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I have a runny nose and the back of my head feels achy and stiff. My discharge is clear and I'm cold. I cough and sneeze sometimes too but I'm not thirsty nor do I have a fever. My tongue has a thin white coat. My pulse is floating and tight. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Wind Cold Invasion
I feel dizzy and fatigue and I have asthma. I hate the cold and I have shortness of breath even just going up the stairs. My tongue is pale with a thin white coat. What's my TCM diagnosis? What can it lead to?
Lung Qi deficiency can lead to Heart Qi Stagnation
I have a dry cough and my phlegm is hard to cough up. It's making me really thirsty and I have some chest pain. What is my TCM diagnosis? What's the cause?
Lung Dryness caused by Stomach Yin Deficiency
I have a sore throat and swollen tonsils. I have a runny nose and the mucus is yellow. I have an aversion to cold and my tongue has a thin white coat with red on the top and the sides. My pulse is floating and rapid. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Wind Heat Invasion

(Wei Qi warms so an impairment makes it susceptible to cold)
I am having a dry cough with blood tinged sputum. My mouth and throat are dry and I have night sweats sometimes. My tongue is red with cracks and my pulse is rapid and thready. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Lung Yin Deficiency
I have a sore throat and my runny nose has yellow sputum with some blood in it. I'm constipated and I have chest pain. I'm thirsty; my pulse is rapid and my tongue has a red body with a thin yellow coat.What is my TCM diagnosis?
Lung Heat (Fire)
I have a cough with frothy white sticky sputum. It's easy to expectorate and you can hear gurgling sounds in my chest. My cough is worse if I lay down. My tongue is pale with a white sticky coat and my pulse is slippery and floating. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Lung Phlegm Damp retention
My child has a barking cough and she's coughing up yellow foul smelling sputum. Pulse is rapid and slippery. What is my TCM diagnosis and what would the tongue look like?
Lung Phlegm Heat Obstruction. Tongue is red, swollen with a thick yellow coat.
I feel cold especially in my extremities. My sputum is white and watery. My tongue is swollen with a white sticky coat. My pulse is slow and slippery. What is my TCM diagnosis? What is a possible cause wrt organ pathology?
Cold Phlegm in Lung caused by Wind Cold Invasion
My head feels really heavy. I have a dry cough but it's really hard to cough up the sputum. My tonge is swollen with a stucky coat. My throat is dry. I am 65 years old and I've been a smoker for 30 years. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Dry Phlegm in Lung
My face and eyes suddenly swelled up. My urine is scanty but clear. I have a fever and a cough with mild shortness of breath. My pulse is floating and slippery. My tongue is sticky with a white coat. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Wind Water invasion
My head feels heavy and you can hear gurgling in my chest. I am coughing up white watery sputum. Lately my mind is foggy and I feel dizzy. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Phlegm fluids obstructing the Lungs
I have a cold sensation in the abdomen with pain and diarrhea. This came on this morning. My pulse is deep an wiry and my tongue has a thick white coat. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Cold invading the LI
I've been suffering from constipation and abdominal distention. I tend to be moody and irritable. My tongue is unremarkable and my pulse is wiry. What is my TCM diagnosis?
LI Qi Stagnation
I've been suffering from constipation and dizziness. My mouth and throat are dry and I'm not urinating a lot. My tongue is red and has no coat. My pulse is thready and thin. What is my TCM diagnosis?
LI dryness
I have abdominal pain with the urge to deficate but sometimes I can't. When I do have a bowl movement, it's diarrhea but has an offensive odor. I also see blood and mucus in my stool. I have a fever. This came on when I travelled to India. My pulse is rapid and slippery. My tongue is red with a yellow sticky coat. What is my TCM diagnosis?
LI Damp Heat
I have constipation and I feel that my anus burns. I hardly urinate but when I do it's dark yellow in colour. Sometimes my mouth burns too. My tongue is red with a yellow dry coat and my pulse is full and rapid. What is my TCM diagnosis?
LI Heat
I have a fever, I'm vomiting, I have constipation and a burning anus. I'm thirsty and my limbs are sweating. I am delirious and my tongue is red with a thick yellow dry coat and my pulse is deep, full and rapid. What is my TCM diagnosis?
LI Heat Obstruction
I have loose stools and dull abdominal pain. Borborygmi, pale urine, cold limbs. Tongue is pale, pulse is deep and weak. What is my TCM diagnosis? What's the cause wrt organ pathology?
LI Cold from Spleen Yang Def.
I have chronic diarrhea and hemorrhoids. I feel fatigue with every bowel movement and my appetite is gone. I feel better with an abdominal massage. I'm physically worked-out. My tongue is pale and my pulse is deep and weak. What is my TCM diagnosis?
LI Collapse
I have a hard time staying asleep and I dream a lot. My memory has dwindled and I'm anxious. I also feel my heart flutter at night. What is my TCM diagnosis? What are my tongue and pulse?
Heart Blood Deficiency
Tongue: pale, thin white coat
Pulse: weak and thready
I have a hoarse voice. I have palpitations and SOB when I climb the stairs to my appartment. I sweat randomly and I'm dizzy and my face is pale. My tongue has a thin white coat. My pulse is weak and empty. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Heart Qi Deficiency
I'm cold and I have a low hoarse voice. I'm tired and I have chest pains. I have palpitations on exertion. My pulse is weak and deep. My tongue is swollen with white coat. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Heart Yang Deficiency
I feel constrition in my chest. My lips are blue and the pain is stabbing going into my left shoulder. My heart is beating fast. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Heart Blood Stagnation. Call 911
I get a fever in the afternoon. My mouth is dry. I feel warm. I sweat at night. I have trouble falling asleep. What is my TCM diagnosis? What do my tongue and pulse look like?
Heart Yin Deficiency

