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TCM - Four levels
Identificiation of patterns according to four levels (taken from Giovanni Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine)
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Graduate
06/09/2009

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Wind Heat (Defensive Qi Level - 卫)

Definition

 

fever

aversion to cold

headache

sore throat

cough

sl. sweating

runny nose w/ yellow discharge

T: red w/ thin white coat

P: floating, rapid

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Summer heat (Defensive Qi level - 卫)

Definition

 

 

absence of sweat

 

irritability

thirst

T: red w/ sticky white coat

P: soggy, rapid

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Damp heat (Defensive Qi level - 卫)

Definition

 

fever that's worst in the afternoon

body hot to touch

swollen gland

sticky tast

thirst w/ no desire to drink

T: sticky white coat

P: soggy, slow

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Dry heat (Defensive Qi level - 卫)

Definition

 

 

 

dry skin, nose, mouth & throat

dry cough

T: dry w/ thin, white coat

P: floating, rapid

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Lu heat (Qi level - 气)

Definition

 

 

high fever

feeling of heat

cough w/ thin yellow sputum

SOB

T: red w/ yellow coat

P: slippery, rapid

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St heat (Qi level - 气)

Definition

 

 

high fever worse in the afternoon

feeling of heat

intense thirst

profuse sweating

T: red w/ yellow coat

P: overflowing, rapid

Term

 

 

 

 

 

Intestines dry heat (Qi level - 气)

Definition

 

 

high fever that's higher in the afternoon

constipation, dry stools

burning in the anus

ab fullness & pain

irritability

delirium

T: red w/ thick dry yellow coat

P: deep, full, rapid

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GB heat (Qi level - 气)

Definition

 

alternating hot & cold feeling

bitter taste

dry throat

hypochondrial pain

nausea

feeling of fullness in epigastrium

T: red w/ unilateral sticky yellow coat

P: wiry, rapid

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damp heat in St & Sp (Qi level - 气)

Definition

 

 

continuous fever which decreases after sweating but soon increases again

feeling of heaviness of the body & head

feeling of oppression of the chest & epigastrium

loose stools

T: red w/ sticky yellow coat

P: soggy, rapid

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Heat in nutritive Qi level (Nutritive Qi level - 营)

Definition

fever at night

dry mouth w/ no desire to drink

mental restlessness

insomnia

delirium

incoherent speech / aphasia

macules

T: red w/o coat

P: fine, rapid

Term

 

 

 

 

 

Heat in the Pericardium (Nutritive Qi level - 营)

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

mental confusion

body heat but hands & feet cold

 

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Heat victorious agitates blood (blood level - 血)

Definition

 

high fever

irritability

manic behavior

dark macules

vomiting of blood

epistaxis

blood in stools / urine

T: dark red w/o coat

P: wiry, rapid

Term

 

 

 

 

 

Heat victorious stirring wind (blood level - 血)

Definition

 

high fever

fainting

twitching of the limbs

convulsions

rigidity of the neck

opisthotomos

clenching of the teeth

T: dark red w/o coat

P: wiry, rapid

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empty wind agitating in the interior

(blood level - 血)

Definition

 

low grade fever

tremor of the limbs

twitching

loss of weight

malar flush

listlessness

T: dark red & dry w/o coat

P: fine, rapid

Term

 

 

 

 

 

collapse of yin (blood level - 血)

Definition

 

low grade fever

night sweating

mental restlessness

dry mouth w/ desire to sip liquids

five palm heat

malar flush

T: dark red & dry w/o coat

P: fine, rapid

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collapse of yang (blood level - 血)

Definition

 

 

feeling of cold

cold limbs

bright-white complexion

profuse sweating on the forehead

listlessness

T: pale, swollen & short

P: hidden, slow, scattered

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