compiled by Dan Bensky

SYMPTOMS

Pain

-- Localized

-- Immobile

-- Stabbing

Feverishness (usually low)

-- General

-- Localized

Pressure Sensations

-- Feelings of Fullness (especially in the lower abdomen)

-- Aversion to Pressure

Psychoemotional Disturbances

-- Mania

-- Anxiety

-- Absent--mindedness

-- Insomnia

Dry Mouth with or withoutThirst

Bowel Changes

-- "Lacquer--like" stool

-- Difficult bowel movements

Urine Changes

-- Excessive Urination (lower)

-- Decreased Urination (upper)

SIGNS

Tenderness

-- Localized

-- Immobile

-- Worse with Pressure

Masses

-- Fixed

-- Firm

Skin, Hair, and deeper

-- Dry (Circumscribed)

-- Scaly skin

-- Coarse hair

-- Stasis Spots

-- Subcutaneous Bleeding

-- Varicosities

Complexion

-- Lack of Lustre

-- Dark (qing) face and lips

-- "Crab--claw" Lines

-- Spots in Iris

Tongue

-- Darkness

-- Stasis Spots

-- Distended Veins

Pulse

-- Choppy, Wiry, or Similar (includes tight and submerged)

-- Generally Rough

-- Localized Changes