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Chinese patterns
Spleen Invaded by Cold-Damp
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: viral or bacterial infection; influenza.

» etiology: exposure to climatic or environmental Dampness

signs and symptoms

» signs and symptoms:

• feeling of cold in epigastrium ameliorated by warm applications

stuffiness of chest and epigastrium

• sensation of heaviness of head

• absence of taste or sweet taste in mouth

• thirstless or thirst but no desire to drink

• white vaginal discharge

• loose or thin stools

• acute onset

• occasionally a low fever

• loss of appetite

• nausea

• loss of taste

• watery stools

• fullness or heaviness in the chest or head

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: resolve Dampness; disperse Cold; tonify the Spleen

differential diagnosis

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