They are red, hot, dry and overactive. Heat symptoms include fever, skin rashes, fast pulse, delirium and irritability. Damp symptoms act like dampness. They are wet, heavy, slow and often recalcitrant. Damp symptoms include turbid and sticky discharges, lethargy and edema.
Dry symptoms act like dryness.
They are dry and brittle. Dry symptoms include constipation, dry mucus membranes and dry skin. Fire symptoms act like fire. They are very hot, intense and dry. Fire symptoms include high fever, acute infection and any intense heat sign.