IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO BODY FLUIDS

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IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO BODY FLUIDS

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DEFICIENCY OF BODY FLUIDS

Clinical manifestations

Dry skin, mouth, nose, lips, throat, eyes, cracked lips, dry cough, hoarse voice, absence of sweating, scanty urination, dry stools, scanty periods.

Tongue Dry.

Lungs

Dry throat, dry cough, dry skin.

Stomach

Dry mouth, thirst with a desire to sip liquids, dry tongue.

Kidneys

Dry throat, dry skin, scanty urination.

Large Intestine

Liver

Dry eyes, dry skin, scanty periods.

OEDEMA

Clinical manifestations

Pitting oedema of the face, hands, abdomen, ankles or legs, a feeling of oppression of the chest, a feeling of heaviness of the body, scanty urination.

Tongue Swollen.

PHLEGM

The patterns caused by Phlegm are:

• Wind-Phlegm

• Phlegm-Heat

• Cold-Phlegm

• Damp-Phlegm

• Food-Phlegm

• Phlegm with Blood stasis

• Phlegm-Fluids

• Phlegm under the skin

• Phlegm in the channels

• Phlegm misting the Heart

• Phlegm in the joints

• Phlegm in the Gall-Bladder

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