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Symptoms (for reference only)

Abdominal bloating or fullness
Abdominal discomfort
Abdominal distention and cramping
Abdominal Heaviness
Abdominal Pain
Abdominal rumbling
Acid reflux or belching
Alternating chills and fever
Anal discomfort
Anemia
Anger outbursts
Anxiety
Atopic eczema
Back and Neck Pain
Bad breath
Bad Urination
Belching
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Bitter taste in mouth
Bitter taste in the mouth
Bladder discomfort
Bleeding gums
Bloating and Abdominal Distension
Bloating and fullness after meals
Bloating and gas
Bloating or Tightness
Blood in stool or in urine
Blurry vision
Bodily heaviness
Body Aches
Body heat
Bone and Muscle Pain
Bone Fractures
Bone soreness
Bone Weakness and Joint Pain
Borborygmi
Brain Fog
Breast Tenderness
Brittle Fingernails
Brittle Nails
Burning or painful urination
Burning urination
Calcification of soft tissues
Catching easy Colds
Chest oppression
Chest or rib-side discomfort
Chest tightness
Chronic asthmatic wheezing
Chronic cough
Chronic dry, weak cough
Chronic Fatigue
Chronic joint pain
Chronic Joint Pain and Stiffness
Chronic pain after injury
Chronic tiredness
Cognitive Decline
Cognitive issues
Cold hands and feet
Cold Sensation
Cold sensation in lower abdomen or lower back
Concentration problems
Cough
Cough triggered by cold air, talking and laughing
Cough with phlegm
Cough with thick, yellow or green phlegm
Cough with white or clear phlegm
Cough worsened when lying down
Dark menstrual Blood
Decreased physical endurance
Delayed or irregular periods
Delayed Puberty
Delayed recovery
Dementia
Dementia Prevention
Depression
Diarrhea
Difficulty Swallowing
Difficulty Urination
Difficulty walking
Digestive Irregularity
Digestive Issues
Digestive sluggishness
Disturbed sleep patterns
Dizziness
Dizziness and lightheadedness
Dribbling or hesitant urination
Dry Cough
Dry Mouth and Thirst
Dry mouth and throat
Dry or Tickle Cough
Dry or tired eyes
Dry Skin
Dry Stools
Dysentery
Early satiety
Easy bleeding
Easy bruising
Emotion digestion
Emotional Disturbances
Emotional outbursts
Emotional stress
Emotional Tension
Epigastric and/or esophageal burning pain
Excess Androgenic Symptoms
Facial Deviation
Facial flushing
Failure to Thrive
Fatigue
Fatigue after eating
Fatigue and exhaustion
Fatigue and Lethargy
Fever and sore throat
Fingers pain
Focus
Food Intolerance
Food sensitivity
Forgetful
Forgetfulness or poor memory
Frequent bleeding from minor cuts
Frequent illnesses or weakened immunity
Frequent or Recurrent Infections
Frequent sighing
Frequent Urinary
Frequent Urination
Frustration
Fullness or Oppression in the Chest and Epigastrium
Gas or Bowel sounds
General Inflammation and Swelling
General lethargy
General Weakness
Growth Retardation
Hair Loss
Hangover‑type discomfort after alcohol
Hard to fall a sleep
Head pressure
Headache
Hearing loss
Heart palpitation
Heartburn
Heat symptoms
Heaviness or Foggy Sensation in the Head
Heaviness or tension in the muscles
Heavy menstrual bleeding
Hemiplegia
Hives/urticaria
Hoarseness
Hormonal Imbalance
Hot Flashes
Hypochondriac pain
Impaired Wound Healing
Impotence and Seminal Loss
Increased Histamine
Infertility
Inflamed Skin
Infrequent bowel movements
Insomnia
Irregular or scanty menstruation
