Yin vacuity (general symptoms)

• False heat symptoms, which may be worse in the afternoon or evening, include thirst, rapid pulse, facial flush, warm palms, warm feet, warm chest, scanty-dark urine, lack of tongue coat, irritability, and night sweats
• Emaciation
• Dryness symptoms such as dry mouth, dry stools, and dry skin

Stomach yin vacuity

• General yin vacuity symptoms, plus lack of appetite, stomach pain, and feeling of fullness after eating

Liver yin vacuity

• General yin vacuity symptoms, plus dry eyes, dream-distributed sleep, insomnia, scanty menstruation, numbness in the extremities, and sallow complexion

Kidney yin vacuity

• General yin vacuity symptoms, plus vertigo, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, poor memory, low back pain, nocturnal emissions, and pain in the bones (especially the knees)

Lung yin vacuity

• General yin vacuity symptoms, plus unproductive cough, dry sticky sputum, and blood-tinged sputum

Yang vacuity (general symptoms)

• Cold symptoms, including cold limbs, aversion to cold, body aches, body stiffness, lack of thirst, bright-white complexion, white tongue coat, slow pulse, and a pale, swollen, and moist tongue body
• Low energy
• Loose stools

Kidney yang vacuity

• General yang vacuity symptoms, plus sore lower back, edema, weak knees, impotence, premature ejaculation, and clear urination

Spleen yang vacuity

• General yang vacuity symptoms, plus lack of appetite, abdominal distention after eating, and weakness in the extremities

Stomach yang vacuity

• General yang vacuity symptoms, plus discomfort in the stomach that is improved after eating warm foods, lack of appetite, and desire for warm foods and liquids

Liver yang repletion

• Anger or irritability, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, scanty menstruation, numbness in the extremities, sallow complexion, dry eyes, red tongue body, and also headache on the temples, eyes, or sides of the head

Upward rising heat

• Upward rising heat is usually due to the heat of liver yang repletion, stomach heat, or any type of yin vacuity. The symptoms are heat in the upper portion of the body, such as a red face or neck, headache, red tongue body, dry throat, and thirst

Stomach fire

• Burning sensation and pain in the stomach, thirst for cold drinks, strong hunger, bleeding gums, sour regurgitation, constipation, nausea, bad breadth, rapid pulse, red tongue body, and a thick yellow and dry tongue coat. If phlegm is involved, there may be less thirst, fullness in the stomach, mucus in the stools, and mental derangement

Qi vacuity (general symptoms)

• Weak voice, spontaneous sweating, lack of appetite, loose stools, fatigue, shortness of breadth, facial pallor, and a pale tongue

Lung qi vacuity

• General qi vacuity symptoms, plus cough, and a tendency to catch colds frequently

Kidney qi vacuity

• General qi vacuity symptoms, plus soreness of the lower back, clear and frequent urination, dribbling after urination, incontinence, night time urination, nocturnal emissions not associated with dreams, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, chronic vaginal discharge, asthma, and cold limbs

Heart qi vacuity

• General qi vacuity symptoms, plus palpitations

Spleen qi vacuity

• General qi vacuity symptoms, plus abdominal distention after eating and weak extremities

Qi stagnation (general symptoms)

• Feeling of distention, distended pain, abdominal masses, mental depression, irritability, mood swings, and sighing

Liver qi stagnation

• General qi stagnation symptoms, plus hiccup, irregular periods, painful periods, premenstrual tension, and premenstrual breast distention, if liver Qi invades the stomach, then also nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, sour regurgitation, diarrhea, and abdominal distention

Blood vacuity

• Sallow or pale complexion, poor memory, numbness in the extremities, blurred vision, insomnia, scanty menstrual periods, depression, dry skin, itchy skin, dry hair, and a pale tongue

Blood stagnation

• Purple lips and tongue, sharp, boring or stabbing pain, fixed masses, clotted menstrual blood, dark colored menstrual blood, and purple nails

Blood heat

• Feelings of heat, red eruptions on the skin, dry mouth, red tongue, and rapid pulse. Also excessive menstrual bleeding, epistaxis, bleeding gums, or other forms of bleeding

Phlegm accumulation (general symptoms)

• Sticky and greasy tongue coating, sputum, lumps under the skin, masses, numbness in the extremities, mental disease, gall stones or kidney sotnes, and arthritic bone deformities

Phlegm accumulation in the lungs

• General phelgm accumulation symptoms, plus cough, chest congestion, and sinus congestion

Damp heat (general symptoms)

• Infection, yellow discharge, fever, thirst without desire to drink, feeling of heaviness in the body, scanty urine, fast pulse, red tongue with a yellow and moist coat

Lung damp heat

• General damp heat symptoms, plus cough, yellow sputum, shortness of breath, asthma, and stuffy chest

Large intestine damp heat

• General damp heat symptoms, plus abdominal pain, diarrhea, burning in the anus, and mucus and blood in the stool

Liver damp heat

• General damp heat symptoms, plus fullness and pain in the chest and abdomen, jaundice, bitter taste in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, distention of the abdomen, vaginal discharge, and pain and swelling in the scrotum

Toxins (general symptoms)

• Green discharge from lesions, tissue decay, stench of tissue or discharge, fever, and fast pulse

Toxins in the large intestine

• General toxin symptoms plus symptoms of large intestine damp heat