HEMATURIA (BLOODY URINATION)

Clinical Manifestations
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry throat and/or mouth
  • Chronic sore throat (not acute)
  • Restlessness
  • Malar flush
  • Insomnia
  • Disturbed speech
  • Low grade fever, worse in afternoon
  • Yellow urine
  • Irritability with a sensation of Heat in the chest
  • Palpitations with anxiety
  • Sores in the mouth or on the tongue
  • More Heat than in Yin Deficiency (chronic low grade fever)
  • T: Red, deep red
  • C: None
  • P: Deep, thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Reduce Heat
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever and chills or
  • Tidal fever
  • Abdominal distention
  • Thirst with a desire to drink
  • Sweat
  • Stifling sensation in the chest
  • Restlessness
  • Vexation
  • Agitation
  • Headache
  • Scanty, red urine
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid and surging
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Summerheat
  • Drain Heat
  • Tonify Qi
  • Generate Fluids
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever
  • Confusion of mind
  • Delirium (mania)
  • Dark yellow urine
  • Excessive skin rashes all over body
  • Hemorrhage
    Hematemesis
    Hemoptysis
    Epistaxis
    Hemafecia
    Hematuria
  • T: Deep red, dry or Purple red
    C: None
    P: Rapid or Thready and rapid or Thready and feeble
Treatment Principle
  • Cool the Blood
  • Dispel Heat and Toxins from the Xue Stage
  • Promote Blood Circulation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Diarrhea with tenesmus which intensifies after defecation
  • Frequent stools which are small in quantity
  • Stools are yellow or brown, thin, watery, with foul smell or sticky and pasty like jam or sticky fluid or containing pus and Blood
  • Burning hot sensation in anus
  • Abdominal pain
  • Urine short and red
  • Sustained fever despite profuse perspiration or
  • Raging fever in the afternoon
  • Severe cases: High fever and coma
  • Mouth dry but no desire to drink
  • Body heavy
  • Limbs tired
  • Fullness in chest
  • Lump in epigastrium
  • Anorexia
  • Vomiting
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Transform Dampness
  • Stop dysentery
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Repetitive voiding of urine with pale, red Blood
  • Sallow or pale complexion
  • Anorexia
  • Fatigue
  • Four limbs feel tired and heavy
  • Physical and mental exhaustion
  • Lack of strength
  • Abdominal and epigastric distention after eating
  • Maybe acid regurgitation or vomiting
  • Loose or unformed stools
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dizziness
  • Palpitations
  • Functional Uterine Bleeding
  • Purpura
  • Epistaxis
  • Hemafecia
  • Menorrhagia
  • Metrorrhagia
  • T: Pale and flabby - may have teethmarks
  • C: White
  • P: Thready and weak or Moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify the Spleen
  • Benefit Qi
  • Conserve Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Frequent pale, red Blood in the urine
  • Body cold
  • Limbs icy
  • Fatigue
  • Lassitude
  • Lack of strength
  • White and shiny or sallow, yellow facial complexion
  • Low back, knees and abdomen feel cold and painful
  • Lower abdomen feels cold and painful
  • Abdominal distention
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Anorexia
  • Loose stools containing undigested food or
  • “Cock-crow” diarrhea (occurs at about 5 am)
  • Edema of face and limbs
  • Dysuria
  • Bruises easily
  • Bleeding hemorrhoids
  • Melaena
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Severe:
    Abdominal ascites
  • T: Pale, moist and swollen
  • C: Thin and white or White and greasy
  • P: Deep, thready, weak and maybe slow or Soft and moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and Reinforce the Spleen and Kidneys
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Burning Heat and pain in the epigastrium
  • Irritating thirst: drinks copious fluids and prefers cold drinks
  • Excessive appetite: hungry again quickly after eating (as if food vanishes)
  • Swelling, pain, ulceration and bleeding of gums
  • Foul breath
  • Toothache
  • Maybe vomiting right after eating
  • Vomiting acid or undigested food
  • Constipation
  • Maybe scanty, red urine
  • T: Red
  • C: Thick, yellow and dry
  • P: Slippery, big, Excess and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear and Purge Stomach Fire
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Ulceration, erosion, and pain of mouth and tongue
