Middle Jiao   中焦

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Pattern Names
Middle Jiao • 中焦 • Zhōng Jiāo
Classification
Category: 3 Jiao Syndrome: Middle Jiao
Symptoms
Tongue: Yang Ming Dry Heat (red tongue, dry yellow coat) • Damp Heat Invading Spleen (thick, greasy tongue)[Qiao] Pulse: Yang Ming Dry Heat (deep, forceful) • Damp Heat Invading Spleen (slippery)[Qiao]
Indications: LOCATION: from diaphragm to navell • SEVERITY: severe • ORGANS/CHANNELS: Stomach and Spleen• CLASSIFICATION: 1) Yang Ming Dry Heat 2)Damp Heat Invading Spleen • SYMPTOMS: 1)Yang Ming Dry Heat: Lhigh fever, thirst, constipation, red face, harsh breathing, abdominal pain, distention, red tongue, dry yellow coating, deep and forceful pulse 2) Damp Heat Invading Spleen: fever, lassitude, abdominal distention and bloating, nausea, dark scanty urine, heaviness of the body and limbs. Thick greasy tongue coating, and a slippery pulse [Qiao]
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