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Pattern Names |
Upper Jiao • 上焦 • Shàng Jiāo |
Classification |
Category: 3 Jiao |
Syndrome: Upper Jiao |
Symptoms |
Tongue: Wind Warmth (red tip with thin yellow coating) • Warm Heat to PC(stiff tongue with aphasia, deep red)[Qiao] |
Pulse: Wind Warmth (floating/rapid) • Warm Heat to PC()[Qiao] |
Indications: LOCATION: From throat to diaphragm • SEVERITY: early stage of warm disease • ORGANS/CHANNELS: Hand Taiyin Lung and hand Jueyin pericardium • CLASSIFICATION: 1) Wind Warmth: Heat phlegm accumulate in the Lung, Summer warm invade the Lung, Damp-warm invade the Lung 2) Warm heat transmit into pericardium • SYMPTOMS: 1)Wind Warmth: Fever, slight chills, cough, headache, sore throat, thirst, cough or harsh breathing, red tip of the tongue with thin yellow coating, floating and rapid pulse; 2) Warm heat transmit into Pericardium: high fever, irritability, delirium, loss of consciousness, stiff tongue with difficulty speaking, cold limbs, deep red tongue [Qiao]
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