  • A dry throat
  • Thirst with a desire for cold drinks
  • Irritability
  • Irascibility
  • Feeling of Heat and disturbance in the Heart
  • Insomnia or restless sleep
  • Flushed face
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • With Heat transmitting to the Small Intestine:
    Dark, concentrated urination
    Stabbing or burning pain on urination
    Hematuria with dark red Blood
  • T: Red tip with ulcers especially on the tip
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Excess and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Purge Fire
  • Disinhibit urination
  • Stop the bleeding
  • Calm the Shen
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Irritability
  • Ulceration and erosion of the mouth and tongue
  • Sore throat
  • Dry mouth
  • Thirst
  • Desire for cold drinks
  • Maybe deafness
  • Urination short, dark, difficult and painful or
  • Hematuria or
  • Pain in the urethra
  • Fullness and distention of lower abdomen
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Excess Heat
  • Promote diuresis
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Scant, dark ,burning urination with fresh Blood
  • Severe, splitting headaches with dizziness
  • Temporal headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Sudden tinnitus or
  • Sudden deafness
  • Flushed face
  • Red, swollen, painful eyes
  • Irascibility with violent angry outbursts
  • Dry mouth
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Thirst
  • Hypochondriac tightness or pain
  • Sore, bloodshot eyes
  • Vomiting sour or bitter liquid
  • Insomnia
  • Restlessness
  • Constipation or dry stools
  • Maybe ulcerations on the genitals
  • Maybe a tendency toward herpes genitalia
  • Maybe eczema or rashes in the groin
  • In severe cases:
    Mania
    Hemoptysis
    Hematemesis
    Epistaxis
  • Liver Fire Attacks the Lungs:
    Hemoptysis
    Rib pain which is severe when coughing
  • Liver Fire Attacks the Stomach:
    Hematemesis
  • T: Red with red tip and edges
  • C: Thick, yellow, dry and rough
  • P: Wiry, Excess and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear the Liver
  • Purge Fire
Herb Formulas
  • Long Dan Xie Gan Tang modified
  • Chinese Patent Medicines:
    Long Dan Xie Gan Wan
    Yun Nan Bai Yao (take along with the above formula)
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Short, dark, urination with fresh Blood or purplish-red Blood
  • Maybe painful urination
  • Yang jaundice (sclera and skin bright yellow)
  • Pain and fullness in ribs on both sides
  • Maybe pain in the right hypochondrium
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • A dry throat
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting sour and bitter fluids
  • Anorexia
  • Maybe alternating chills and fever
  • Abdominal distention
  • Thirst with no desire to drink
  • Headache
  • Red eyes
  • Women:
    Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell
    Pruritis vulvae
  • Men:
    Pain, swelling and burning sensations of testicles
  • T: Pink wit red edges
  • C: Yellow and greasy or sticky
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Dampness
  • Purge Heat from Liver and Gall Bladder
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Facial complexion pale and sallow
  • Both cheeks slightly red
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Dry, rough eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Spots before the eyes
  • Numbness of limbs
  • Flaccid paralysis (Wei syndrome),
  • Weakness
  • Fatigue
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Forgetfulness
  • Low back and knees sore, weak and painful
  • Throat dry and painful
  • Five-sole Heat
  • Low-grade fever
  • Night sweats
  • Dry skin
  • Dry throat
  • Thirst with a desire for cold drinks
  • An odor or urine in the mouth
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Irritability
  • Agitation
  • Insomnia
  • Profuse dreams
  • Stools difficult to pass
  • Constipation
  • Dry, bound stools
  • Scanty, reddish urine
  • Men:
    Spermatorrhea
  • Women:
    Irregular menses or
    Scanty menses or
    Amenorrhea
    Vaginal discharge
  • T: Red
  • C: None
  • P: Thready and rapid or Thready, wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish and Reinforce the Liver and Kidneys
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Enduring hematuria which is worse with overwork
  • Pale red Blood
  • Frequent urination
  • Copious amounts of clear urine
  • Incontinence of urine
  • Dribbling urination
