ULCER (PEPTIC, GASTRIC OR DUODENAL)

Clinical Manifestations
  • Duodenal ulcer is usually painful around midnight
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever and chills (chills predominant)
  • Anhidrosis
  • Cough
  • Wheezing (asthma)
  • Copious, white, stringy, difficult to expectorate sputum
  • Stifling sensation in the chest
  • Lacrimation
  • General heaviness (especially upper body)
  • General body aches
  • No thirst
  • Floating edema (severe)
  • Considerable difficulty breathing while lying down (severe)
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Periorbital edema
  • Dyspnea
  • Vomiting of frothy saliva during pregnancy
  • Chest distention
  • Dry heaves
  • Decreased urine
  • Subcardiac edema
  • Stridor
  • Occasional chills on the back
  • Hiccups
  • Retching
  • Dysphagia
  • Diarrhea
  • Dysuria
  • Flushed face
  • Dizziness
  • Headache
  • Inflammation of the tear ducts
  • T: Pink
  • C: Moist or White and greasy
  • P: Superficial and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior
  • Transform congested Fluids (Thin Mucus)
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Warm the Lungs
  • Descend Qi
  • Relieve wheezing and cough
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever
  • Chills
  • Headache
  • Joint pains
  • Severe diarrhea
  • Epigastric distention
  • Perspiration
  • Cold body and extremities
  • Weakness of the extremities
  • Upper abdominal palpitations
  • Cold feet
  • Dysuria
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior
  • Warm the Interior
  • Tonify Qi
  • Relieve distention
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal pain
  • Cold extremities
  • Numb hands and feet
  • Generalized body aches
  • Paralysis of the extremities
  • Induration and swelling of the scrotum
  • Hypersalivation
  • Limited movement of the joints
  • Abdominal pain referring to the testis
  • Aversion to Cold
  • A preference for Warmth
  • Loose stools
  • Chills and fever
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Tense and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Interior
  • Reinforce Yang
  • Release the Exterior
  • Regulate the Yin and Wei
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Joint pain with a crackling sensation
  • Epigastric pain
  • Fatigue
  • Gastrointestinal weakness
  • Headache
  • Heaviness in the head
  • Fever
  • Moderately severe chills
  • Distension beneath the Heart
  • Periumbilical or lower abdominal pain
  • Tenseness around the pubic bone
  • Subcostal pain
  • Epigastric fullness
  • Nausea
  • Mild vomiting
  • Mild thoraco-costal discomfort
  • Costal distress
  • Tension in the rectus abdominus
  • Chest distension
  • Abdominal pain
  • Abdominal distension
  • Constipation
  • Irritability
  • Insomnia
  • Repeated loss of spinal alignment due to muscular tension
  • P: Floating and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior and muscle layer
  • Harmonize and releases the Shao-Yang
  • Harmonize the Liver, Spleen and Intestines
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating chills and fever (chills predominate) or
  • Chills without fever
  • Sensation of irritability in the chest
  • Sweating from the head
  • Fatigue
  • Gastrointestinal weakness
  • Heavy head
  • Neuralgia
  • Epigastric distension
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Tension around pubic bone
  • Periumbilical pain
  • Urinary difficulty
  • T: Moist
  • C: White and slippery
  • P: Superficial and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Disperse Clumping
  • Harmonize the Shao Yang
  • Warm the Interior
  • Dispel Cold
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Acute epigastric pain
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Abdominal pain
  • Constipation or
  • Burning diarrhea
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Pounding temporal headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Chills
  • Low-grade fever
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Pain in the armpits
  • Unilateral pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium
  • Stiffness and spasms beside and below the umbilicus
  • Pain in the waist and legs
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy and white or Greasy and yellow
  • P: Deep, tight and wiry or Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize and Disperse the Shao Yang
  • Drain Internal Heat Retention
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Intermittent attacks of abdominal pain
  • Stifling sensation in the chest and epigastrium
  • A sensation of warmth in the chest and epigastrium
  • Irritability in the chest and epigastrium
  • Vomiting after eating
  • Extremely Cold extremities
  • Vomiting of roundworms
  • Incessant diarrhea
  • Hunger with no desire to eat
  • Vomiting immediately after eating
  • Heat in the Stomach with Cold in the Intestines
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Frequent urination
  • Anxiety
  • Abdominal pain (better with warmth and pressure)
  • Pain beneath the Heart
  • Borborygmus
  • Unquenchable thirst
  • Running piglet Qi
  • Pain and Heat in the Stomach
  • Discharge of small amounts of pus
  • Irritability
  • Recurrent nausea and vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Dry throat
  • Turbid urine
  • Polydipsia
  • T: Red or geographic or pale
  • C: White
  • P: Hidden or Wiry and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Internal organs
  • Warm the Middle Jiao
  • Warms the Intestines
  • Drains Heat
  • Replenishes Qi
  • Dispels parasites
  • Calms roundworms
  • Drains the Liver
  • Calms the Stomach
  • Promotes Blood circulation
  • Relieves pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cold extremities
  • Body hot and feverish due to lack of harmony of Liver Qi
  • Thirst
  • Abdominal distention
  • Fever
  • Dark yellow urine
