GONORRHEA

Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that can infect both men and women. It can cause infections in the genitals, rectum, and throat. It is a very common infection, especially among young people ages 15-24 years.
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Thirst
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Anorexia
  • Edema
  • Vomiting and diarrhea with water intake
  • Dysuria
  • Fullness and oppression in the chest and hypochondrium
  • Diarrhea
  • T: Pink
  • C: White
  • P: Superficial and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Exterior and the Interior
  • Relieve the Shao Yang
  • Dispel Water Accumulation
  • Resolve Phlegm Accumulation
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea
  • Prolapse of one or more organs
  • Sallow complexion
  • Anorexia
  • Four limbs feel tired and heavy
  • Abdominal and epigastric distention after eating
  • Maybe acid regurgitation or vomiting
  • Loose stools
  • Shortness of breath
  • T: Pale and flabby - may have teethmarks
  • C: White
  • P: Even or Soft and thready
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Benefit Qi
  • Reinforce the Center
  • Invigorate Yang
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea
  • Ulceration, erosion, and pain of mouth and tongue
  • Thirst with a desire for cold drinks
  • Irritability
  • Irascibility
  • Feeling of Heat and disturbance in the Heart
  • Insomnia
  • Flushed face
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • T: Red tip with ulcers especially on the tip
  • P: Excess and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Purge Fire
  • Calm the Shen
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic gonorrhea
  • 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
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea
  • 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
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting sour and bitter fluids
  • Anorexia
  • Maybe alternating chills and fever
  • Concentrated, dark urine
  • Abdominal distention
  • Women:
    Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell
    Pruritis vulvae
  • Men:
    Pain, swelling and burning sensations of testicles
  • T: Pink
  • 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
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic gonorrhea
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Watery stools with undigested food
  • Lower back pain
  • Weakness of the lower extremities
  • A cold sensation in the lower half of the body
  • Tenseness in the lower abdomen
  • Pain and cramps in the lower abdomen
  • Panting and irritability to the point of having difficulty lying down
  • Will breathe most comfortably while leaning against something
  • Nocturia
  • May be numbness in the lower abdomen
  • Urinary difficulty with edema or Spasmodic pain in the lower abdomen
  • Excessive urination
  • If severe, may be incontinence of urine
  • May have persistent diarrhea
  • Dizziness
  • Vertigo
  • Dysuria
  • May have flushed face (Yang floating upward)
  • Thirst with frequent, copious urination (Xiao Ke)
  • Fatigue (severe)
  • May have severe perspiration (Yang floating upward)
  • Constipation
  • Lassitude
  • Pale face
  • Edema of the face and feet
  • Severe edema of the legs (may prevent walking)
  • Maybe cough
  • Maybe asthma
  • T: Pale, may be swollen
  • C: Thin, white and moist
  • P: Deep, Deep and thready and/or Weak and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and Tonify Kidney Yang
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea
  • Frequent cloudy, milky urination
  • Maybe greasy urine
  • Thick, white vaginal discharge
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Sinking, slow and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Kidneys
  • Drain Dampness
  • Separate the turbid from the clear
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea
  • Lower abdominal distention and pain (usually on right)
  • Pain increases on pressure with rebound tenderness
  • Guarding of the abdominal musculature
  • Groin pain resembling urinary dysfunction without urinary difficulty
  • Groin pain relieved by flexing hip and knee
  • Groin pain intensified by extending hip
  • Perspiration
  • Irregular or intermittent fever followed by chills and perspiration
  • May be mass in lower right quadrant of abdomen
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Hard lumps
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thin, white or yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Tight or Wiry and tight or Tight and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Drain Heat
  • Break up Blood Stasis
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Disperse nodules
  • Reduce swelling
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea
  • Thin and profuse leukorrhea
  • Sallow complexion or
  • Dark and gloomy complexion
  • Pain of lower limbs
  • Lassitude
  • Lack of vitality
  • Weakness
  • Irregular circulation of channels
  • Failure to conceive for a long time
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • Soreness of waist
  • Pain in the lower back
  • Long-term or heavy menstrual bleeding
  • Painful menstruation which gets increasing worse
  • Pelvic pain during intercourse
  • Fullness and stuffiness in the hypochondriac region
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Shortness of breath
  • Difficult speech
  • Delayed menstrual cycle
  • Abdominal pain during menstruation
  • Abdominal Cold pain which can be relieved by warmth
  • Scanty menstruation
  • Dark in color
  • Blood masses or
  • Amenorrhea
  • Distending pain in the lower abdomen prior to or during menstruation which can be relieved by warmth
  • T: Pale
  • C: White or White and greasy fur
  • P: Weak or Deep and tense pulse or Thready and weak or Deep and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Reinforce the Kidney and Liver
  • Support Yang
  • Eliminate Cold
  • Warm the uterus
  • Regulate menstruation
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Invigorate the Blood
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea
  • Acute lower abdominal pain
  • Incontinence of urine
  • Night fevers
  • Delirious speech
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Thirst
  • May be mania (severe)
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Amenorrhea
  • Hard stool
  • Dark red complexion
  • Headache
  • Vertigo
  • Tinnitus
  • Insomnia
  • Palpitations
  • Constipation
  • Frequent urination
  • Emotional instability
  • Chills in the waist and feet
  • Afternoon fever
  • Tremors
  • Excruciating abdominal pain with cold
  • Black stool
  • May be chills and fever
  • Hemoptysis
  • Hematuria
  • Red eyes
  • Pain and distention of the head
  • Toothache
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Lochioschesis
  • Severe wheezing
  • Distention of the chest
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Deep and forceful or Choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Drain Heat
  • Break up Blood Stasis
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Dark, turbid, scanty, difficult urination or
  • Frequent, urgent and painful
  • Urination may be red
  • Maybe fever
  • Sores in mouth, on tongue or throat
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Maybe urinary retention (severe)
  • Maybe lower abdominal distention and pain (severe)
  • Thirst
  • Maybe total obstruction
  • Parched throat
  • Severe sore throat
  • Maybe anuria (severe)
  • Dribbling urination
  • May be profuse whitish, yellow vaginal discharge
  • Maybe be urinary calculi
  • Constipation
  • Eye redness and pain
  • Epistaxis
  • Distending lower back pain
  • Irritability
  • Scorched lips
  • T: Red
  • C: Thick, yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Smooth and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Purge Fire
  • Promote urination
  • Unblock painful urinary dysfunction
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gonorrhea
  • Profuse , red, yellow or white vaginal discharge
  • Itching sores
  • Abdomen is soft to the touch
  • Constipation
  • Pale complexion
  • Low back pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Slight anemia
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve toxicity
  • Dispel Dampness
  • Stop vaginal discharge
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Syphilitic sores
  • Chancre
  • Inguinal bubo
  • Syphilitic eruptions
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Relieve toxicity
  • Eliminate Dampness
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Dispel Blood Stasis
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