Irritability
Itching
Jaw clenching
Joint and muscle injuries
Joint Fatigue
Joint pain aggravated by cold/damp exposure
Joint Pain and Discomfort
Joint Pain and Inflammation
Joint Pain and Swelling
Joint stiffness
Kidney problems
Lack of Taste
Lingering pain after trauma
Lingering sore throat or mild cough
Loose or Sluggish Stools
Loose Stools
Loss of Appetite
Loss of appetite or increased appetite
Loss of Height
Low Energy
Low Libido
Low Stamina
Lower Abdominal Fullness or Pain
Lower Back and Knees Weakness
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS)
Memory loss
Menstrual cramps
Menstrual Disorders
Menstrual pain
Mental exhaustion
Mental fatigue
Mild Asthma
Mild Constipation
Mild Fever
Mild wheezing
Mood Disturbances
Mood Issues
Mood swings
Mood swings with a tendency toward depression
Motion Sickness
Muscle cramps, spasms, or twitching
Muscle pain
Muscle Soreness and Tightness
Muscle tension
Muscle twitches, tremors, spasms, or cramps
Muscle weakness
Nasal congestion
Nausea
Neck stiffness
Nervousness with over-active startle reflex
Neurological symptoms
Night sweats
Nocturia
Noisy Digestion
Nosebleeds
Numbness or tingling
Oral Ulcers
Organ Prolapse
Overheated
Pain in the night
Pain in the upperbody
Pain or discomfort after childbirth
Pain that worsens with inactivity
Pain with pressure
Pain Worse in Different Weather
Painful urination
Pale Complexion
Pale or dull complexion
Palpitations or fluttering heartbeat
Persistent nasal congestion
Phlegm
Phlegm presentation
Phlegm-Related Symptoms
Plum-Pit Qi
PMS Symptoms
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Symptoms
Poor Appetite
Poor Circulation
Poor Focus
Poor gastrointestinal function
Poor Memory
Poor night vision
Poor Nutrient Absorption
Poor sleep, possible palpitations
Poor Strength
Post-illness Exhaustion
Post-Illness Recovery
Post-infectious lung weakness
Post-injury slow recovery
Post-meal Fatigue or Heaviness
Post-traumatic pain
Postpartum pain or retained blood
Postpartum Weakness
Premenstrual breast distention and pain
Premenstrual tension
Radiating nerve pain
Receding Gums and Dental Issues
Recurrent Intestinal Infections
Red Cheeks
Red Eyes
Red face
Reduced sleep at night
Reproductive Issues
Restlessness
Rib-side distention
Sensation of heat or pressure in the lower abdomen or bladder
Sensitivity to stimuli
Sensory Dysfunction
Sexual dysfunction
Sexual Weakness
Sharp, fixed pain in the lower abdomen
Shortness of Breath
Signs of Aging
Sinus Pressure
Skin Changes
Skin problems
Sleeplessness
Slow Healing
Sluggish digestive function
Sluggishness
Small blood clots beneath fingernails of toenails
Small Joint pain
Sore Throat
Speech Difficulties
Spontaneus Sweating
Sticky or Foul-smelling stools
Stooped Posture or Kyphosis
Stress
Sweating
Swollen Joints
Swollen Lymph
Swollen or painful glands
Thick phlegm
Throat Clearing
Throat itch or irritation
Throat Oppression
Tightness in the face or scalp
Tinnitus
Tremors
Trouble sleeping
Unexplained weight gain
Urinary Discomfort
Urinary frequency
Urinary pain or discomfort
Urinary Tract Irritation
Vertigo
Vexation
Vexation and agitation
Vivid dreams
Vomiting
Warmth in the palms, soles, and chest
Weak bones or teeth
Weak Immune System
Weak voice
Weaker Grip Strength
Weakness and Lethargy
Weight Loss