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid and slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Reverse reversals
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Acute epigastric pain
  • Fever and chills, fever more pronounced or
  • Tidal fever
  • Fever unrelieved by sweating
  • Abdominal distention
  • Thirst
  • Sweating
  • Stifling sensation in the chest
  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Heaviness of the head and body
  • Muscle aches
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Severe diarrhea
  • Scanty urine
  • T: Red tip and edges
  • C: Greasy yellow
  • P: Floating, rapid and soft
Treatment Principle
  • Disperse Wind
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve Damp
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Thirst
  • Dry throat
  • Rib pain (doesn't like touch)
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Nausea/vomiting
  • Hypogastric pain and distension
  • T:  Red
  • C:  Yellow
  • P:  Rapid and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Relieve Gall Bladder Heat
  • Pacify The Liver and Gall Bladder
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
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Mild bleeding of dark, purplish Blood or, less commonly, red Blood preceding or following defecation or
  • Black, tarry, sticky stools or occult Blood discovered in testing
  • Intermittent dull abdominal pain, alleviated by pressure
  • Easily satiated
  • Nausea
  • Waxy, sallow or pale complexion
  • Anorexia
  • Fatigue
  • Weakness
  • Four limbs feel tired and heavy
  • Physical and mental exhaustion
  • Abdominal and epigastric distention after eating
  • Maybe acid regurgitation or vomiting
  • Loose or unformed stools or
  • Diarrhea
  • Shortness of breath
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • Dizziness
  • Light-headedness
  • Palpitations
  • Functional Uterine Bleeding
  • Purpura
  • Epistaxis
  • Hemafecia
  • Hematuria
  • Menorrhagia
  • Metrorrhagia
  • T: Pale and flabby - may have toothmarks
    With Blood Deficiency: Pale and thin
  • C: White
  • P: Thready and weak or Moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Benefit Qi
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic loose stools or diarrhea which may contain undigested food
  • The stools may be urgent
  • Early morning diarrhea
  • Dark, purplish or pale Blood preceding, following or
  • Black, tarry or Blood-streaked loose stools (the bleeding may also be occult)
  • Dull, persistent abdominal or epigastric cold-pain which improves with warmth and pressure
  • Sallow complexion
  • Anorexia (maybe with vomiting)
  • Four limbs feel tired and heavy
  • Abdominal and epigastric distention after eating
  • Maybe acid regurgitation or vomiting
  • Intolerance to Cold
  • Shortness of breath
  • Cold abdomen
  • Cold limbs
  • Feeling chilled
  • Frequent, clear urination
  • Mental fatigue
  • Weakness
  • Exhaustion
  • Maybe scanty urine with edema
  • Maybe clear, watery vaginal discharge
  • T: Pale, wet and swollen with toothmarks
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Deep and weak or Deep, weak and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Center
  • Dispel Cold
Herb Formulas
  • Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
  • Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang  modified
  • Li Zhong Tang
  • With relatively severe bleeding: Huang Tu Tang modified
  • With relatively mild bleeding: Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan modified
  • When the bleeding has stopped:
    Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang

    Si Jun Zi Tang
  • Chinese Patent Medicines:
    For Spleen Yang Deficiency with severe Cold: Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
    For Spleen Yang Deficiency: Li Zhong Wan
    For bleeding:
    Yun Nan Bai Yao
    Sheng Tian Qi Pian
  • Chinese Patent Medicines: Li Zhong Wan
    With severe Cold: Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
    With Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency and Phlegm-Damp: Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang
    With Food Stagnation: Zi Sheng Wan
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Anorexia
  • Loss of the sense of taste
  • Inability to eat more than a little at a time
  • Bloating after eating
  • Focal distention
  • Epigastric discomfort
  • Generalized weakness
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and soft
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen and harmonize the Spleen and Stomach
  • Resolve Dampness
  • Improve the appetite
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Slight clamoring in the Stomach which is worse when hungry and better after eating warm foods and worse after eating Cold or raw foods
  • Possible vomiting of clear water with a sour taste which is worse after eating Cold or raw foods
  • Abdominal distention after eating
  • Poor appetite
  • A bland taste or lack of taste in the mouth
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Shortness of breath
  • Occasional fevers
  • Dyspnea
  • Abdominal pain and spasms due to Cold
  • Pain is better with warmth and pressure
  • Pale face or a sallow, dull complexion
  • Fatigue
  • Weak limbs
  • Fidgeting
  • Lethargy
  • Dry mouth
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Frequent, clear urination
  • Loose stools or
  • Constipation
  • Cold extremities
  • Dry throat
  • Hematemesis
  • Irritability
  • Carbuncles
  • Palpitations
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Fever with a preference for hot drinks
  • Dry skin
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Minute, thready and weak or Deep and slow or Floating, large and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and tonify the Spleen and Stomach
  • Replenish Qi
  • Harmonize the Interior
  • Alleviate pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Epistaxis
  • Hemoptysis
  • Hematemesis
