diagnostic skills 1- lecture 2; dk 4

Blue-Green Complexion (青色)

What does a blue-green complexion generally indicate?

Cold syndrome, Qi stagnation, Blood stasis, pain, or convulsions because Blood fails to properly fill the vessels. 

What are the major pathological conditions associated with a blue-green complexion?

• Interior Cold

• Qi stagnation

• Blood stasis

• Pain

• Convulsions

• Interior Wind

Why does a blue-green complexion develop?

Blood does not adequately fill the blood vessels due to Cold syndrome, Qi stagnation, Blood stasis, pain, or convulsions.

Blue-green complexion over the entire face indicates what?

Interior Cold, pain, or Interior Wind.

Pale green beneath the eyes indicates what?

Liver Qi stagnation or Liver Blood deficiency.

Greenish cheeks indicate what?

Cold in the Liver channel or Liver Wind.

Green complexion with a red tinge indicates what?

Lesser Yang (Shaoyang) pattern.

Green complexion with red eyes indicates what?

Liver Fire.

Yellowish-green cheeks indicate what?

Phlegm with Liver Yang Rising.

Sudden appearance of a blue-green complexion indicates what?

pain

Green coloration on the nose indicates what?

Qi stagnation with abdominal pain.

Blue-green-purple complexion indicates what?

blood stasis

Dark reddish-green complexion indicates what?

Stagnant Liver Qi transforming into Heat.

Grass-like green complexion indicates what?

Collapse of Liver Qi.

White-bluish complexion indicates what?

cold or chronic pain

Dull-bluish complexion indicates what?

Heart Yang deficiency with Blood stasis.

Bluish complexion in children indicates what?

liver wind

Which blue-green complexion is associated with Liver Qi stagnation?

Pale green under the eyes.

Which blue-green complexion is associated with Liver Fire?

Green complexion with red eyes.

Which blue-green complexion is associated with Liver Yang Rising?

Yellowish-green cheeks.

Which blue-green complexion is associated with Shaoyang disease?

Green complexion with a red tinge.

Which blue-green complexion is associated with Blood stasis?

blue-green-purple

Which blue-green complexion is associated with Heart Yang deficiency?

Dull bluish complexion.

Which blue-green complexion is associated with acute pain?

Sudden appearance of blue-green color.

Which blue-green complexion is associated with abdominal pain?

Green nose.

Which blue-green complexion is associated with chronic pain?

White-bluish complexion.

Which blue-green complexion is associated with Liver Wind in children?

Bluish complexion.

Which blue-green complexion is associated with collapse of Liver Qi?

Grass-like green complexion.

A patient presents with a green complexion and red eyes. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Liver Fire

A patient presents with pale green discoloration beneath the eyes. What pattern should you suspect?

Liver Qi stagnation or Liver Blood deficiency

A patient presents with a dull bluish complexion. What pattern should you suspect?

Heart Yang deficiency with Blood stasis.

A patient suddenly develops a blue-green complexion during severe pain. What does this suggest?

Acute pain.

A patient has blue-green-purple facial discoloration. What is the most likely pattern?

Blood stasis.