  • Enuresis
  • Nocturia
  • Either a tendency towards being too hot of too cold
  • A bright white facial complexion
  • Dizziness
  • Shortness of breath
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Asthma
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • Edema in the lower limbs
  • Lassitude
  • Lower back, spine and knees weak and painful
  • Lingering tinnitus or deafness
  • Seminal emission
  • Impotence
  • Sterility
  • Fatigue
  • Lack of strength
  • Maybe lower abdominal pain which is better with warmth
  • Maybe anorexia
  • Maybe loose stools
  • Maybe aversion to Cold
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep, weak and possibly tight or Thready and weak or Deep, weak and slow or Deep, thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Kidney Qi
  • Warm Kidney Yang
  • Nourish Jing and Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Poor memory
  • Aching, soreness or weakness of the low back
  • Spermatorrhea or
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Aching in the bones
  • Aching in the leg and heel
  • Dry mouth
  • Thirst
  • Night sweats
  • Five sole Heat
  • Malar flush
  • Low grade fever in the afternoon
  • Dry throat, maybe recurrent sore throat
  • Dry stools and/or
  • Constipation
  • Urine short and red
  • Heightened libido
  • If Heart Fire also Flares:
    Insomnia
    Frequent dreams
    Palpitations
  • If Liver Yang also Rises:
    Dizziness
    Blurred vision
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Subdue Fire
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Episodic hematuria with fresh red Blood
  • The urine may be concentrated
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Poor memory
  • Aching, soreness or weakness of the low back
  • Heel pain
  • Spermatorrhea or
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Aching in the bones
  • Aching in the leg and heel
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Thirst
  • Nightsweats
  • Five sole Heat
  • Malar flush
  • Facial flushing
  • Low grade fever in the afternoon
  • Dry throat, maybe recurrent sore throat
  • Bone steaming fever
  • Dry stools and/or
  • Constipation
  • Heightened libido
  • If Heart Fire also Flares:
    Insomnia
    Frequent dreams
    Palpitations
  • If Liver Yang also Rises:
    Dizziness
    Blurred vision
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Kidney Yin
  • Subdue Fire
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
  • Zhi Bai Di Huang Wanmodified
  • Da Bu Yin Wanmodified
  • Chinese patent medicines:
    Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan
    Da Bu yin Wan
    Yun Nan Bai Yao (take this formula along with either of the above formulas)
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Extreme lack of strength
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • Five-sole Heat
  • A dry mouth with a desire to drink
  • Does not drink a lot
  • A taste of urine in the mouth
  • Low back and knee soreness and pain
  • Anorexia
  • A tendency to loose stools with reddish yellow urine or
  • Dry, bound stools with frequent, clear urine
  • T: Pale and fat with teethmarks
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Deep and thready or Deep and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen Yin and Yang
Herb Formulas
Points
  • KI-3, KI-7, SP-6, UB-23
    For marked Kidney Yang Deficiency: + moxa or moxa needle DU-4
    For a dry mouth and parched throat or an enduring sore throat with a low-grade fever: + KI-6, HT-6
    For anorexia and abdominal fullness, especially after eating: + PC-6, SP-4
    For constipation: + SJ-6
Clinical Manifestations
  • Bleeding gums
  • Spasmatic cough
  • Radiating chest and lateral-costal pain
  • Red tinged Phlegm
  • A dry mouth
  • Irritating Heat
  • Epistaxis
  • Abdominal glomus and pain
  • Black colored stools
  • Dizziness
  • Tidal fever
  • Short, red urination
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Calm the Shen
  • Open the Channels
  • Descend Qi
  • Transform Stasis
  • Clear Heat
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

Clinical Manifestations
  • Scanty, concentrated, strong-smelling urine with fresh or darkish purple Blood
  • Mild burning when urinating
  • A feeling of incomplete Bladder emptying
  • Clots in the urine
  • If the clots are massed, the Blood comes from the Bladder
  • If the clots are thready, the Blood comes from the Kidney
  • Lower abdominal fullness distention and pain
  • Urinary frequency
  • Urinary urgency
  • Painful urination
