Liver patterns
These two pathogenic factors most affect the liver
What are wind and dampness?
Pain in the chest and arm are due to this is in the pericardium.
What is blood stasis?
Insomnia, dizziness, easy startling, a pale dry tongue, and a thin and choppy pulse are characteristic of this heart pattern.
What is heart blood deficiency?
fixed, stabbing, boring pain
What are the main characteristics of blood stasis?
This pulse always accompanies qi stagnation and pain.
What is a wiry pulse?
This liver pattern is characterized by a red tongue with red sides, a dry yellow coating, and a full-rapid-wiry pulse.
What is Liver fire blazing?
A pale thin and dry tongue and choppy fine pulse are associated with this pericardium pattern.
What is pericardium blood deficiency?
This pattern is associated with a thick sticky tongue coating, a slippery pulse, and incoherent speech.
What is phlegm misting the mind?
distention
What is the main characteristic of Qi stagnation?
Yang deficiency creates this type of pulse.
What is a deep/sinking, slow, thin pulse?
Fixed, stabbing, boring pain in the hypogastrium, a purple tongue, purple nails, and painful periods with dark clots are signs of this liver pattern.
What is liver blood stasis?
This pericardium pattern is always caused by emotional strain knotting the qi in the chest.
What is qi stagnation in the pericardium?
What is heart vessel obstruction?
What is heart blood stasis?
Pallor, dryness, dizziness, and memory loss.
What are the main characteristics of blood deficiency?
This pulse is also called a rolling pulse and it is associated with dampness.
What is a slippery pulse?
Throbbing headaches and a wiry pulse are enough to diagnose this liver pattern.
What is liver yang rising?
Palpitation, tightness of chest, thirst, bitter taste, and insomnia are signs of this pericardium pattern.
What is Pericardium fire?
This pattern is associated with manic depression.
What is phlegm fire harassing the heart?
Red eyes, red face, and bitter taste are basic characteristics of this pattern.
What are basic characteristics of fire?
This pattern is characterized by a pulse that is floating, thin, weak, and rapid.
What is a yin deficiency pulse?
Tremors, numbness, tingling, and dizziness are signs of this liver pattern.
What is liver wind?
3 characteristics of pericardium patterns that differentiate from heart patterns.
What are; protecting the heart from fever, involving the liver channel, and involving the lungs?
What is Heart yang collapse?
Night sweating, a malar flush, and a thin rapid pulse are basic characteristics of this pattern.
What are Yin Deficiency characteristics?
This pulse is slow, weak, and with irregularly skipped beats.
What is a knotted pulse?