  • Bright red Blood
  • Sudden onset
  • T: Red
  • P: Rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Epigastric focal distention
  • Fullness and tightness with very slight or no pain
  • Dry heaves
  • Vomiting
  • Borborygmus D
  • Diarrhea
  • Anorexia
  • Stomach pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Subcardiac distention
  • Heartburn
  • Resistance below the Heart
  • Soft epigastrium
  • Nausea
  • Ascites
  • Gurgling sounds
  • T: Normal or with a red tip
  • C: Thin, yellow and greasy
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Wiry, tight and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Damp-Heat
  • Harmonizes the Stomach
  • Descends Rebellious Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Sallow complexion
  • Anorexia (maybe with vomiting)
  • Four limbs feel tired and heavy
  • Abdominal and epigastric distention after eating
  • Maybe acid regurgitation or vomiting
  • Loose stools or watery stools containing undigested food
  • Shortness of breath
  • Pain in the epigastrium with cold sensations (pain is relieved by warmth)
  • Cold limbs
  • A sallow complexion
  • Feeling chilled
  • Mental fatigue
  • Lassitude
  • Weakness
  • Maybe scanty urine with edema
  • Maybe clear, watery vaginal discharge
  • T: Pale and flabby - may have ethers
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Even or Soft and thready or Deep and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Center
  • Dispel Cold
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Diarrhea with undigested food
  • Aversion to Cold or
  • Daybreak (Cock Crow) diarrhea
  • Cold and stiff extremities
  • Back pain
  • Reduced appetite
  • Fullness in the epigastrium and abdomen (likes pressure)
  • Lack of thirst
  • Vomiting
  • Loose stools
  • Trismus
  • T: Pale, may be moist
  • C: White
  • P:Deep, slow and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and TonifY the Spleen, Stomach and Kidneys
  • Dispel Cold
  • Replenish Yang
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Indigestion
  • A sensation of oppression in the chest
  • Abdominal pain
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Postpartum abdominal fullness and distention
  • Abdominal fullness and distention with nausea and vomiting
  • T: Pale and swollen
  • C: Thick, white and greasy
  • P: Slippery and even or Slow or Moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen the Spleen and Stomach
  • Harmonize the Middle Jiao
Herb Formulas
Points

Clinical Manifestations
  • Epigastric and abdominal distention and fullness
  • Loss of appetite
  • Tired extremities
  • Loose stools or diarrhea
  • Abdominal pain
  • Flatulence
  • Vomiting of clear liquid
  • Leukorrhagia
  • Lethargy
  • T: Pale
  • C: White and slippery
  • P: Deep and wiry or Slippery and thready
Treatment Principle
  • Promote the movement of Qi
  • Eliminate fullness
  • Dry Dampness
  • Warm the Middle Jiao
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hiccup
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dry mouth
  • No appetite or
  • Famished but with no desire to eat
  • Abdominal distention after meals
  • Dry stools
  • Irritability with low grade fever
  • Maybe dry retching or
  • Thirst
  • Anxiety
  • T: Red
  • C: Little and dry
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Nourish the Stomach
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • No appetite or
  • Famished but with no desire to eat or
  • Indeterminate gnawing hunger
  • Persistent, dull, nagging epigastric pain
  • Heartburn
  • Morning nausea
  • Abdominal distention after meals
  • Black, sticky or tarry, dry stools
  • Irritability with low grade fever
  • Maybe dry retching or
  • Hiccups
  • Thirst
  • Dry skin, hair and mucous membranes
  • Tendency toward constipation or pellet-like stools
  • Facial flushing
  • Malar flush
  • Night sweats
  • Five-sole-Heat
  • With Kidney Yin Deficiency:
    Dizziness
    Tinnitus
    Low back and knee weakness and pain
  • T: Red or Slightly red with a peeled center or Red and dry
  • C: Little and dry or Peeled in the center or Shiny
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Clear Heat
  • Nourish the Stomach
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
  • Yu Nu Jian modified
  • Chinese Patent Medicines:
    With Stomach Qi and Yin Deficiency: Gu Ben Wan
    With marked Deficient Heat: Zhi Bai Ba Wei Wan
    With Stomach Qi and Yin Deficiency: Sheng Mai San Wan
    With Kidney Yin Deficiency: Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
    With bleeding:
    + Yun Nan Bai Yao
    + Sheng Tian Qi Pian
      
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Continuous pain in the Stomach
  • Epigastric fullness and distention
  • Likes pressure
  • Reduced appetite
  • Frequent belching
  • Loss of sensation of taste
  • Borborygmus
  • Pale face
  • Stools not solid
  • Urine clear and abundant
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Empty, Weak an Slow or Weak and Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and tonify the Spleen and Stomach
  • Replenish Qi
  • Harmonize the Interior
  • Alleviate pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Bleeding ulcer
  • Sharp, stabbing epigastric pain with fixed location
  • Pain is severe after eating
  • Dislike of pressure and heat on epigastrium
  • Pain predominates over distention or
  • Pain but no distention
  • Epigastric rumbling
  • Vomiting purple/black blood
  • Stools with blood like tar (melaena)
  • May be abdominal or epigastric lumps or masses
  • Abdominal or epigastric pain which may radiate upwards to the back or scapula
  • Poor appetite
  • Shortness of breath
  • Nausea
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Heart pain
  • Stomach pain
  • Hiccups
  • Stuffiness in chest
  • Constipation
  • Anorexia
  • T: T: Dark purple with purple spots or dots
  • C: Normal
