Patterns Syndromes 1

1. Chronic Low Back Pain 2. Weakness

1. Exterior pathogen fights antipathogenic Qi 2. Both pathogen and antipathogen too weak to defeat one another.

1. Release the Exterior 2. Expel pathogenic factors.

Worsening of disease- aggravation

Location of the present location of disease

1. Fever or chills BUT NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY 2. Deep pulse 3. ABN tongue coating

Heat

1. Transmission of exterior pathogen to interior 2. Direct invasion of interior bypassing superficial region.

Heat and Cold exist simultaneously

1. Emotional 2. Diet 3. Overexertion

1. Yellow tongue coating 2. Sweating/Thirst 3. Rapid Excess pulse

1. Large amounts of sticky, warm, salty, sweat 2. Scanty or no urine 3. Red dry tongue 4. Thready rapid deficient pulse

1. Nausea 2. Vomiting

Pulse is forceful

1. Poor appetite 2. Loose stools 3. Weak limbs.

Cold

1. Thready, rapid or superficial deficient rapid pulse 2. Red tongue with no coating.

1. Night sweating 2. Thready rapid superficial deficient rapid pulse 3. Red tongue with NO coating 4. Low grade fever.

Alleviation of Disease

Strong response by the antipathogenic qi and pathogen

1. SIMULTANEOUS CHILLS AND FEVER 2. Superficial pulse 3. Acute onset 4. Thin white tongue coating.

1. Rapid excess pulse 2. Red tongue with thick yellow coating.

1. Cough 2. Wheezing.

1. High fever 2. Surging, rapid pulse 3. Change to pale face 4. Deep, weak pulse.

Presence and relative strength of pathogenic factor and antipathogenic qi.

1. Red tongue with yellow dry coating 2. Rapid pulse.

1. Pathogenic factors invade the superficial region of the body ruled by the LU 2. Channel Syndromes where pathogenic factors invade and obstruct the superficial channels and collaterals.