TCM constitutions

Aging-related Yang decline
Alcohol‑Dampness Obstructing the Middle
All types
Balanced
Bladder Fire Blazing
Bladder Gasification Dysfunction
Blood Deficiency
Blood deficiency affecting the bowels
Blood deficiency with Blood stasis
Blood Deficiency with Empty Heat
Blood Deficiency with Mild Stagnation
Blood Deficiency with Shen Disturbance (Xue Xu Rao Shen)
Blood Heat with Wind-Dryness
Blood Lin (mild stage)
Blood Stagnation
Blood stasis below the diaphragm
Blood Stasis Following Trauma or Injury
Blood Stasis in the Channels and Collaterals
Blood Stasis in the Chest and Upper Body
Blood Stasis in the Head and Orifices
Blood stasis in the lower abdomen
Blood Stasis Obstructing the Heart Orifices
Blood Stasis Obstructing the Lower Collaterals
Blood Statis
Chong and Ren channel obstruction
Chong and Ren Disharmony from Deficient Qi–Blood–Jing
Chronic cold-type Bi syndrome
Cold accumulation in the uterus
Cold congealing in the Blood
Cold Damp invading the Spleen and Stomach
Cold in Spleen and Stomach
Cold in the Chong and Ren channels
Cold-Heat Complex in the Middle Jiao
Cold-Induced Blood Stagnation
Cold-induced menstrual disorders
Cold-Type Bi Syndrome
Cold-type dysmenorrhea
Cold-type Facial Paralysis
Cold-type infertility
Cold‑Damp Obstruction of Channels
Constrained Liver Qi Disturbing the Shen
Damp turbidity accumulation
Damp-Heat
Damp-Heat and Toxicity in the Lower Burner
Damp-Heat Bi Syndrome in the Lower Extremities
Damp-Heat Causing Flaccidity and Weakness of the Lower Limbs
Damp-Heat in the Bladder
Damp-Heat in the Bladder (Re Lin)
Damp-Heat in the Lower Burner with Spleen Deficiency
Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao
Damp-Heat in the Stomach and Spleen
Damp-Heat obstructing the Middle Burner
Damp-Heat Pouring Downward into the Lower Burner
Damp-Heat Stagnation in the Meridians
Damp‑Heat in Stomach and Spleen
Damp‑Heat in the Liver Channel / Lower Jiao
Damp‑Heat in the Lower Burner
Damp‑Heat Lin Syndrome
Dampness Accumulation
Dampness in Middle Jiao
Dampness in the Intestines from Spleen Deficiency
Dampness Obstructing the Middle Jiao
Deficiency Heat (Xu Re)
Deficiency Heat Disturbing the Shen
Deficiency Heat from chronic Blood deficiency
Deficient Mingmen Fire
Deficient-type constipation
Delayed gastric emptying
Delayed Recovery from Illness
Disharmony between Liver and Heart
Disharmony between Liver and Spleen
Disharmony between Liver and Stomach
Disharmony between Qi and Blood
Disharmony of Gallbladder and Stomach Qi
Disruption of clear Yang ascent
Dryness irritating the Lungs
Emotional tension due to fluid depletion
Excess‑type Yang / Heat constitution
Exterior Deficiency
External Wind invasion of the Taiyang and Shaoyang channels
External Wind-Cold with Internal Dampness
Eye Disorders
Fluid Depletion
Food stagnation
Food Stagnation with Dampness
Functional Dyspepsia
Head Blood Stasis
Head Trauma
Heart and Kidney Disharmony (Xin Shen Bu Jiao)
Heart and Kidney Yin Disconnection from Yin Deficiency Root
Heart Blood Deficiency
Heart Blood Deficiency with Spirit Unrest (Xin Xue Xu, Shen Bu An)
Heart Qi and Yin Deficiency
Heart Qi Deficiency
Heart Yin Deficiency (Xin Yin Xu)
Heart–Liver Blood Deficiency with Emotional Lability
Heart–Liver Blood/Yin Deficiency Disturbing the Shen
Heart–Spleen Disharmony with Shen Unsettled
Heart–Spleen Qi and Blood Deficiency
Heat deficiency
Heat Toxin Accumulation
Hormonal Dysregulation
Impaired circulation after trauma or surgery
Indigestion from overeating
Insufficient Essence (Jing)
Internal Damp-Heat (contraindicated)
Internal Fire Affecting Fluid Metabolism
Internal Wind stirring
Intestinal dryness due to Yin deficiency
Jing (Essence) Deficiency
Kidney Essence Deficiency
Kidney Qi Deficiency
Kidney Qi Not Firm with Damp‑Heat
Kidney Yang Deficiency
Kidney Yin Deficiency (Shen Yin Xu)
Kidney Yin Deficiency with Empty Heat
Kidney Yin Deficiency with Essence Depletion
Kidney Yin Deficiency with Heat Agitation
Kidney Yin or Yang Deficiency