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and tight or Wiry and choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Relieve Stasis
  • Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dark, purple Blood in the stools or
  • Black, tarry, sticky stools
  • Epigastric or abdominal distention
  • Burning Heat and pain in the epigastrium
  • Epigastric or abdominal distention
  • Dry mouth
  • 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
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Acid reflux
  • Heartburn
  • Belching
  • Toothache
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • 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 or Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear and Purge Stomach Fire
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • General signs and symptoms:
    Epigastrium cold with pain
    No thirst
  • Mild cases:
    Constant pain
  • Severe cases:
    Sudden bouts of sharp pain
    Pain is aggravated by Cold and pressure and relieved by warmth and hot drinks
    Cold hands and feet
  • Cold Penetrates the Stomach and Intestines:
    Pain is sudden and sharp
    Pain is relieved by warmth
    Nausea
    Diarrhea
    Loose stools
    T: Pink
    C: White
    P: Deep and tight or Wiry or Tight and slow
  • Retention of Fluid in the Stomach due to Cold:
    Pain is dull
    Pain is relieved by warmth
    Succussion sound in the epigastrium on palpation
    Vomiting of clear, watery fluid
    Hypersalivation
    T: Pink
    C: White and sticky
    P: Thready or Thready and slow
  • Stomach Deficiency with Stagnation of Cold:
    Pain is dull
    Pain is relieved by warmth and pressure
    Vomiting clear, watery fluid
    T: Pale
    C: Thin and white
    P: Deep and slow or Deep and thready
  • If accompanied by Wind-Cold Damp:
    Fever and chills
    Myalgia
    Headache
    P: Floating and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Stomach
  • Warm Cold
  • Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic epigastric discomfort
  • A sensation of blockage and distention in the epigastrium
  • Anorexia
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting or
  • Dry retching
  • Borborygmus
  • Diarrhea
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin, yellow and greasy
  • P: Soft and/or rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Regulate Qi
  • Descend Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Peptic ulcer
  • Hypertension
  • Vomiting immediately after eating
  • Indeterminate gnawing hunger
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Belching
  • May be epigastric pain
  • Dry heaves or spitting of clear fluids with vertex headache
  • Vomiting and diarrhea with cold hands and feet
  • Restlessness
  • Severe fidgeting
  • Irritability
  • So agitated, the patient wants to die
  • Habitual headache
  • Subcardiac distention
  • A feeling of fullness and distention in the chest and diaphragm
  • T: Pale
  • C: White and slippery
  • P: Slow and weak or Sinking or slow and thin or slow and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and tonify the Stomach and Liver
  • Descends Rebellious Qi
  • Alleviate pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Vomiting copious amounts of fresh, red Blood or dark, lumpy coffee ground like material
  • Epigastric and abdominal fullness, discomfort and pain
  • Frequent nausea
  • Anorexia
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Concentrated urine
  • A tendency toward constipation or
  • Sticky, black, tarry stools
  • T: Red
  • C: Thick, yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Soft and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Damp-Heat from the Stomach
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
  • Zhi Shi Dao Zhi Wan modified
  • Chinese Patent Medicines: Huang Lian Jie Du Wan
    With constipation: Niu Huang Qing Huo Wan
    With toxic Heat: Bei Jing Niu Huang Jie Du Pian
    For bleeding: +
    Sheng Tian Qi Pian
    Yun Nan Bai Yao
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Epigastric fullness, distention and pain with dislike of pressure
  • Chest and diaphragm oppression
  • Full, painful abdomen
  • A clamoring Stomach which gets better after vomiting
  • Belching with rotten food smell
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Detests food or
  • Vomits after eating
  • Vomiting sour, rotten food
  • Distention is reduced after vomiting
  • Unformed stools or
  • Knotted constipation or
  • Stools are hot and foul-smelling
  • Dislikes the smell of food
  • Diarrhea
  • Anorexia
  • Foul gas
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thick and greasy
  • P: Slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Food
  • Conduct Stagnation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Indigestion
  • Epigastric focal distention which is soft and not tender to the touch
  • Fullness and tightness with very slight or no pain
  • Dry heaves
  • Vomiting
  • Borborygmus
  • Diarrhea
  • Anorexia
  • Stomach pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Subcardiac distention
  • Heartburn
  • Resistance below the Heart
  • Soft epigastrium
  • Mild nausea in the morning
  • Ascites
  • Gurgling sounds
  • A tendency toward diarrhea or loose stools
  • T: Normal or with a red tip
  • C: Thin, yellow and greasy or mixed white and yellow
  • P:Soft, slippery, slightly wiry and rapid or Wiry and rapid or Wiry, tight and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Descend Rebellious Qi
  • Disperse clumping
  • Eliminate focal distention due to Cold and Heat factors
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • No appetite or
  • Famished but with no desire to eat
  • Dry lips and mouth
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • A clamoring Stomach
  • Acid regurgitation
  • A burning sensation in the epigastrium
  • Abdominal distention after meals
  • Dry stools
  • Constipation
  • Irritability with low grade fever
  • Maybe dry retching or