Tongue: red body, little or no coat; red tip; bifurcated tip
Pulse: rapid and thready
I have a feeling of a lump in my throat. My heart beats fast and stress makes it worse. My chest feels heavy and I find myself sighing a lot. My appetite could be better. My body feels weak and cold. My tongue is slightly purple. Pulse is empty. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Heart Qi Stagnation
I have insomnia and I wake up with a bitter taste in my mouth. I'm very agitated and I have palpitations all the time. My tonue is red, with a red tip and has ulcers on it sometimes. My pulse is full and rapid. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Heart Fire
I am having palpitation with SOB. It's worse if I try to lay down. The pain is sharp and stabbing that radiates to the shoulder. I don't feel like talking and my lips and face are purple. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Heart Vessel Obstructed

(Angina)
I wake up with bitter taste in my mouth. I have a tendancy to hit people and other's don't seem to understand what I'm saying. Sometimes I have laughing fits and I get confused. My tongue is red with yellow sticky coat. Pulse is wiry and slippery. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Phlegm Fire Harrassing the Heart
I am very depressed. I don't like to talk to other people. There's a rattling sound in my throat. I'm have very low energy and sometimes I just sit there doing nothing. My tonue has a sticky coat and my pulse is slippery and slow. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Phlegm misting the mind
My throat is painful and I have difficulty hearing. My abdomen hurts and I have ulcers on my tongue. My urine has blood in it and it's painful to urinate. I'm thirsty for cold drinks. I'm restless and have an uncomfortable feeling in my chest.

Pulse is full and rapid. Tongue is red with a red tip and yellow coat.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Full Heat in SI

(Intersticial Cystitis)
I have gurgling sound in my stomach. My abdominal pain is twisting and is better by passing gas. I cannot tolerate any pressure on my abdomen. My tonuge has a white coat and my pulse is deep and wiry. What is my TCM diagnosis? What can this cause?
SI Qi Pain

(can cause LV Qi Stagnation)
I have diarrhea and I am urinating a lot. My abdomen hurts, you can hear gurgling and I like having abdominal massages. I prefer drinking hot tea. My tongue is pale with a white coat on the tongue. My pulse is slow and weak. What is my TCM diagnosis?
SI Deficient Cold
I am having severe abdominal pain. I cannot tolerate any pressure and my abdomen feels distended. On top of that I am constipated, I have a lot of gas and I am vomiting. My tongue has a thick white coat and my pulse is deep and wiry. What is my TCM diagnosis?
SI Qi Tied
I have fever at night. I'm mentally confused and I can't seem to make clear speech. Despite the fever, my hands and feet are cold. I have a full body rash. My tongue is red and has no coat. My pulse is thready and rapid. What is my TCM diagnosis? What can this diagnosis lead to?
Pericardium Heat. Can lead to Phlegm Fire Harassing the Heart
I am having stabbing pain in my chest that is radiating to my shoulder. On top of that I have painful periods with dark clots. My tongue is purple and my pulse is choppy. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Blood Stasis in Pericardium.