Liver and Gallbladder Damp‑Heat
Liver and Gallbladder Damp‑Heat with Liver Fire
Liver and Heart Blood Deficiency with Deficiency Heat
Liver and Heart Yin-Blood Deficiency with Empty Fire (Gan Xin Yin Xue Xu, Xu Huo Shang Rao)
Liver and Kidney Deficiency
Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency
Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with Empty Heat
Liver and Spleen Disharmony with Heat
Liver Blood Deficiency (Gan Xue Xu)
Liver Blood Deficiency with Qi Constraint
Liver Blood Stagnation
Liver Blood Stagnation from Deficiency with Spirit Agitation
Liver Blood/Yin Deficiency with Deficiency Heat
Liver Constraint with Blood Deficiency
Liver Depression
Liver Fire Disturbing the Heart (Gan Huo Rao Xin)
Liver Fire disturbing the Spirit
Liver Fire Flaring Up
Liver Fire Rising
Liver heat and internal wind
Liver invading the Spleen
Liver Overacting on Spleen with Dampness
Liver Qi and Blood Stagnation Affecting the Uterus
Liver Qi constraint leading to Blood stagnation
Liver Qi Constraint on a Deficient Background
Liver Qi constraint with internal Heat
Liver Qi Constraint with Shen Disturbance
Liver Qi constraint with underlying deficiency
Liver Qi Stagnation
Liver Qi Stagnation Affecting the Intestines
Liver Qi Stagnation Causing Digestive Blockage
Liver Qi Stagnation Invading the Spleen
Liver Qi Stagnation turning into Fire
Liver Qi Stagnation turning into Heat/Fire
Liver Qi Stagnation with Blood Deficiency Affecting the Chong and Ren
Liver Qi Stagnation with Blood Stasis
Liver Qi Stagnation with Emotional Constraint
Liver Qi stagnation with Heat
Liver Qi Stagnation with Menstrual Heat
Liver Qi Stagnation with Phlegm Binding the Throat
Liver Qi Stagnation with Spleen Deficiency
Liver Qi Stagnation with Spleen Deficiency and Blood Deficiency
Liver Qi Stagnation with Underlying Qi Deficiency
Liver Stagnation with Emotional Constraint
Liver Yang Rising
Liver Yin Deficiency
Liver Yin Deficiency with constrained Liver Qi
Liver Yin or fluid deficiency
Liver-Spleen Disharmony
Liver–Heart Qi/Blood Disharmony
Liver–Kidney Essence Deficiency with Musculoskeletal Weakness
Liver–Spleen Disharmony Affecting the Middle Jiao
Liver–Spleen Disharmony with Painful Diarrhea
Liver–Stomach Disharmony with Phlegm and Rebellious Qi
Lower Burner Dampness with Heat
Lower Burner Deficiency
Lower Jiao Heat Toxin Accumulation
Lung dryness from Liver deficiency
Lung Heat Cough with Dryness
Lung Qi and Yin Deficiency
Lung Qi Constraint with Phlegm
Lung Qi Deficiency
Lung Qi rebellion
Lung Yin Deficiency
Lung Yin Deficiency with Dryness and Heat
Lung-Kidney Yin Deficiency Pattern
Lung–Kidney Yin Deficiency with Empty Heat
Metabolic Damp-Heat Accumulation
Middle Burner Qi Obstruction from Damp-Heat
Middle Jiao Cold
Middle Jiao Weakness
Mild Food Poisoning with Dampness
Mild internal Heat from stagnation
Mild Qi stagnation with dryness
Mild Reflux or Nausea
Mingmen Fire Decline
Mixed Deficiency/Excess
Obstruction of Lung Qi by external pathogens
Painful Obstruction with Liver and Kidney Deficiency
Phlegm accumulation
Phlegm generation due to Spleen weakness
Phlegm Misting the Mind
Phlegm-Damp
Phlegm-Damp Accumulation in the Middle Jiao
Phlegm-Heat / Phlegm-Fire arising from Damp-Heat
Phlegm-Heat Causing Nausea and Chest Oppression
Phlegm-Heat disturbing the Shen
Phlegm-Heat in the Stomach and Gallbladder
Phlegm-Heat obstructing the Lungs
Phlegm‑Heat in the Lung with Rebellious Qi
Phlegm‑Qi Obstructing the Chest and Diaphragm
Plum‑Pit Qi (Mei He Qi) – Phlegm‑Qi Obstruction of the Throat
Poor Generation of Blood and Wei Qi
Post-dietary excess Damp stagnation
Post-heat illness depletion
Post-illness Collapse of Qi and Yin
Post-illness or postpartum recovery
Post-illness Shen disturbance
Post-illness weakness of the Middle Jiao
Post-meal Fatigue
Post-Stroke Blood Stasis
Post-Traumatic Blood Stasis
Post-Viral Shaoyang Imbalance
Post-Wind-Stroke Channel Obstruction
Post‑Heat or Post‑Illness Yin Depletion