  • Hiccups
  • Vomiting
  • T: Red
  • C: Little and dry
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Nourish the Stomach
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic acid reflux, hyperacidity and heartburn
  • Symptoms may be worse in the evening and with stress
  • The patient may wake with symptoms during the night which may be temporarily relieved by eating
  • Mild, dull epigastric or hypochondriac pain or discomfort
  • Anorexia or
  • Intermittent gnawing hunger
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Dry stools or
  • Constipation
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready, wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish and supplement Liver and Stomach Yin
  • Regulate Qi
  • Descend Qi
  • Harmonize the Stomach
Herb Formulas
  • Yi Guan Jian  modified
  • Chinese Patent Medicines:
    Gu Ben Wan
    With Excess acid: Wei Te Ling (combine with any of the above)
    For symptomatic relief: Xiang Lian Wan (combine with any of the above)
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
  • Dispel noxious Heat and toxins from the Heart and Stomach
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Insomnia
  • Dream-disturbed sleep with unusual dreams
  • Wakes easily
  • Palpitations
  • Anxiety
  • Nervousness
  • Dizziness
  • Vertigo
  • Heavy or foggy headedness
  • Profuse white foamy sputum
  • Nausea/Vomiting
  • Restlessness
  • Easily startled
  • Indeterminate gnawing hunger
  • Seizures accompanied by copious sputum
  • Flushing up
  • Chest distention
  • Expectoration of yellow Phlegm
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Chills and fever
  • Abdominal distention
  • Frequent dark, scanty urine
  • Irritability
  • Depression
  • Slight thirst
  • Anorexia
  • Belching
  • Acid reflux
  • Unsatisfying bowel movements
  • T: Pink or Red tip or Red
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Wiry and rapid or Rolling and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear the Heart
  • Break through Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Palpitations
  • Insomnia
  • Much dreaming
  • Easily startled
  • Poor memory
  • Four limbs tired and lethargic
  • Loss of appetite
  • Distention and fullness of the epigastrium and abdomen
  • Loose stools
  • Sallow complexion
  • Copious, pale menses
  • Uterine bleeding or
  • Light menstrual flow or
  • Amenorrhea
  • T: Pale
  • P: Thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Reinforce and Benefit the Heart and Spleen
Herb Formulas
  • Gui Pi Tang modified
  • Chinese Patent Medicines:
    Gui Pi Wan
    With Cold or Spleen Yang Deficiency: Li Zhong Wan
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Lower abdominal pain radiating to the testicles
  • May be localized sensation of Cold
  • Menstrual pain and hardness
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Mobile abdominal masses
  • Swollen or distended testicles
  • Flank pain
  • Leukorrhea
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and slow or Wiry and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Promote Qi movement
  • Spread Liver Qi
  • Scatter Cold
  • Alleviate pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Dry throat
  • Bitter or sour taste in the mouth
  • Dizziness
  • Sensation of fullness in the chest and hypochondrium
  • Irritability
  • Heartburn
  • Chest distention
  • Difficulty taking deep breaths
  • Hardness beneath the Heart
  • Hypochondriac pain with pressure
  • Stress
  • Being downcast with no desire to eat
  • Anorexia
  • Vertigo
  • May be palpitations
  • Dysphoria
  • Retching
  • Abdominal pain
  • Stomach ache
  • Reduced appetite
  • Subcostal bloating
  • Depression
  • Amenorrhea
  • Tendency to diarrhea
  • Nervousness
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • May be urinary dysfunction
  • Restlessness
  • Sometimes fatigue
  • Nausea/vomiting (occasional)
  • Headaches (side of head)
  • Rib pain
  • Achiness
  • Ear infection
  • Hearing difficulty
  • Red eyes
  • Stiff shoulders
  • Throat pain
  • Hip pain
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Relieve the Liver
  • Harmonize the Liver and Spleen
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • Gas
  • Borborygmus
  • Diarrhea
  • Distention and pain in the sides or flanks
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Tendency to sigh
  • Melancholy
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Inappropriate anger
  • Irregular menses
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Breast distention and pain before and during menses
  • T: Pink
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Slippery and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Soothe the Liver
  • Invigorate the Spleen
Herb Formulas
  • Si Ni San  modified
  • Yue Ju Wan
  • Chai Hu Shu Gan Tang
  • With more severe Blood Deficiency: Hei Xiao Yao San
  • For chronic sluggish bowels or constipation: Liu Mo Tang
  • For Qi and Food Stagnation: Mu Xiang Shun Qi Wan
  • Chinese patent medicines:
    Chai Hu Shu Gan Wan
    Xiao Yao Wan
    For chronic sluggish bowels or constipation: Mu Xiang Shun Qi Wan
    For constipation: Chen Xiang Hua Qi Wan
    For Spleen Deficiency and Dampness: Xiang Sha Yang Wei Wan
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Stomach distention and pain which is worse with emotional upset
  • Distended pain in the lower abdomen
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Headache
  • Vertigo
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Dizziness
  • Frequent sighing
  • Epigastric pain and distention
  • Flatulence
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Fatigue
  • Anorexia
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Breast distention
  • Lassitude
  • Insomnia
  • Shoulder and back pain
  • Bilateral rib and flank pain
  • Tightness or fullness in the chest
  • Cold extremities
  • Pain in the arms and legs
