Term
Wind Heat (Defensive Qi Level - 卫) |
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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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Term
Summer heat (Defensive Qi level - 卫) |
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Definition
absence of sweat
irritability
thirst
T: red w/ sticky white coat
P: soggy, rapid |
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Term
Damp heat (Defensive Qi level - 卫) |
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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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Term
Dry heat (Defensive Qi level - 卫) |
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Definition
dry skin, nose, mouth & throat
dry cough
T: dry w/ thin, white coat
P: floating, rapid |
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Term
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Definition
high fever
feeling of heat
cough w/ thin yellow sputum
SOB
T: red w/ yellow coat
P: slippery, rapid |
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Term
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Definition
high fever worse in the afternoon
feeling of heat
intense thirst
profuse sweating
T: red w/ yellow coat
P: overflowing, rapid |
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Term
Intestines dry heat (Qi level - 气) |
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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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Term
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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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Term
damp heat in St & Sp (Qi level - 气) |
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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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Term
Heat in nutritive Qi level (Nutritive Qi level - 营) |
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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 |
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Term
Heat in the Pericardium (Nutritive Qi level - 营) |
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Definition
mental confusion
body heat but hands & feet cold
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Term
Heat victorious agitates blood (blood level - 血) |
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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 |
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Term
Heat victorious stirring wind (blood level - 血) |
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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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Term
empty wind agitating in the interior
(blood level - 血) |
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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 |
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Term
collapse of yin (blood level - 血) |
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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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Term
collapse of yang (blood level - 血) |
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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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