Diagnostic patterns | Items |
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Diagnostic pattern 1 | Â |
Stagnation of Qi and blood | Pain: distended, stabbing abdominal pain before or during the period aggravated by pressure. |
Menstruation: dark purplish in color, clotty and hesitant or scanty in flow, pain relieved after clots discharged. | |
Accompanying symptoms: distending in breasts, mood swings. | |
Tongue: purplish. | |
Pulse: wiry. | |
Diagnostic pattern 2 | Pain: distended, stabbing abdominal pain before or during the period, favorably to warmth, lower back pain. |
Retention of cold-damp coagulation | |
Menstruation: dark purplish in color, clotty and hesitant in flow, pain relieved after clots discharged. | |
Accompanying symptoms: distending in breasts, mood swings, and aversion to cold. | |
Tongue: pale and white greasy tongue coating. | |
Pulse: deep and slow. |