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SMALL INTESTINE IMBALANCES
2005-3-24 14:02:09

Full Heat in Small Intestine
TONGUE: red with redder and swollen tip, yellow coat
PULSE: rapid
SIGNS/SYMPTOMS: mental restlessness, tongue ulcers, throat pain, deafness, discomfort in the chest, sensation of heat in the chest, abdominal pain, thirst, scanty dark urine, painful urination, blood in the urine.
SOME COINCIDENT WESTERN MEDICINE DISEASES:
URI (upper respiratory infection), stomach or intestinal flu, acute intestinal blockage, bladder infection, urinary tract infection

Small Intestine Deficient and Cold
TONGUE: pale body, white coating PULSE: deep, slow, weak
SIGNS/SYMPTOMS: abdominal pain, desire for hot drinks and touch on the abdomen, diarrhea, pale and copious urination, borborygmus (audibly noisy stomach)
SOME COINCIDENT WESTERN MEDICINE DISEASES:
gastroenteritis, peptic ulcer, intestinal ulcer, indigestion

Small Intestine Qi Pain
TONGUE: white coat PULSE: deep, wiry
SIGNS/SYMPTOMS: lower abdominal twisting pain - can refer to back, abdominal distension, dislike of pressure on the abdomen, borborygmus (audibly noisy stomach), flatulence, testicular pain
SOME COINCIDENT WESTERN MEDICINE DISEASES:
appendicitis, acute intestinal blockage, .

Small Intestine Qi Tied
TONGUE: thick white coat PULSE: deep, wiry
SIGNS/SYMPTOMS: violent abdominal pain, dislike of touch on abdomen, constipation, vomiting, flatulence, borborygmus (audibly noisy stomach)

Worms in the Small Intestine
TONGUE: X PULSE: X
SIGNS/SYMPTOMS: abdominal distension, bad taste in the mouth, pale and dull complexion, vomiting, desire to eat strange things, itchy anus which is worse in the evening, cold limbs.
SOME COINCIDENT WESTERN MEDICINE DISEASES:
intestinal parasites


  

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