SCROTAL HYDROCELE

Clinical Manifestations
  • Aversion to Wind and Cold
  • Facial edema moving to generalized edema
  • Slight fever or fever and chills
  • Thirst
  • Slight but continuous perspiration
  • Sore, heavy limbs
  • Decreased urination
  • Headache
  • Edematous orbits
  • A red, swollen sore throat
  • Weak abdomen
  • Belching
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Dyspnea
  • Bulging eyes
  • Severe cough
  • Weak, aching feet
  • Skin problems
  • T: Normal
  • C: White or Thin white
  • P: Floating or Floating and big
Treatment Principle
  • Promote perspiration
  • Disseminate Lung Qi
  • Clear Heat
  • Move water
  • Suppress asthma
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Sweating with aversion to Wind
  • Heavy sensation in the body
  • Superficial edema
  • Urinary difficulty
  • Knee pain
  • Abdominal bloating
  • Edema in lower legs
  • Fatigue
  • Edema in women with constitutional Deficiency
  • T: Pale
  • C: White or Swollen and moist
  • P: Floating and weak, or soft and thready
Treatment Principle
  • Augment Qi
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Release the Exterior
  • Promote urination
  • Reduce edema
  • Regulate water circulation
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Swelling of the testicles and scrotum
  • A dragging sensation in the lower abdomen
  • No pain
  • Digestive complaints
  • Anorexia
  • Abdominal distention
  • Chest stuffiness
  • Dizziness on standing
  • Lack of strength in the extremities
  • Fatigue
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • Short, weak and maybe deep
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Tonify Qi
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal fullness
  • Heavy head and body
  • Edema of the face and eyes
  • Watery diarrhea
  • Short, scanty urination
  • Epigastric distention and pain
  • Anorexia
  • Maybe loose stools with undigested food
  • Edema of the lower extremities
  • Thirst
  • Joint pain
  • Dysuria
  • T: Pink or Pale
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Soft and thready or Relaxed
Treatment Principle
  • Dispels Dampness in the Spleen.
  • Regulates flow of Qi in the Spleen and Stomach.
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Swelling and pain in scrotum as if the testicles were being pulled downward or
  • Contractions and Cold sensations of scrotum which are alleviated by warmth
  • Pain, distention, fullness and Cold sensation in lower abdomen
  • Cold limbs
  • Dislike of Cold and a preference for warmth
  • T: Pale
  • C: White, greasy
  • P: Deep and wiry or Slow or Deep and Excess
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Liver
  • Dispel Cold
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Swelling of the testicles and scrotum
  • Dysuria
  • Dizziness
  • Shortness of breath
  • Palpitations below the umbilicus
  • Low back pain and weakness
  • Cold lower extremities
  • T: Pale
  • C: Greasy and white
  • P: Deep and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm Yang
  • Resolve Dampness
  • Disperse swelling
  • Soften hardness
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Swelling and pain of the scrotum and one or both testicles
  • Maybe urinary dysfunction
  • Five sole Heat
  • Night sweats
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Lower back and knee pain and weakness
  • T:Red
  • C: Little or none
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Clear Heat
  • Eliminate Dampness
  • Disperse swelling
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Swelling of the scrotum and testicles
  • Redness
  • Inflammation
  • Pain
  • Painful urination
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid and soggy
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve Dampness
  • Disperse swelling
  • Alleviate pain
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Swelling and enlargement of the testicles and scrotum on one or both sides
  • Cold pain in the lower abdomen
  • A heavy, dragging sensation in the lower abdomen
  • The lower abdomen resists pressure
  • Discomfort in the upper abdomen with warmth
Treatment Principle
  • Spread the Liver
  • Warm the channels
  • Resolve Dampness
  • Disperse the swelling
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