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Which of the following symptoms is associated with qi stagnation according to the conditions listed?

  • Palpitations
  • Sighing
  • Feeling of stuffiness under the hypochondrium (correct)
  • Cold hands

What symptom is indicated as aggravated by exposure to cold?

  • Dizziness
  • Expectoration of phlegm
  • Stabbing or pricking pain in the heart region (correct)
  • Feeling of heaviness

Which of the following points is associated with the symptom of palpitations?

  • ST-40
  • LI-4
  • REN-17
  • HE-5 (correct)

What condition is indicated by a deep fine pulse?

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Which symptom correlates with the presence of purple lips?

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What symptom is specifically associated with heart blood stasis?

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Which of the following is a possible indication of heart vessel obstruction?

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Which pulse characteristic indicates the presence of heart blood stasis?

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What condition could lead to the symptoms of stabbing or pricking chest pain?

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Which of the following symptoms is NOT typically associated with heart yang deficiency?

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What is a possible physical symptom of phlegm fire harassing the heart?

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Which symptom is commonly associated with a condition of mental restlessness?

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What might indicate a more severe case of a condition related to the mouth and tongue?

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Which of the following symptoms is related to disrupted sleep patterns?

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What indicates the presence of heat within the body?

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Which symptom is associated with Liver Yang Rising?

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What pulse quality might indicate Liver Yang Rising if liver blood or liver yin deficiency is present?

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Which of the following could be a sign of liver dysfunction in women?

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If a patient's tongue is red on the sides, which condition might they be experiencing?

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What is a common headache location associated with Liver Yang Rising?

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What symptom is commonly associated with severe emotional instability?

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Which symptom indicates phlegm misting the mind?

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What physical symptom would suggest heart blood stasis?

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Which of the following symptoms is NOT associated with severe emotional disturbances?

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What symptom indicates a lethargic stupor?

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Which symptom is characteristic of emotional lability?

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What symptom is common with phlegm misting the mind rather than heart blood stasis?

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What could be a likely cause of incoherent speech in an individual?

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What symptom is commonly associated with lung dryness?

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Which of the following is a sign of invasion of the lungs by wind cold?

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What would a practitioner observe on the tongue of a patient with lung yin deficiency?

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Which formula is commonly associated with treating invasion of lungs by wind heat?

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Which symptom indicates an invasion of the lungs by wind dryness?

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Which of the following best describes the pulse of a patient with wind heat invasion?

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What is a common symptom of cold invasion of the lungs?

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Which treatment formula is indicated for symptoms of dry cough associated with wind dry invasion?

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Which of the following symptoms is NOT associated with lung yin deficiency?

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What is a distinguishing feature of wind heat invasion in terms of nasal discharge?

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Phlegm Fire Harassing the Heart

A condition characterized by excess heat and phlegm that disrupt heart function, leading to symptoms like palpitations, restlessness, thirst, red face, and a sticky yellow tongue coating.

Palpitations

Rapid, forceful heartbeat, often felt as an irregular or uncomfortable fluttering in the chest.

Mental Restlessness

An uneasy and restless mental state, often accompanied by a feeling of agitation and inability to relax.

Thirst

An intense thirst, often experienced as a craving for cold drinks or water.

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Red Face

A redness of the face, often accompanied by a feeling of warmth or heat.

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Chest Pain in Heart Vessel Obstruction

A stabbing or pricking pain in the chest, possibly radiating to the left arm or shoulder. Often accompanied by a feeling of tightness or oppression in the chest.

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Chest Constriction in Heart Vessel Obstruction

A sensation of tightness or constriction in the chest, making it difficult to breathe.

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Cyanosis in Heart Vessel Obstruction

A bluish discoloration of the lips and fingernails, indicating a lack of oxygen in the blood.

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Cold Extremities in Heart Vessel Obstruction

Cold hands and feet, often a sign of poor circulation or weak heart function.

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Palpitations in Heart Vessel Obstruction

Rapid or irregular heartbeat, often experienced with feelings of anxiety or unease.

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Severe Heat in the Heart

Feeling of oppression in the chest, dark urine, phlegm with a rattling sound in the throat, bitter taste, insomnia, agitated behaviour, confusion, incoherent speech, rash behaviour, shouting, and uncontrolled emotions.

