrhea w mucus and blood |
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| Diarrhea w loose stools w undigested foods |
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| Diarrhea w burning sensation in anus |
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| Diarrhea that is not loose or sl loose, very frequent, can't hold it easily |
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| Sp/St (middle) Qi xu, or Sp qi sinking |
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| Diarrhea w black or very dark stools |
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| Diarrhea: if blood comes 1st and its bright red splashing in all directions |
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| Diarrhea: If blood comes first and is turbid, anus feels heavy and painful |
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| Diarrhea: If stools come 1st and then blood, which is watery |
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| Sp Qi xu and unable to control Blood |
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| Loose stools w borborygmous |
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| Borborygmus w abdominal distention w/out loose stools |
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| Damp heat in Sp or St heat |
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| Interior cold due to Sp yang xu |
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| UB damp heat or Kd xu (esp in elderly) |
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| very frequent and copious urination |
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| frequent and scanty urination |
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| cold pattern (usually UB or KD) |
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| Red or yellow or dark urine |
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| copious, clear, pale urine during WC or WH attack |
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| pathogenic factor has not penetrated interior |
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| clear copious amount of urine |
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| Kd Qi xu and dysfunction of Bladder controlling urine |
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| scanty, yellow, urgent, painful urination |
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| downward infusion of damp heat into the bladder |
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| Not being able to fall asleep but sleeping well after falling asleep |
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| Wake up early morning and failure to fall sleep again |
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| feeling sleepy after eating |
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| Lethargy and heaviness of the body |
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| extreme lethargy and lassitude w feeling of cold |
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| lethargic stupor w exterior heat symptoms |
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| lethargic stupor w rattling in throat, slippery pulse, sticky tongue coat |
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| full pattern (Lv Fire or Lv wind) |
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| Gradual onset of tinnitus |
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| Empty pattern (usually a Kd xu) |
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| Tinnitus aggravated by pressing hands over ears |
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| Tinnitus alleviated by pressing hand over ears |
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| Tinnitus w loud high pitched noise like a whistle |
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| Lv yang, Lv fire, or Lv wind rising |
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| Tinnitus w low pitched noise like rushing water |
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| Full pattern like Lv Fire or Lv wind |
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| Gradual onset of deafness |
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| Empty pattern like Kd qi xu |
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| Kd xu, Ht blood xu, upper burner Qi xu, yang qi xu |
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| Pain in the eye like a needle, w redness of eyes and HA |
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| Fire poison in Ht channel |
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| pain, swelling, and redness of of eye |
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| invasion of eye channels by Ext WH or Interior Lv Fire |
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| blurry vision and floaters in the eye |
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| upward, straight forward, or sideways staring of eye |
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| thirst w desire to drink large amounts of cold water |
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| Full heat pattern of any organ |
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| Cold pattern, usually Sp or St |
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| Thirst w no desire to drink |
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| Thirst w desire to sip liquids slowly, or to sip warm liquids |
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| yin xu (usually of St or Kd) |
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| Distending pain in the chest, epigastric, hypochondriac, and abdominal regions moving from place to place |
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| pricklin pain, sharp and fixed |
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| weighty pain, heavy sensation |
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| damp blocking Qi and Blood |
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| abrupt Qi obstruction by substantial pathogenic factors |
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| pulling pain, spasmodic and short |
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| disorders of the Lv caused by Lv wind |
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| burning pain w pref for coolness |
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| invasion of collaterals by pathogenic Fire and Heat or excessive Yang heat due to YIn xu |
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| Cold pain, pref for warmth |
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| Cold blocking the collaterals or lack of warmth in Zang Fu organs due to deficiency of yang Qi |
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| cold syndromes of deficiency |
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| Distending pain w no fixed location |
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| Severe boring pain in fixed location in small area |
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| always early menstrual cycle |
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| always late menstrual cycle |
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| Blood xu, Stag of Blood or Cold |
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| Irregular menses sometimes early and sometimes late |
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| Lv Qi stag, Lv blood stasis, SP Qi xu, Kd Qi xu |
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| Heavy loss of blood (menses) |
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| Heat in the blood, Qi deficiency |
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| Blood xu, Blood or Cold stagnation |
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| Dark-red or bright red color during menses |
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| Purple or blackish blood during menses |
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| Fresh red blood during menses |
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| Congealed blood w clots during menses |
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| Watery blood during menses |
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| Turbid blood during menses |
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| Blood heat or cold stagnation |
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| stagnation of Qi and Blood |
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| Cold d/t Sp or Kd yang xu, ext cold-damp, or sometimes Lv Qi stag |
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| Heat pattern usually d/t Damp heat in Lower Burner |
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| Yellow discharge w pus and blood in post menopausal women |
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| Toxic damp heat in uterus |
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| Infertility d/t Empty conditions |
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| Infertility d/t Full conditions |
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| Damp heat in lower burner or blood stasis in uterus |
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| Vomiting during pregnancy |
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| St and penetrating vessel xu |
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| Miscarriage before 3 months |
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| Blood or essence xu assoc w Kd xu |
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| Miscarriage after 3 months |
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| Lv Blood stasis or SP Qi sinking |
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| nausea and heavy bleeding post delivery |
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| Exhaustion of penetrating vessel |
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| sweating and fever post delivery |
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| Exhaustion of Qi and Blood |
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| Blood xu, leading to Ht blood xu |
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