Pattern Differentiation & Treatment
Differential Diagnosis of Common Symptoms — Difficult Urination and Edema
Difficult urination (dysuria, urinary retention) and edema are both common symptoms of impaired water metabolism, closely related to the lung, spleen, kidney, bladder, and sanjiao qi transformation. This article systematically outlines nine patterns of dysuria (damp-heat accumulation, heat congesting the lung, Taiyang water retention, wind-water struggle, yang deficiency water flooding, strangury, heat disease damaging yin, among others) and nine patterns of edema (wind-water struggle, dampness trapping the spleen, spleen yang deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, heart-kidney yang deficiency, yang deficiency near collapse, dual yin-yang deficiency with damp-toxin, spleen deficiency edema, etc.), detailing accompanying symptoms, tongue and pulse features, and core pathogenesis for each — a practical differential guide for TCM pattern identification of water metabolism disorders.
Differential Diagnosis of Common Symptoms — Diarrhea and Constipation
Diarrhea and constipation are both common symptoms of impaired intestinal transmission and transformation. This article systematically outlines twelve diarrhea patterns (cold-damp, damp-heat, food retention, spleen-stomach deficiency, early morning diarrhea, liver qi invading spleen, heat bind with fecal water, epigastric stuffiness, heat toxin, spleen-kidney yang deficiency with incontinence, yang deficiency and yin excess, cholera and epidemic toxin) and six constipation patterns (excess heat, liver qi stagnation, qi deficiency, blood deficiency, cold excess, intestinal dryness), detailing accompanying symptoms, tongue and pulse features, and core pathogenesis for each — a practical differential guide for TCM pattern identification.
Differential Diagnosis of Common Symptoms — Vomiting
Vomiting is a common symptom involving the expulsion of gastric contents through the mouth, often caused by external contraction, internal damage, or improper diet leading to upward counterflow of stomach qi. This article systematically outlines eight patterns — external pathogen invading the stomach, food retention, liver qi invading the stomach, fluid retention in the middle burner, spleen-stomach deficiency, stomach yin deficiency, liver-stomach deficiency cold, and epigastric stuffiness pattern — detailing accompanying symptoms, tongue and pulse features, and core pathogenesis for each, offering a practical differential guide for TCM pattern identification.
Differential Diagnosis of Common Symptoms — Dyspnea (Asthmatic Breathing)
Dyspnea (asthmatic breathing), characterized by rapid breathing with more exhalation than inhalation, is closely related to the lung and kidney and is differentiated into cold, heat, deficiency, and excess types. This article systematically outlines seven patterns — wind-cold assailing the lung, wind-heat invading the lung, phlegm-fluid obstructing the lung, cold fluid lodged in the lung, lung deficiency dyspnea, kidney failing to receive qi, and suspended fluid disorder — detailing accompanying symptoms, tongue and pulse features, and core pathogenesis for each, offering a practical differential guide for TCM pattern identification.
Identifying Cough Patterns: A Common Symptom Guide
A systematic guide to TCM cough pattern differentiation, covering external contraction cough (wind-cold, wind-heat, dryness evil) and internal damage cough (liver fire invading the lung, phlegm-damp invading the lung, lung qi deficiency, lung yin deficiency, lung abscess, lung atrophy). Each pattern is detailed with accompanying symptoms, tongue and pulse characteristics, and core pathogenesis, offering a practical reference for TCM diagnosis and differentiation of cough.
Identifying Sweating Patterns: A Common Symptom Guide
A systematic guide to TCM sweating pattern differentiation, covering generalized and localized sweating. Learn the key diagnostic features, accompanying symptoms, and pathogenesis of patterns including Taiyang wind-stroke, Yangming channel heat, yang deficiency leaking sweat, yang collapse, summer-heat sweating, yin deficiency night sweating, qi deficiency spontaneous sweating, and localized types such as head sweating, palmoplantar sweating, and hemilateral sweating.