Post‑Illness or Post‑Partum Qi–Blood Deficiency
Postpartum Blood Deficiency
Postpartum Blood stagnation
Postpartum Cold and retention
Postpartum or elderly fluid depletion
Qi and Blood Deficiency
Qi and Blood Deficiency with Blood Stasis in the Uterus
Qi and Blood Deficiency with Local Blood Stasis
Qi and blood disharmony
Qi and Blood Obstruction
Qi and Blood Obstruction in the Meridians
Qi and Blood Stagnation
Qi and Blood stagnation in the head and upper body
Qi and Phlegm Binding in the Throat
Qi and Wei Qi disharmony
Qi and Yang disharmony in the Heart and Liver
Qi and Yin Deficiency
Qi Deficiency
Qi Deficiency Fever / Yin Fire
Qi Deficiency with Cold Damp
Qi Deficiency with Damp obstruction
Qi Deficiency with Dampness Accumulation
Qi Deficiency with Unstable Surface
Qi disharmony between the Liver and Brain
Qi disharmony in the Lungs and Wei level
Qi Lin (Qi blockage in urination)
Qi Stagnation
Qi stagnation in the Liver and Stomach
Qi Stagnation with Damp-Heat in the Urinary System
Qi Stagnation with Damp-Phlegm Accumulation
Qi Stagnation with Dampness in the Middle Jiao
Qi Stagnation with Mild Blood Stasis in Emotional and Gynecological Contexts
Rebellious Liver Qi and Stomach Qi Disharmony
Rebellious Liver Qi Invading the Spleen
Rebellious Lung Qi Failing to Descend
Rebellious Lung Qi with Phlegm-Heat
Reproductive Deficiency
Residual Heat in the Lower Jiao
Residual Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat
Sensory decline due to Yin deficiency
Shao Yang Disharmony
Shaoyang Stage Disorder
Shen (Spirit) Disturbance due to Internal Phlegm
Shen disturbance from overthinking or chronic stress
Sinking of Middle Qi
Small Intestine Deficient and Cold
Spleen and Heart Disharmony
Spleen and Heart Qi–Blood Deficiency
Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency
Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency with Damp Accumulation
Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency
Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency with Damp-Heat
Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency with Dampness
Spleen Failing to Transform Dampness with Internal Heat
Spleen Not Controlling Blood
Spleen Not Governing Blood
Spleen Qi constraint
Spleen Qi Deficiency
Spleen Qi deficiency with Dampness
Spleen Qi Deficiency with Dampness accumulation
Spleen Qi Deficiency with Liver Constraint
Spleen Qi Failing to Clear Turbid Damp from the Head
Spleen Qi Not Controlling Blood
Spleen Qi Sinking
Spleen Yang Deficiency
Stagnant Liver Qi Transforming into Fire
Stomach and Lung Qi Failing to Descend with Phlegm
Stomach and Spleen Yin Deficiency
Stomach dryness due to Yin deficiency
Stomach Qi Deficiency
Stomach Qi obstruction due to Dampness
Stomach Yang Deficiency
Sudden Turmoil Disorder from Damp-Heat
Summer-Damp Invasion
Summer-Heat with Dampness
Summerheat with Qi and Fluid Damage
Taxation Injury to Qi and Blood
Temporary Gut Imbalance from Heavy foods
The Six Stagnations
Toxic Heat Attacking the Lungs and Throat
Toxic Heat in the Lungs
Toxic Heat in the upper respiratory tract
Toxic Heat on the Skin
Unanchored Yang rising
Upper GI Bloating and Gas
Urinary dysfunction due to Kidney Qi deficiency
Water metabolism imbalance
Wei Qi Deficiency
Wind-Cold obstructing the exterior
Wind-Cold transforming into Heat
Wind-Damp Obstruction with Underlying Stasis
Wind-Damp-Heat Invading the Skin
Wind-Dampness in the Skin causing Exudation
Wind-Heat attacking the head
Wind-Heat Invading the Skin with Itching
Wind-Heat Invasion
Wind-Heat Invasion progressing to Toxic Heat
Wind-Phlegm invading the Lungs
Wind-Toxin Accumulating in the Skin
Wind‑Cold‑Damp Bi with Qi and Blood Deficiency
Wind‑Heat Attacking the Lung with Cough
Yang Collapse
Yang Deficiency
Yang deficiency in the lower Jiao
Yin Deficiency
Yin deficiency with dryness and emotional imbalance
Yin Deficiency with Internal Heat
Yin deficiency with mild heat signs
Yin failing to anchor Yang
Yin‑deficient constitution

