Liver patterns
Pericardium patterns
Heart Patterns
Basic characteristics
Pulses
100

These two pathogenic factors most affect the liver

What are wind and dampness?

100

Pain in the chest and arm are due to this is in the pericardium.

What is blood stasis?

100

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?

100

fixed, stabbing, boring pain

What are the main characteristics of blood stasis?

100

This pulse always accompanies qi stagnation and pain.

What is a wiry pulse?

200

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?

200

A pale thin and dry tongue and choppy fine pulse are associated with this pericardium pattern.

What is pericardium blood deficiency?

200

This pattern is associated with a thick sticky tongue coating, a slippery pulse, and incoherent speech.

What is phlegm misting the mind?

200

distention

What is the main characteristic of Qi stagnation?

200

Yang deficiency creates this type of pulse.

What is a deep/sinking, slow, thin pulse?

300

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?

300

This pericardium pattern is always caused by emotional strain knotting the qi in the chest.

What is qi stagnation in the pericardium?

300
These two heart patterns are always accompanied by chest pain.

What is heart vessel obstruction?

What is heart blood stasis?

300

Pallor, dryness, dizziness, and memory loss.

What are the main characteristics of blood deficiency?

300

This pulse is also called a rolling pulse and it is associated with dampness.

What is a slippery pulse?

400

Throbbing headaches and a wiry pulse are enough to diagnose this liver pattern.

What is liver yang rising?

400

Palpitation, tightness of chest, thirst, bitter taste, and insomnia are signs of this pericardium pattern.

What is Pericardium fire?

400

This pattern is associated with manic depression.

What is phlegm fire harassing the heart?

400

Red eyes, red face, and bitter taste are basic characteristics of this pattern.

What are basic characteristics of fire?

400

This pattern is characterized by a pulse that is floating, thin, weak, and rapid.

What is a yin deficiency pulse?

500

Tremors, numbness, tingling, and dizziness are signs of this liver pattern.

What is liver wind?

500

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?

500
This pattern corresponds to cardiac infarction.

What is Heart yang collapse?

500

Night sweating, a malar flush, and a thin rapid pulse are basic characteristics of this pattern.

What are Yin Deficiency characteristics?

500

This pulse is slow, weak, and with irregularly skipped beats.

What is a knotted pulse?