Call 911
I have loose stools and abdominal distention. I don't feel like eating and I feel fatigued. My tongue has thin white coat with scalloped edges. My pulse is weak. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Spleen Qi Deficiency
I have no appetite and I feel cold. I have diarrhea and my stomach feels distended especially after eating. It feels better with pressure. My tongue is pale and swollen and my pulse is weak, deep, slow. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Spleen Yang Deficiency
I have urgency and I urinate frequently. I have diarrhea and have a history of miscarriages. My tongue is pale with a thin and weak pulse. This came on from my job as a cashier. I have no appetite. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Spleen Qi Sinking
I have abdominal distention, pale tongue and a weak and thready pulse. I have a bit of blood in my urine and in my stool. My period is heavy. My appetite is poor. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Spleen Failing to Control Blood
I have no appetite and I am not thirsty. I have loose stools and a feeling of fullness and distention in abdomen. My pulse is slippery, my tongue has a white sticky coat. I have a white vaginal discharge. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Cold Damp invading the Spleen
I'm thirsty and hungy but no desire to drink or eat. I have a bitter taste in my mouth and my anus burns. I feel full and distended in the abdomen and my stools are loose and they smell bad. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Damp Heat invading the Spleen
I have a poor appetite, and abdominal distention that is worse after I eat. My stools are loose, I am fatigued and depressed. My period is scanty and I have insomnia. My tongue is pale with a thin dry coat and my pulse is choppy and thready. I am a vegetarian and my job is stressful.
Spleen Blood Deficiency
I have epigastric discomfort and I feel tired all the time. My legs feel weak and my stools are loose. My appetite is gone and I don't even taste my food like I used to. My tongue is pale and my pulse is empty. I wake up tired. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Stomach Qi Deficiency
I have nausea, vomiting, hiccups, and I belch a lot. I'm very worried about my job. My pulse is tight. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Stomach Qi Rebelling
I have a sudden pain in epigastrum and I cannot tolerate any pressure in abdomen. I feel cold and I vomit clear fluid. I prefer hot teas and cannot tolerate drinking anything cold or I'll vomit right away.

What is my TCM diagnosis? What do you expect my tongue and pulse to be?
Stomach Cold

Tongue: thick white coat
Pulse: slow, deep, tight
I'm vomiting and my breath smells really bad. I'm constipated and my epigastrum is burning. My gums are swollen, bleeding with ulcers. I have sour regurge, my appetite is still very good and I prefer to drink ice cold water. What is my TCM diagnosis? What do you expect my tongue and pulse to be?
Stomach Fire

Tongue: red, dry yellow coat
Pulse: rapid, full, deep
I want to eat all the time, I have constipation and I hiccup. I am thirsty and my mouth is dry. My pulse is rapid and thready. Tongue is red w/o coat. I feel fullness after I eat. I have felt this way since I've been eating late at night. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Stomach Yin Deficiency
I have severe stabbing pain in epigastrum. The pay is worse at night and worse with pressure. It's better with movement and worse with cold. My pulse is wiry and my tongue is purple in the centre. I have nausea and my vomit contains blood in it. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Stomach Blood Stagnation
I have fullness and pain in the epigstrum. I have sour regurgiation with a full and slippery pulse. My tongue ahs a thick white coat. My breath smells bad and I have insomnia. I'm losing a lot of weight because I can't stop vomiting up my food. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Food Retention in the Stomach
I'm belching, I have nausea and vomiting. I'm irritable. My pulse is wiry. My tongue is unremarkable. I have epigastric pain and it feels distended. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Stomach Qi Stagnation
My face hurts and I have a sticky taste in my mouth. I'm thirsty but don't feel like drinking. I'm congested with thick discharge. There's fullness and pain feeling in my epigastrum. Tongue is red with sticky yellow coat. Pulse is slippery and rapid.
Damp Heat in Stomach
I have migrating pain in hypochondriac. My menses are irregular and my libido is low. I have sour regurg and I vomit. I have nausea and distention. I have a bitter taste in my mouth and I tend to sigh a lot. I'm depressed and somtimes get really irritated. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Liver Qi Stagnation
I have a vertex headache. The pain is mainly behind my eyes. I have difficulty hearing and I'm constipated. I get angry and irritable easily which gives me a bleeding nose. I don't sleep well especially when I get nightmare.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Liver Fire Rising
I'm dizzy, I have dry eyes. I hear ringing in my ears and my nails are brittle. My period is scanty and I get nightmares at night. I feel weak in general and I hate driving at night because I can't see well. What is my TCM diagnosis?
Liver Blood Deficiency
I am dizzy, I have dry eyes and I have a hard time seeing at night. I have ringing in my years and night sweats. My tongue is red with no coat and my pulse is wiry and rapid.
What is my TCM diagnosis?
Liver Yin Deficiency
I have a vertex headache and vertigo. My memory isn't what it used to be and I have ringing in my ears. I'm easily angered with sore back and knees. I get palpitations and I dream a lot at night. My pulse is thready and rapid and my tongue is red.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Liver Yang Rising
I have painful periods with dark clotts. I have difficulty conceiving. I get bloody nose and my nails tend to be purple. My tongue is purple on the sides with a choppy pulse.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Liver Blood Stasis
I have loose stools with offensive odor. My body feels heavy and I have bitter taste in the mouth with a sensation of sticky. I have no appetite with nausea and vomiting. I am thirsty with no desire to drink. My pulse is rapid and slippery. my Tongue has a red body and a yellow sticky coat. I sometimes get vaginal itching. Sometimes I'm constipated. It's never really regular, you know.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Damp Heat in Liver and GB
I have pain in my testes sand scrotum. The pain is better with warmth and the pain is contracting. My tongue is pale with a thick white coat.
What is my TCM diagnosis?
Stagnation of Cold in Liver
I have an empty and churnign sensation in stomach. My breast feel distended, I have nausea and vomiting and I belch too. I'm sighing and I'm easily frustrated. My tongue has light purple centre.
What is my TCM diagnosis? What's my pulse like?
Rebellious Liver Qi