  • Heaviness of the head
  • Night sweats
  • Bloating and pain at the umbilicus and abdomen
  • Diarrhea alternating with constipation
  • Five Sole heat
  • Palpitations
  • Malar flush
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Increased desire to sleep
  • Belching and burping
  • Poor appetite
  • A tendency to sigh
  • T: Dark with red edges
  • C:Thin white or yellow
  • P: Wiry and Deficient or Wiry, tight and Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Pacifies the Liver
  • Spreads Liver Qi
  • Harmonizes the Liver and Stomach
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Epigastric bleeding of dark, purplish or occasionally fresh, red Blood from the rectum
  • Epigastric pain
  • The bleeding and pain may be worse when emotionally upset or may appear premenstrually
  • Belching with acid regurgitation
  • Intermittent clamoring of the Stomach which is worse with emotional upset or stress
  • Chest oppression
  • Heartburn
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Anorexia
  • Epigastric, abdominal or hypochondriac, distention and/or pain
  • Distention and pain in the sides or flanks
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Tendency to sigh
  • Melancholy
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Inappropriate anger
  • Temporal and frontal headaches
  • Red, sore eyes
  • Facial flushing
  • A dry mouth
  • Thirst
  • Irregular menses
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Breast distention and pain before and during menses
  • A tendency toward constipation or
  • Alternating constipation and diarrhea
  • T: Red or Red edges or Red spots on the edges
  • C: Thin and yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Wiry, slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Soothe the Liver
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Clear Heat from the Liver and Stomach
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
  • Ahshi points, LI-4, LI-11, LIV-2, LIV-13, SP-10, ST-25, ST-44
  • PC-6, REN-12, SP-4, ST-34, ST-36
    For severe Heat in the Liver and Stomach: + GB-34, ST-44
    For burning pain in the Stomach: + ST-37
    For bleeding gums: + LI-3
    For swift digestion with rapid hungering: + SP-6
    For a poor appetite, Stomach glomus, vexatious Heat in the chest, a bitter taste, sliminess in the mouth, a thin, slimy, yellow tongue coat and a rapid pulse: + GB-43, ST-40
    For constipation: + SJ-6
    For Food Stagnation: + REN-21 or ST-21
    For enduring, recurrent Stomach distention and pain, lassitude and weakness due to Qi Deficiency: + UB-20, UB-21
    For heaviness pain or tension the solar plexus or diaphragmatic area: + REN-15
    For rib, flank and Stomach pain: + LIV-14
    For acid regurgitation or a sour taste in the mouth: + GB-24
    For frequent belching or hiccups: + UB-17
  • Ear: Stomach, Liver, Large Intestine, Subcortex, Shenmen
Clinical Manifestations
  • Intermittent chest, epigastric or hypogastric pain
  • Hernia pain
  • The pain is aggravated by ingestion of hot food or drink
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Irritability
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Spread Liver Qi
  • Soothe the Liver
  • Drain Heat
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Alleviate pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating fever and chills
  • Fullness in the chest and hypochondrium (with or without pain)
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Nausea
  • Continuous vomiting
  • Hard focal distension in the epigastrium
  • Fullness and pain in the epigastrium
  • Burning diarrhea or no bowel movement
  • Despondency
  • Slight fidgeting
  • Slight irritability
  • Headache
  • Constipation or discharge of fluids rectally
  • Tinnitus
  • Diminished hearing
  • Diminished vision
  • Red eyes
  • Manic behavior
  • Asthma
  • Mental instability
  • T: Normal or red
  • C: Yellow or Thick and yellow
  • P: Wiry and forceful or Wiry tight and forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonizes and Disperses the Shao Yang
  • Drains Internal Heat Retention
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Vomiting of fresh red or purple Blood or
  • Vomitus stained with Blood or
  • Vomitus containing Blood clots
  • Episodes will often be associated with stress or emotional turmoil
  • Hypochondriac distention and pain
  • Insomnia
  • Restlessness
  • Emotional problems
  • Irritability
  • Dream disturbed sleep
  • A quick temper
  • Pounding temporal headaches
  • Red, sore eyes
  • Chest pain
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • T: Deep red or Red edges
  • C: Yellow or None
  • P: Wiry and Rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Reduce Liver Fire
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness
  • Vertigo
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Insomnia
  • Dream-disturbed sleep with unusual dreams
  • Palpitations
  • Anxiety
  • Profuse white foamy sputum
  • Restlessness
  • Timidity
  • Indecisiveness
  • Indeterminate gnawing hunger
  • Seizures accompanied by copious sputum
  • Flushing up
  • Chest distention
  • Expectoration of yellow Phlegm
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Chills and fever
  • Abdominal distention
  • Frequent dark, scanty urine
  • Irritability
  • Depression
  • Slight thirst
  • Anorexia after serious illness
  • T: Pink or Red tip
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Regulate Qi
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Clear the Gall Bladder
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Dry Dampness
  • Dispel Heat
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hypochondriac and chest pain
  • Dry, parched mouth and throat
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Epigastric and abdominal distention
  • T: Red and dry
  • P: Thready and weak or Wiry and Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Enrich Kidney and Liver Yin