Ingredients Pinyin

Da Zao
Bai Zhu
Fu Ling
Huang Qi
Zhi Gan Cao
Yuan Zhi
Suan Zao Ren
Fu Shen
Bai Zi Ren
Tu Mu Xiang
Long Yan Rou
He Huan Pi
Shi Chang Pu
Ren Shen
Bai He
Dang Gui
Sheng Jiang
Tao Ren
Hong Hua
Dang Gui Wei
Di Long
Chuan Xiong
Chi Shao
Ai Ye
Chen Pi
Dang Shen
Chai Hu
Sheng Ma
Huang Qin
Sheng Di Huang
Yi Mu Cao
Xian Mao
Xian Ling Pi
Gan Cao
Mai Men Dong
Zhi Zi
Huang Lian
Lu Gen
Ban Xia
Hou Po
Yi Yi Ren
Niu Xi
Cang Zhu
Huang Bai
Bai Shao
Bo He

Tongue diagnoses

May be normal or slightly moist coating
May appear dull or lack luster
May be slightly swollen with teeth marks
Pale-pinkish
Thin white coating
Pale
Swollen with teeth marks
White
White coating
Purple Spots
Red edges
Red tip
Yellow greasy coating
Red Body
Possibly swollen
Slightly red
Puffy
Swollen
Pale or slightly pale

Pulse diagnoses

Soft
Thin
Weak
Rapid
Choppy
Moderate
Empty
Forceless
Floating
Slippery
Slightly Wiry

TCM patterns

Spleen and Stomach
Heart and Small Intestine
Liver and Gallbladder

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