Wiry Pulse.
Tetanus, opisthotonos, convulsions, rigid neck, feel hot. tongue is red with thick yellow coat. pulse is strong and wiry.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Wind Agitation in Liver d/t extreme Heat Generating Wind
Hemiplagia, convulsions, sudden unconsciousness
difficulty speaking, and the eye is deviated. Dizziness is present, pulse is floating and rapid; tonuge is peeled red and deviated.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Wind Agitation in Liver d/t Liver Yang Rising Generating Wind.
Fat maldigetion, sticky coat on both sides of tongue, heavy sensation, nausea and vomiting, fullness and distention, hypochondriac pain, pulse is wiry and slippery; sticky taste in mouth.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Dampness in GB
Can't make decisions. I wake up early in the mornings, I am dizzy, I have floaters, I am timid and nervous.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
GB deficient Qi
Dizziness, tinnitus, night sweats. Insomnia and I dream a lot. Scanty periods. Tongue is cracked, dry, red. Pulse is rapid and thready. My lower back hurts and my knees are week.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Kidney Yin Deficiency
My back and knees are cold, I have edema in the legs, I have diarrhea every morning and I'm urinating a lot. I have an enlarged prostate and difficulty maintaining an erection. I'm dizzy.
What is my TCM diagnosis?

What are my pulse and tongue like?
Kidney Yang Deficiency

Pulse: deep, weak, slow
Tongue: pale, wet, flabby
Hx of infertility and weak sexual activity. My legs are weak and teeth are loose. I am not very bright and my hair started graying at the age of 25. My pulse is weak and thready.

What is my TCM diagnosis? What's my tongue like?
Kidney Essence Deficiency

Tongue: small
My face is pale. I have a Hx of miscarriages. I have sore back and knees. I have wet dreams and premature ejaculation. I can't hold my urine. I urinate all the time. My tongue is pale, my pulse is deep and weak.
What is my TCM diagnosis?
Kidney Qi Not Firm
My face has become swollen. I have asthma and cough. I have SOB worse after I climb stairs and I have difficulty breathing. I have sore back and knees. My legs feel cold after I sweat. My pulse is tight, deep and weak. My tongue is pale.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Kidney Failing to Receive Qi
My legs and ankle are always swollen. They also feel cold. My abdomen is full and distended and my lower back hurts. I don't urinate a lot but it's clear. I have cough and asthma and SOB on exertion.
What is my TCM diagnosis?
Kidney Yang Deficiency: Water over flowing
My sex drive is insatiable. I have lood in my urine, my mind is racing, i have nocturnal emissions with dreams.
What is my TCM diagnosis?
Kidney Yin Deficiency: Empty Heat Blazing
Burning on urination which makes it difficult. I have frequency and urgency. Urin is yellow and turbid adn has blood in it. Feels like sand in the urin. I'm thirsty and have a fever. My lower abdomen feels distended and I have back pain.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
What do my tongue and pulse look like?
Damp Heat in UB

Tongue: red, sticky yellow coat
Pulse: rapid and slippery
Heaviness feeling in hyopgastrum and urethra. My urin stops mid stream. I have frequency and urgency. My pulse is slippery and wiry. My tongue has a white sticky coat.

What is my TCM diagnosis?
Damp Cold in UB
Frequent and copious pale urine. low back ache, cold feeling. dizziness. white urethral discharge. incontinence. pulse is deep, weak and slow. tongue is wet and pale.
Deficiency and Cold in UB