  • Spread Liver Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Epigastric pain
  • Chronic cough or
  • Dry cough
  • Insomnia
  • Night sweats
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Weakness
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fever
  • Irritability
  • T: Red and dry or Red and swollen
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Nourish Yin
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal masses which are visible when lying down
  • Piercing hypochondriac pain
  • Irritability
  • Indigestion
  • Constipation
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Amenorrhea
  • Chronic diarrhea
  • Daybreak diarrhea
  • Palpable abdominal masses
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Breast distention
  • Abdominal tumors
  • Hypochondriac distention
  • T: Purple with purple spots on the side
  • P: Wiry, choppy and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorates Blood
  • Dispels Blood Stasis
  • Moves Qi
  • Alleviates pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • May be preceded by prolonged or massive hemorrhaging
  • Clamoring in the Stomach, especially when it is empty which is better with food
  • A lusterless facial complexion
  • Fatigue
  • Loose stools
  • Poor appetite
  • Dizziness
  • Pale face
  • Pale lips
  • Weak voice
  • Shortness of breath
  • Reluctance to speak
  • Sweating with little or no exertion
  • Palpitations
  • Insomnia
  • Dry skin
  • Dry hair
  • Poor memory
  • Lassitude
  • Weakness
  • Scanty periods
  • T: Pale or Pale, thin and dry
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Weak or Thready and weak or Thin and choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen Qi
  • Nourish the Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Amnesia
  • Palpitations
  • Feverishness
  • Anorexia
  • Emaciation
  • Pale face
  • Insomnia
  • Dyspnea on mild exertion
  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of breath.
  • Weight loss
  • Dry skin
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry throat
  • Dry lips
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Irregular menstruation
  • May suddenly lose consciousness
  • Slack jaw
  • Restless at night
  • Lassitude
  • Tendency toward being frightened easily
  • Weakness
  • Sallow complexion
  • Dizziness
  • Tremors in the limbs
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Fever and severe chills
  • General debility
  • Mental instability
  • Coughing and gasping.
  • Night sweats
  • Amnesia.
  • Diarrhea
  • Turbid urine
  • Nocturnal emission
  • Impotence
  • Constipation
  • Feeble breathing.
  • Tired limbs.
  • T: Pale
  • C:White
  • P: Thready and weak or thready, rapid and weak or Deep and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Strengthen the Spleen and Lungs
  • Nourish the Heart
  • Calm the Shen
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Postpartum emaciation and weakness
  • Persistent, tight abdominal pain
  • Abdominal pain with spasms or radiates to back and waist
  • Cannot eat
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dyspnea
  • Pale face
  • Intermittent spasmodic abdominal pain which is better with Heat and pressure
  • Epigastric pain
  • Lusterless complexion
  • Fidgeting
  • Reduced appetite
  • Maybe low-grade fever
  • Palpitations
  • Irritability
  • Cold and sore extremities
  • Nonspecific discomfort
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Nocturnal emission
  • Five sole Heat
  • Debilitated constitution in children
  • Enuresis in children
  • Insomnia
  • Fatigue
  • Anemia
  • Bleeding
  • Abdominal weakness
  • Epistaxis
  • Habitual constipation
  • Maybe warm extremities
  • Night sweats
  • Tired limbs
  • Frequent urination
  • Night crying
  • Diarrhea in children
  • Habitual headache in children
  • Hernia pain in children
  • Chronic constipation
  • Purpura
  • Asthma
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Weak and slow or Thready, wiry and even or Thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and tonify the Spleen and Stomach
  • Relieve spasmodic pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Stomach pain that is fixed, stabbing and /or severe
  • Pan is worse with pressure
  • Dark complexion
  • Fixed, palpable masses
  • Bleeding with clots or dark, purplish-black Blood
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Dry skin
  • Blue, dark or purplish discoloration of skin in small or large areas,
  • Varicose and spider veins
  • 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
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Break up Stagnation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chest pain
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • Constipation
  • Cold feet
  • An aversion to Cold
  • Pale face
  • Fatigue
  • Headaches with heavy headedness
  • Abdominal weakness
  • Anorexia
  • T: Pale
  • C: Greasy, white
  • P: Weak or Weak and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Break up Stagnant Qi
  • Reduce accumulation
  • Descend Qi
  • Warm the Middle Jiao
  • Disperse Cold
  • Transform Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal pain with icy cold hands and feet
  • Extremities are cyanotic and difficult to warm up
  • P: Thready or Imperceptible
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the channels
  • Disperse Cold
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Unblock the channels
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • A clamoring Stomach
  • Cough with copious, dilute, white frothy or lumpy sputum
  • Chest and epigastric congestion
  • Chest and abdominal oppression
  • Palpitations
  • Headache
  • Pain and full feeling in chest
  • Dyspnea - worse lying down
  • Profuse Phlegm
  • Asthma
  • Throat rattle
  • \Reduced appetite
  • Maybe anorexia
  • Lassitude
  • Fatigue, especially after eating
  • Somnolence, especially after eating
  • Nausea / vomiting
