Caused by Cold Pathogenic Factor or diminished vital function, marked by intolerance to cold, fondness for warmth, loose bowels, pale tongue with white coating, slow pulse, etc. Marked by cold and pain over the stomach, anorexia, abdominal fullness, belching, vomiting thin fluid, diarrhea, lassitude and cold limbs. Symptoms include heaviness in the limbs, headache as if the head were tightly bound, fullness in the chest, joint pains and swelling, diarrhea, abdominal fullness, sallow face, edema of the lower limbs, turbid discharges, etc. A combination of Dampness and Heat which produces varying symptoms depending on the part of the body affected. Symptoms include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, bitter taste and stickiness in the mouth, heaviness of the body and limbs, fullness of the chest, lassitude, jaundice, loose stools or diarrhea with blood or mucus, offensive odor of stools, burning in anus, scanty yellow urine, abdominal pain and distension, eczema, swelling and burning pain in the testes, yellow foul-smelling leukorrhea, frequent and urgency of urination, burning pain in the urethra, dribbling urination, turbid deep yellow urine.
Pulse is rapid, tongue is red with a sticky, yellow coating.
Tongue is dry with little or no coating, pulse is weak and thready. Caused by a deficiency of Yin, symptoms include afternoon or low grade fever, malar flush, dry mouth, insomnia with mental restlessness, anxiety, feverish sensations in the palms and soles, night sweats, constipation, concentrated urine, etc. Tongue is red with little coating, pulse is rapid, thready, and empty. One of the Six Pathogenic Factors which prevails in autumn or in dry climates, causes consumption of body fluids with symptoms such as red eyes, dry nose and throat, dry cough, dry skin, constipation, reduced urination, etc. Also an internal condition caused by impairment of Yin.