  • Suprapubic fullness and discomfort
  • Lumbo-sacral pain
  • Fullness or discomfort in the chest and epigastrium
  • Heart vexation
  • Parched mouth
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Thirst with little desire to drink
  • Anorexia
  • Nausea
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • A tendency toward constipation or
  • Alternating loose and sluggish stools
  • Maybe afternoon fever or
  • Alternating fever and chills
  • T: Red
  • C: Sticky and yellow or Thin and yellow
  • P: Rapid or Deep and rough or Slippery and rapid or Soft and rapid or Rapid and forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve Dampness
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Intermittent hematuria with dark or brownish red Blood
  • Maybe bleeding with clots
  • Maybe difficult urination or
  • Maybe periodic obstruction to the passage of urine
  • Maybe painful genitals or scrotum
  • Lower back pain
  • Suprapubic tension and pain which is worse at night
  • Pain that is fixed, stabbing and /or severe
  • Pan is worse with pressure
  • Dark complexion
  • Dark rings under the eyes
  • Fixed, palpable abdominal masses
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Dry skin
  • Blue, dark or purplish discoloration of skin in small or large areas,
  • Varicose and spider veins on the inner ankle and knee
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Tendency to hemorrhage dark blood or clots
  • T: Purple, possible purple or red spots
    Red purple if there is Heat
    Blue purple if there is Cold
  • C: White
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and choppy or Tight and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Break up Stagnation
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever
  • Vexation
  • Agitation
  • Confusion of mind
  • Insomnia
  • Delirium (mania)
  • Dark yellow urine
  • Excessive skin rashes all over body
  • Hemorrhage
    Hematemesis
    Hemoptysis
    Epistaxis
    Hemafecia
    Hematuria
  • T: Deep red, dry or Purple red
    C: None
    P: Rapid or Thready and rapid or Thready and feeble
Treatment Principle
  • Cool the Blood
  • Dispel Heat and Toxins from the Xue Stage
  • Promote Blood Circulation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Anxiety
  • Flushed face
  • Constipation
  • Abdominal distention
  • Delirious speech
  • Epigastric distention
  • Jaundice
  • Gastric distention
  • Dysenteric disorders
  • Hematemesis
  • Epistaxis
  • Red, swollen, painful eyes
  • Chest oppression
  • Red, swollen ears
  • Restlessness
  • Insomnia
  • Thirst
  • Dark, concentrated urine
  • Tinnitus
  • Hemoptysis
  • Vomiting
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • Bleeding
  • Diarrhea
  • Suppurative skin infection
  • Tongue and mouth ulcerations
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Drain Fire
  • Relieve toxicity
  • Drain Dampness
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hematuria
  • Fresh red Blood initially
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Fever moving to high fever
  • Maybe epistaxis
  • Maybe hematochezia
  • Maybe purplish maculae on the skin
  • Headache
  • vexation
  • Agitation
  • Dry mouth and lips
  • Sore throat
  • Maybe painful joints
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid and forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Drain Fire from the San Jiao
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hematochezia
  • Hematemesis
  • Hemoptysis
  • Epistaxis
  • Metrorrhagia
  • Cold extremities
  • A wan or sallow complexion
  • Dark red or pale Blood
  • General fatigue
  • Hematuria
  • A lack of taste
  • No thirst
  • Pale face
  • T: Pale or Dull red
  • C: White
  • P: Deep, thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm Yang
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Stops bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal pain
  • Uterine bleeding (metrorrhagia)
  • Excessive menstruation
  • Menstruation with constant spotting
  • Postpartum bleeding
  • Bleeding during pregnancy
  • The Blood is pale and thin without clots
  • Weakness
  • Dizziness
  • Sore lower back
  • Post abortion bleeding
  • Dull complexion
  • Weakness and pain of the legs
  • Light red, unelevated and indistinct eruptions
  • Hematuria
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white or Whitish and moist
  • P: Thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish and warm the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points