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Pattern Names |
Tai Yin Disease • 太阴病 • Tài Yīn Bìng |
Classification |
Category: 6 Channels |
Syndrome: Tai Yin Disease |
Symptoms |
Tongue: Pale tongue, white coat |
Pulse: slow, deep and weak |
Indications: Abdominal fullness, vomiting, poor appetite, loose stools, abdominal pain relieved by warmth and pressure, cold limbs,
no desire to drink fluids, pale tongue with white coating, slow, deep and weak pulse. [Qiao]
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Keywords |
Abdominal pain and distention, loose stool, without thirst. [Qiao] |
Treatment |
Warm and tonify Middle Jiao |
Etiology |
Most external Yin. Pathogens can attack directly or transmitted from the three yang channels. This pattern is characterized by a preexisting Spleen Qi deficiency which further impairs the transformation and transportation process, and leads to the retention of cold damp.
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Notes |
ZANG FU equivalent: Spleen Yang deficiency with cold dampness [Qiao] |