  • Dizziness / vertigo
  • Shortness of breath
  • Wheezing
  • Acute attack of panting with high pitched sound and rapid exhalation
  • Head distention
  • Facial edema
  • Weak extremities
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thick, white and greasy or sticky
  • P: Slippery or Soft or Slippery and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Dry Dampness
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Regulate Qi
  • Harmonize the Middle Jiao
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Focal distention in the chest and epigastrium with or without nodules which is painful when pressed
  • Coughing up yellow, viscous sputum
  • Constipation
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • T: Normal
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and floating or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Expand the chest
  • Dissipate Stagnation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Swelling and pain
  • Maybe fever and chills
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin white or yellow
  • P: Rapid and forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Eliminate toxins
  • Reduce swelling
  • Activate Blood circulation
  • Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • General edema of the body and extremities
  • Dysuria
  • Oliguria
  • Orthopnea
  • Pitting edema
  • Dyspnea
  • Anorexia
  • Abdominal fullness and pain
  • T: Thick
  • C: White and thick
  • P: Slow or Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Stagnant Water
  • Dry Dampness
  • Eliminate water from the Lungs
  • Harmonize the Spleen
  • Relieve edema
  • Move Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Excruciating epigastric and abdominal pain to the point of not being able to to be touched
  • Gastric and Intestinal spasms
  • May be borborygmus.
  • Vomiting to the point of not being able to eat
  • Superficial skin pulsations throughout the abdomen
  • May be cold limbs
  • Strong sensation of Cold in the chest and epigastrium.
  • Severe pain in the head and feet
  • T: Pale or Dark purple
  • C: White and greasy or Slippery
  • P: Thin and tight or slow and wiry or Deep and thready or Hidden
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and tonify Middle Jiao Yang
  • Descend rebellious Qi
  • Relieve pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Lethargy
  • Anorexia
  • Maybe jaundice
  • No thirst or
  • Thirst with no desire to drink
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Afternoon fever
  • Body aches
  • A sallow complexion
  • Scanty urination
  • Diarrhea
  • Chest discomfort
  • Epigastric pain and distention
  • Dull appearance
  • Maybe disorientation
  • Loose stools
  • Maybe skin vesicles
  • Heavy extremities
  • T: Pink
  • C: Greasy and yellow
  • P: Soft and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve Damp and turbidity
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cold pain in the lower back and body
  • Sciatica
  • Copious urination
  • Extreme heavy sensation in the lower back
  • Absence of thirst
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep, thready and moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Warm Yang
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Dispel Cold
  • Eliminate Dampness
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Stifling sensation and irritability in the chest
  • Nausea with an urge to vomit
  • Abdominal pain
  • Fever with slight chills
  • Diarrhea
  • Vexation
  • Borborygmus
  • Thirst
  • T: Pink
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Regulate Cold and Heat
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Descend Rebellious Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Prolonged, nagging epigastric pain and distention
  • Patient tends to be overweight
  • Cough with sticky, yellow, difficult to expectorate sputum
  • Rapid breathing with a harsh voice
  • Restless fever
  • Sore throat
  • Constipation
  • Thirst with no desire to drink
  • Dry stools
  • Alternating constipation and diarrhea
  • Variable appetite
  • Mania
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dyspnea
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Chest and/or epigastric fullness
  • A heavy sensation in the body
  • Lethargy
  • Pain in the ribs
  • T: Scarlet
  • C: Yellow or Yellow and greasy or Yellow and smooth
  • P: Rapid and smooth or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve Phlegm
  • Soothe the Liver
  • Harmonize the Stomach
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Violent nausea and vomiting
  • Severe vomiting of Phlegm and/or thin fluids
  • Severe pain
  • Migrating and shooting pain throughout the upper and lower back
  • Chest pain
  • Precordial pain
  • T: Pale
  • C: Greasy and white
  • P: Deep and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Dry Dampness
  • Dissolve Phlegm
  • Regulate Qi
  • Subdue Rebellious Qi
  • Relieve pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Mild persistent uterine bleeding
  • Irregular menstruation (either early or late)
  • Prolonged menstruation
  • Skipped period
  • Metrorrhagia
  • Extended or continuous menstrual flow
  • Pain
  • Lower abdominal distention
  • Lower abdominal Cold
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Infertility
  • Dry lips
  • Dry mouth
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Pale complexion
  • Leukorrhea
  • Amenorrhea
  • Bleeding between periods
  • Low grade fever at dusk
  • Irritability
  • Five sole Heat
  • No desire to drink
  • Distending breast pain
  • Low back coldness and pain
  • Loose stools
  • Cold limbs
  • Aversion to Cold
  • T: Purple with petechiae
  • P: Thready and choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the menses
  • Regulate menstruation
  • Dispel Cold
  • Warm the channels
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Dispel Blood Stasis
Herb Formulas
Points