Other TCVM Diagnostic Factors

Question 1

rapid pulse, red tongue

Answer 1

yin deficiency

Question 2

malodorous, wet discharge from ears

Answer 2

damp heat

Question 3

dandruff

Answer 3

blood deficiency (large flakes)
yin deficiency (small flakes)

Question 4

halitosis

Answer 4

excess heat

Question 5

What is Shuang Fu Mai

Answer 5

the common carotid artery

Question 6

the fact that lameness in a horse is better after exercise indicates

Answer 6

Qi and/or Blood stagnation

Question 7

polydipsia in a geriatric dog indicates

Answer 7

Yin deficiency (dog is hot and can’t cool itself down)

Question 8

Weak cough indicates

Answer 8

Lung Qi deficiency

Question 9

clear, long urination indicates

Answer 9

Kidney Yang Deficiency

Question 10

Red, short urination

Answer 10

excess heat

Yin deficiency

Question 11

Incontinence

Answer 11

KID Qi Deficiency

Question 12

red inflamed eyes

Answer 12

Liver heat

Question 13

Si-zhen or the 4 diagnostic methods are

Answer 13

Inspection
Hearing and Smelling
Inquiry
Palpation

Question 14

Chronic diarrhea, poor appetite, slow weak pulse, pale tongue

Answer 14

spleen Qi deficiency

Question 15

chronic dermatitis, smelly ears

Answer 15

LIV/GB damp heat

Question 16

“hot spots”, skin lesions, red tongue

Answer 16

Damp Heat

Question 17

Cold ears and feet, warm-seeking behavior, Fire personality, pale/purple tongue, DCM

Answer 17

Heart Yang Deficiency

Question 18

Anorexia, lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, weak pulse on right side

Answer 18

spleen qi deficiency

Question 19

Gathering place of all yang

Answer 19

head

Question 20

gathering place of all yin

Answer 20

chest

Question 21

causes of stagnant blood

Answer 21

cold
qi deficiency or stagnation
traumatic injury leading to blood accumulation

Question 22

dull or cloudy eyes

Answer 22

shen loss

Question 23

injected sclera and conjunctive with deep red blood vessels

Answer 23

heart heat

Question 24

pale conjunctiva

Answer 24

blood deficiency

Question 25

blepharitis, injected sclera, inflamed conjunctiva

Answer 25

liver heat or liver yang rising

Question 26

blepharospasm, squinting and drooping eyelids

Answer 26

spleen qi deficiency

Question 27

inherited cataracts

Answer 27

kidney jing deficiency

Question 28

hot ears

Answer 28

heat pattern | yin deficiency

Question 29

hot ears, nervous, easily frightened

Answer 29

heart heat | heart yin deficiency

Question 30

distended auricular blood vessels

Answer 30

exterior heat

Question 31

cold ears

Answer 31

cold patterns | yang deficiency

Question 32

inflamed ears or stinky, yeasty, waxy ears

Answer 32

gallbladder damp heat

Question 33

seeing with serous nasal discharge

Answer 33

wind cold pattern

Question 34

thick yellow mucus nasal discharge

Answer 34

lung heat

Question 35

depigmentation nasal planum

Answer 35

lung qi deficiency

Question 36

hyperkeratosis and crusting of nasal planum

Answer 36

lung heat

Question 37

dry or crusty nose

Answer 37

blood deficiency | lung yin deficiency

Question 38

acute nose bleed

Answer 38

trauma | excess heat

Question 39

chronic or dark nosebleed

Answer 39

Qi deficiency or local blood stagnation

Question 40

loud or course voice

Answer 40

excess pattern

Question 41

weak, quiet, hoarse voice

Answer 41

qi deficiency pattern

Question 42

chronic cough only at night

Answer 42

lung yin deficiency (lung and night are both yin)

Question 43

cough occurs during day

Answer 43

lung excess heat

Question 44

productive cough

Answer 44

damp cold | phlegm

Question 45

non-productive cough

Answer 45

yin deficiency