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Table 5 Indicators of the Dampness-phlegm pattern (22)

From: Developing indicators of pattern identification in patients with stroke using traditional Korean medicine

Item

pattern indicator

headache

heavy -headedness

 

an unpleasant sensation with an urge to vomit and pain in the head

 

un-refreshed head

 

tightened feeling

 

headache in whole head

dizziness

severe and accompanied nausea and vomiting

facial complexion

dark face discoloration

 

black face with black eyelids

tinnitus

ringing in the ear strongly

mouth and lip

excessive saliva in the mouth

sputum

phlegm rale

 

sticky and yellow sputum

oppression in the chest

feeling of oppression in the chest

palpitation and fearful throbbing

palpitation with oppression

abdomen

sounds heard in abdominal diagnosis

skin

attachment sensation of derma

digestion

an unpleasant sensation with an urge to vomit

tongue

larger than normal tongue, pale in color and delicate, usually bearing dental indentations on the margin-enlarged tongue

 

a tongue with dental indentations on its margin: a-teeth -marked tongue

 

thick and yellow or white fur

purse

surging purse