Table 4 Indicators of the Fire-heat pattern (31)
Item | pattern indicator |
|---|---|
headache | radiating headache(both temporal region and parietal region) |
| Â | severe and seems to be bursting |
| Â | hot head |
| Â | headache with anger |
| Â | severe and sudden headache |
| Â | seems to break and to be bursting |
dizziness | severe and accompanied nausea and vomiting |
facial complexion | reddened complexion |
eye's abnormal condition | red eyes |
tinnitus | ringing in the ear strongly |
tongue and mouth | bitter taste and thirst in the mouth |
| Â | aphta and tongue sores |
| Â | fetid mouth odor |
sputum | sticky and yellow sputum |
oppression in the chest | heat vexation in the chest |
palpitation and fearful throbbing | palpitation quickly |
| Â | palpitation with oppression |
abdomen | tenderness and fever in abdominal diagnosis |
skin | burning skin sensation |
palm and sole | vexing heat in the extremities |
digestion | feeling full and feeling gastric reflux in stomach |
| Â | excessive appetite with increased food intake and recurrence of hunger sensation shortly after eating |
feces | hardened feces difficult to evacuate |
urine | reddish urine and does not come out easily |
sleeping | inability to sleep well due to fever and oppression |
sweating | profuse sweating with fever: sweating when having fever |
tongue | red tongue |
| Â | a tongue with thorn-like protrusions on its surface |
| Â | thick and yellow fur |
| Â | dry and black fur |
purse | surging and rapid purse |