San Jiao Patterns

Wind Heat in Lungs (Wei Level) - Upper

Fever

Aversion to cold

Headache

Sore throat

Diaphoresis

Rhinorrhea - yellow discharge

Swollen tonsils

Body aches

Slight thirst

Tongue: red with thin white coat

Pulse: floating and rapid

Heat in Lungs (Qi level) - Upper

Fever

Sweating

Cough

SOB

Thirst

Feeling of chest oppression and pain

Tongue: red with yellow tongue coat

Pulse: full and rapid

Heat in Pericardium (Ying level) - Upper

High fever at night

Epigastric burning

Cold limbs

Delirium

Aphasia

Tongue: deep red and stiff, without coat

Pulse: thready and rapid

Yangming Heat (Qi level) - Middle

High fever worse in afternoon

No aversion to cold

Heat sensation

Intense thirst

Profuse sweating

Tongue: red, with yellow coat

Pulse: surging and rapid

Spleen Damp Heat (Qi Level) - MIddle

Fever

Epigastric fullness

Heaviness in body and head

Nausea and vomiting

Tongue: red with greasy yellow coat

Kidney Heat (Shaoyin heat) - Lower

Afternoon/evening fever

Five center heat

Dry mouth and throat

Night sweats

Deafness

Lassitude

Tongue: deep red with peeled coat

Pulse: floating and empty, rapid

Liver Heat Stirring Wind (Xue level heat) - Lower

High fever at night

Coma

Convulsions

Clenched teeth

Tongue: deep red with peeled coat

Pulse: wiry, rapid, thready

Liver Empty Wind (Xue level heat) - Lower

Low grade fever

Cold limbs

Dry and black teeth

Dry and cracked lips

Convulsions

Tremor

Tongue: deep red and peeled

Pulse: deep thready and rapid

Damp-Heat in Upper Jiao - Upper

Severe avs to cold,

mild/absent fever,

heavy head as if wrapped in towel,

heavy limbs & trunk,

stifled chest,

absent thirst,

dull facial expression, epigastric fullness/distention,

poor appetite,

borborygmus,

loose stool

T: shite sticky coat, P: soft slowing down

(3 Jiaos)

Damp-Heat in Middle Jiao - MIddle

Indistinct at first touch then pronounced / fever that recurs after being reduced by sweat,

fever more pronounced in afternoon,

heavy limbs & trunk, distention & fullness in chest & epigastrium,

nausea/vomit,

anorexia, thirst w desire for sips,

scanty dark urine,

loose hesitant stools,

T: sticky white coat & yellow tinge, P: soft rapid

(3 Jiaos)

Damp heat in lower jiao - Lower

retention of urine

thirst with desire to drink only a little

constipation

hardness and fullness in the lower abdomen

T sticky yellow or white coat

P soft Rapid