INTESTINAL TUBERCULOSIS

Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever and chills
  • Maybe fever only
  • Achiness
  • Anhidrosis
  • Headache
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Edema
  • Thirst
  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Fidgeting
  • Constipation
  • Sometimes dry achy eyes
  • T: Normal or red
  • C: Yellow or white
  • P: Floating and tight or rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Expel Wind
  • Disperse Cold
  • Cool Heat
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Constipation characterized by only clear, watery fluids upon defecation or
  • Green, watery foul-smelling diarrhea
  • Altered consciousness
  • Delirium
  • Severe cases:
    Carphology
    Hallucinations
    Grabbing the air
    Loss of consciousness with frigid, contracted extremities
  • Epigastric and abdominal hardness and pain
  • Abdominal pain that is worse with pressure
  • Thirst
  • Fever
  • A dry mouth and tongue
  • Shortness of breath
  • Low energy
  • A weak voice
  • T: Variable
  • C: Dry and yellow or Dry and black
  • P: Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Promote defecation
  • Tonify Qi and Blood
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Protracted, incessant cough
  • Expectoration of copious, clear, watery or white Phlegm
  • Short, weak, breathing
  • Asthma
  • Four limbs tired
  • Anorexia
  • General lassitude
  • Distention and pain of the epigastrium and abdomen
  • Loose stools
  • Severe cases:
    Frightens easily
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Reinforce the Spleen
  • Benefit the Lungs
  • Warm and transform Phlegm-Dampness
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry stools
  • Knotted constipation or bowel movements once a day
  • Difficulty passing stools
  • Dizziness
  • Bad breath
  • Mouth and throat dry
  • T: Red
  • C: Little
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Lubricate the Intestines
  • Relieve constipation
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Sallow complexion
  • Fatigue
  • 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, forceless and deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Benefit Qi
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Edema in limbs, especially lower limbs
  • Maybe anasarca
  • Maybe abdominal distention
  • Loose stools
  • Physical and mental fatigue
  • T: Pale
  • C: White and moist
  • P: Soft and even
Treatment Principle
  • Warm Yang
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Benefit Qi
  • Move water
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Constipation or
  • Chronic red and white dysentery or chronic diarrhea with pus and Blood in the stool
  • Abdominal pain which is relieved by warmth
  • Epigastric rigidity
  • Cold extremities
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Center
  • Dispel Cold
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Milky, turbid spermatorrhea
  • Listlessness
  • Fatigue
  • A shiny, white complexion
  • Anorexia or
  • Increased food intake
  • Restlessness
  • Vaginal discharge
  • Diarrhea
  • Dryness of the external ears
  • Dizziness
  • Enuresis
  • Copious urination
  • Thirst
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Lumbago
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and frail
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify the Kidneys
  • Stabilize Jing
  • Stop leakage
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Drain Dampness
  • Benefit the Heart
  • Calm the Shen
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Body cold
  • Limbs icy
  • Complexion white and shiny
  • Low back, knees and abdomen feel cold and painful
  • Lower abdomen feels cold and painful
  • Loose stools containing undigested food
  • “Cock-crow” diarrhea (occurs at about 5 am)
  • Edema of face and limbs
  • Dysuria
  • Severe:
    Abdominal ascites
  • T: Pale, moist and swollen
  • C: Thin and white or White and greasy
  • P: Deep, thready, weak and maybe slow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and Reinforce the Spleen and Kidneys
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Facial complexion pale and sallow
  • Both cheeks slightly red
  • Dizziness
  • Dry eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Spots before the eyes
  • Numbness of limbs
  • Flaccid paralysis (Wei syndrome), weakness
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Forgetfulness
  • Low back and knees sore and painful
  • Throat dry and painful
  • Five sole Heat
  • Low-grade fever
  • Night sweats
  • Irritability
  • Insomnia
  • Stools difficult to pass
  • Constipation
  • Men:
    Spermatorrhea
  • Women:
    Irregular menses or
    Scanty menses or
    Amenorrhea
    Vaginal discharge
  • T: Red
  • C: None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish and Reinforce the Liver and Kidneys
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Vomiting immediately after eating
  • Vomiting of saliva and undigested food
  • Vomiting with constipation (severe)
  • Chest pain (severe)
  • Emaciation with dry skin (severe)
  • Loss of appetite, especially for meat
  • Stomach distention
  • A sensation of obstruction in the throat
  • Diminished saliva
  • Maybe fever due to pulmonary infection
  • Maybe aortic erosion
  • Liquids or semi-solids are sustained
  • Dizziness
  • Dry muscles and skin
  • Definite obstruction between the pharynx and diaphragm
  • Hard stools
  • Dull pain
  • Burning pain
  • A rancid taste in the mouth
  • Precordial discomfort
  • Constipation
  • A pale complexion
  • Pale nails
  • Pale lips
  • Maybe severe coughing
  • Maybe aspiration of Fluids
  • T: Normal or Cyanotic or Red or Pale
  • C: Little or Non
  • P: Weak and choppy or Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Dispel Blood Stasis
  • Clear Heat
  • Cool the Blood
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Ascites
  • Heaviness in the body and head
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Warming the abdomen makes it better
  • Edema of the extremities (usually not pitting)
  • Scanty urination
  • Loose stools or
  • Diarrhea
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy and white
  • P: Soft and moderate or Wiry and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Transform Dampness
  • Drain Fluids
  • Warm Yang
  • Disperse Cold
Herb Formulas
  • Shi Pi Yin modified
  • Chinese Patent Medicines: Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
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Clinical Manifestations
  • No desire to eat or drink
  • Diarrhea
  • Abdominal pain
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Belching with a rotten or sour smell
  • T: Pale and thick
  • C: Greasy or Turbid
  • P: Weak and soggy
Treatment Principle
  • Augment the Spleen
  • Transform Dampness
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Dispel Food Stagnation
  • Relieve diarrhea and vomiting
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Palpable masses that may or may not be painful
  • Lower abdominal pain without palpable masses
  • Lower abdominal distention
  • Lower back pain
  • Lower abdominal distention during menstruation
  • Frequent menstruation (3-5 timer per month)
  • Spotting
  • Dark purple menstrual Blood (usually with clots)
  • Abnormal uterine bleeding with abdominal soreness and pain
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Depression
  • Cold extremities
  • White vaginal discharge
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Activate the Blood
  • Promote the movement of Qi
  • Dispel Blood Stasis
  • Unblock the collaterals
  • Unblock painful obstruction
  • Alleviate pain
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