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Severe Heart Crack

A deep heart crack that is sticky and dry, with a yellow coating inside.

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Phlegm Misting the Mind

Mental confusion, lethargy, unconsciousness, incoherent speech, vomiting of phlegm, rattling in the throat, aphasia, depression, mood swings, and dull eyes.

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Purple Color of the Tongue

Having a purple appearance, indicating stagnation and lack of proper circulation.

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Choppy, Wiry, or Knotted Pulse

A pulse that feels choppy, wiry, or knotted, signifying a blockage or stagnation in the blood flow.

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Sticky Coating on the Tongue

Sticky coating on the tongue, often associated with phlegm or dampness in the body.

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Dull Eyes

A dull and lifeless appearance of the eyes, reflecting a deficiency or lack of energy.

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Liver Yang Rising

A condition characterized by excess liver yang energy rising upwards, leading to various symptoms including headache, dizziness, tinnitus, and irritability.

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Distension

A feeling of distension or pressure in the chest, often accompanied by symptoms like hiccups, sighing, nausea, and vomiting.

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Wiry Pulse

A thin and wiry pulse often found in patients with liver yang rising, indicating excess yang energy.

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Headache

A symptom of liver yang rising, characterized by headache located on the temples or on the side of the head.

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Churning Feeling in the Stomach

A condition characterized by a sense of fullness and discomfort in the stomach, with symptoms like nausea, belching, and vomiting.

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Lung Yin Deficiency

A condition caused by a deficiency of lung yin, characterized by tiredness, pale complexion, and a propensity to catch colds. The tongue appears pale without coating in the front.

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Lung Dryness

A condition caused by dryness in the lungs, manifesting as a dry cough, dry skin, dry throat, dry mouth, thirst, and a hoarse voice.

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Invasion of Lungs by Wind Cold

An invasion of the lungs by wind-cold, characterized by aversion to cold, fever, cough, itchy throat, slight breathlessness, a stuffed or runny nose with clear watery discharge, sneezing, occipital headache, and body aches.

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Invasion of Lungs by Wind Heat

An invasion of the lungs by wind-heat, characterized by aversion to cold, fever, cough, sore throat, a stuffed or runny nose with yellow discharge, headache, body aches, slight sweating, slight thirst, and swollen tonsils.

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Invasion of Lungs by Wind Dryness

An invasion of the lungs by wind-dryness, characterized by a dry cough, aversion to cold, fever, a dry throat, a tickly throat, and a thin dry white coating on the tongue.

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Stuffiness under the hypochondrium

A feeling of stuffiness or tightness under the ribcage, often associated with cold and phlegm buildup.

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Oppression of the chest

A feeling of oppression or tightness in the chest, which may be accompanied by difficulty breathing.

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Stabbing pain in the heart region

A sharp, stabbing pain in the heart area that may radiate to the upper back or shoulder, often comes and goes quickly.

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Dizziness

A condition characterized by a feeling of lightheadedness, dizziness, or spinning sensation.

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Study Notes

TCM Patterns - Heart

  • Heart Qi Deficiency: Symptoms include palpitations, shortness of breath with exertion, tiredness, slight depression, and spontaneous sweating. Tongue is pale, pulse is empty. Acupuncture points include HE-5, P-6, BL-15, Ren-17, Ren-6, and DU-14. Possible herbs include Bao Yuan Tang and Rou Fu Bao Yuan Tang.

  • Heart Yang Deficiency: Symptoms include palpitations, shortness of breath with exertion, tiredness, and slight depression, spontaneous sweating, feeling of discomfort or stuffiness in the heart region, cold hands, and a bright pale face. Tongue is pale, pulse is deep-weak, possibly knotted in severe cases. Acupuncture points include HE-5, P-6, BL-15, Ren-17, Ren-6, DU-14. Possible herbs include Shen Fu Tang.

  • Heart Yang Collapse: Symptoms include palpitations, shortness of breath, weak and shallow breathing, profuse sweating, cold limbs, cyanosis or grayish-white complexion, and in severe cases coma. Tongue is very pale or bluish purple, pulse is short. Acupuncture points include REN-6, REN-4, REN-8, DU-4, ST-36, P-6, BL-23, DU-20, and DU-14. Possible herb include Shen Qi Si Wu Tang.

