Symptoms & Indications for Mini Formula Modifications

general exhaustion with profuse sweating
shallow breathing, dry mouth, thirst
weak lungs with chronic cough
shallow breathing or shortness of breath
T: pale red, thin dry coat
P: fine & empty
or empty & rapid
or large w/o root

depression, anxiety, restlessness, hysteria, obsessive thought patterns, difficulty making decisions, feeling overwhelmed, palpitations, insomnia, dry mouth, dry cough, wheezing

P: feeble
T: little coating

hot flashes, depression, anxiety, restlessness, hysteria, obsessive thought patterns, difficulty making decisions, feeling overwhelmed, palpitations, insomnia, dry mouth, dry cough, wheezing

P: feeble, possibly rapid
T: little coating

cramping, numbness, and/or pain esp. in lower abdomen

P: possible wiry/rapid but never forceful and full
T: white coating

general signs of liver & kidney yin deficiency (dry parched mouth & throat, dizziness, blurred vision, insomnia, vivid dreaming, hot flashes, soreness/weakness of knees/lower back, atrophy of lower extremities, vaginal dryness, thinning of vaginal tissues, inability to orgasm, premature greying, loss of libido, spermatorrhea

T: red, little/no coat
P: fine and weak

distention, fullness or pain in abdomen/epigastrium, poor appetite, sticky & bland taste in the mouth, little/no thirst, belching of sour liquids, nausea or vomit, loose stools, heavy extremities, inflexible/painful joints, general fatigue with frequent desire to nap

T: thick white sticky coating
P: moderate

obvious phlegm signs - productive cough, stuffy feeling in chest & diaphragm region, nausea & vomiting, heavy extremities, dizziness, palpitations, obesity

T: white and moist coat
P: slippery

stuffy feeling in chest, pain in chest (if severe, may radiate to back), asthmatic breathing, coughing with expectoration of phlegm, shortness of breath, discomfort when lying down, typically obese

T: white, greasy coating
P: sunken & wiry or tight

cough with dull pain or heavy feeling in chest, expectoration of green or yellow mucus, dry mouth & throat but no desire to drink, sensation of fullness and restlessness, poss low grade fever, asthmatic breathing with inability to lay down

T: red with yellow, greasy coat
P: slippery, poss rapid

cough with thick, colorful phlegm, coughing of bloody sputum, dry mouth, restlessness, dizziness, tinnitus, easily angered

T: red
P: slippery, poss rapid

coughing with asthmatic breathing

T: whitish coating
P: slippery

bloating, diaphragm congestion

T: whitish coating
P: slippery

general signs of damp heat - anal itching, jock itch, weeping skin conditions in groin, dark/turbid urine, vaginal discharge with yellowish color and strong odor

T: greasy yellowish coat
P: soggy/slippery

leucorrhea, candidiasis, eczema, herpes

no appetite, bloating and focal distention in the epigastrium & abdomen, abdominal pain

asthma

acute bronchitis, pneumonia, walking pneumonia, whooping cough, tonsillitis, ear infection, gastritis, duodenal ulcer, vaginal infections, venereal disease

pulmonary abscess, bronchitis, pneumonia, whopping cough, sinusitis, eye diseases caused by upflaring heat

angina pectoris in patients with coronary heart disease, cardiac asthma, intercostal neuralgia, dysphagia (including cancer of esophagus or stomach), chronic cholecystitis, fibrocystic breasts, plum pit (globus hystericus, non-suppurative chondritis

vomiting, car sickness, morning sickness, hangover, headache, diarrhea, chronic gastritis, chronic persisting hepatitis, aural vertigo, teeth grinding, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, acute asthma in children, stroke, leukorrhea, insomnia, sleepiness, epilepsy, mental diseases, enlarged thyroid

gastroenteritis, gastritis, gastrointestinal neurosis, indigestion, hyperchlorosis, hiccuping, acute diarrhea in children, narcolepsy, whooping cough, retention of dead fetus or placenta, induce labor, umbilical infection, cancer of mucus membrane of mouth

menopausal syndrome, metrorrhagia, amenorrhea, leukorrhea, high blood pressure, neurasthenia, chronic hepatitis, atrophic rhinitis

all kinds of intense pain, muscle/nerve spasm, gastrointestinal cramping and pain, traumatic injuries, acute infections, diabetes, skin diseases, restless leg syndrome, facial spasm, stubborn hiccups, pancreatitis, sore gums, chronic pain due to injury of lumbar vertebrae, ulcers, eczema, urticaria, trigeminal neuralgia....

depression, anxiety, insomnia, PMS, menopause, asthma

low energy due to qi and yin deficiency, pulmonary tuberculosis, pulmonary heart disease, chronic bronchitis, arrhthmia, angina pectoris, low blood pressure, acute myocardiac infarction, cardiogenic shock, congestive heart failure, rheumatic heart disease, encephalitis B, infectious mononucleosis, nervous exhaustion, iron deficiency anemia

for stifling sensation in the chest, pneumonia, recalcitrant lung disease with congealed phlegm in the lung. or phlegm in chest as in sensation of heart disease. pulmonary heart disease.

cough accompanied by dull pain or heavy feeling in the chest, expectoration of yellow/green mucus (or drainage of thick mucus from sinuses), dry mouth & throat but no desire to drink, sensatin of fullness & restlessness; possibly low-grade fever, or asthmatic breathing with inability to lay down