  • Heart Blood Deficiency: Symptoms include palpitations, dizziness, insomnia, disturbed sleep, poor memory, anxiety, and a tendency to be startled. Tongue is pale and thin, pulse is choppy or fine. Acupuncture points include HE-7, P-6, REN-14, REN-15, REN-4, BL-17, BL-20. Possible herbs include Shen Qi Si Wu Tang.

  • Heart Qi and Heart Blood Deficiency: Symptoms include palpitations, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, and depression. Tongue is pale and thin, pulse is weak or choppy. Acupuncture points include HE-5, P-6, REN-14, REN-15, REN-4. Possible herbs include Ba Zhen Tang, Gui Pi Tang.

TCM Patterns - Other

  • Heart Yin Deficiency: Symptoms include anxiety, tiredness, dull pale complexion, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, poor memory, anxiety, propensity to be startled, dry mouth and throat, and night sweating. Tongue is normal coloured without coating or rootless coating, pulse is floating empty, especially in the left front position. Acupuncture points include REN-15, REN-4, BL-17, BL-20, HE-7, P-6, REN-14, REN-15, REN-4, HE-6, SP-6, KI-7, and KI-6. Possible herb include Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan.

  • Heart Yin Deficiency with Empty Heat: Symptoms are similar to Heart Yin Deficiency but with additional symptoms of feeling hot, bothered, dry mouth and throat in the evening, thirst, desire to drink in small sips, malar flush, night sweating, and five palm heat. Tongue is normal colored without coating or rootless coating, pulse is floating empty, especially in the left front position. Acupuncture points include REN-15, REN-4, BL-17, BL-20, HE-7, P-6, REN-14, REN-15, REN-4, HE-6, SP-6, KI-7, KI-6, P-7, LI-11, HE-9. Possible herb Zhi Gan Cao Tang.

  • Heart Qi and Yin Deficiency: Similar to heart yin deficiency , but includes feeling hot, slightly breathlessness, mental restlessness, and night sweating. Tongue is normal colored without coating or rootless coating, pulse is floating empty, especially in the left front position and rapid. Acupuncture points include, REN-15, REN-4, HE-6, SP-6, KI-7, and KI-6. Possible herb Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan.

  • Deficiency of Both Heart Yang and Heart Yin: Symptoms include palpitations, propensity to be easily startled, slight breathlessness, tiredness, insomnia, mental restlessness, sweating on exertion, dry throat, and night sweating. Tongue is pale or red without coating, pulse is weak or floating empty. Acupuncture points include HE-5, P-6, REN-14, REN-15, REN-4, HE-6, SP-6, KI-7, KI-6, P-7, LI-11, HE-9, REN-17. Possible herb Zhi Gan Cao Tang.

  • Heart Yang Deficiency with Phlegm: Symptoms include slight feeling of oppression of the chest, felling cold, cold limbs, mental restlessness, night sweating, poor memory, and malar flush, Tongue is slightly pale purple on sides of chest area, pulse is empty but very slightly overflowing on the left front position. Acupuncture points include REN-6, REN-4, REN-8, DU-4, ST-36, P-6, BL-23, DU-14, BL-15, and ST-40. Possible herb Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang.

  • Heart Qi Stagnation: Symptoms include palpitations, feeling of distension or oppression of the chest, slight feeling of lump in the throat, depression, slight shortness of breath, sighing, poor appetite, and distension of chest and upper epigastric region. Tongue is slightly pale purple on sides, pulse is empty but very slightly overflowing on the left front position. Acupuncture points include HE-5, P-6, REN-15, REN-17, LU-7, ST-40, LI-4. Possible herb Mu Xiang Liu Qi Yin.

  • Heart Fire Blazing: Symptoms are weak and cold limbs, slightly purple lips and a pale complexion. Tongue is red with redder tip and yellow coating in severe cases. Overflowing rapid especially on left front, hasty and stopping at irregular intervals. Acupuncture points include HE-9, HE-8, HE-7, REN-15, SP-6, KI-6, LI-11, DU-24, DU-19. Possible herb Xie Xin Tang.

There are a multitude of other patterns regarding each organ system that were not mentioned. This is not an exhaustive list.

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