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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gangrene (or gangrenous necrosis) is a type of necrosis caused by a critically insufficient blood supply. This potentially life-threatening condition may occur after an injury or infection, or in people suffering from any chronic health problem affecting blood circulation. The primary cause of gangrene is reduced blood supply to the affected tissues, which results in cell death. Diabetes and long-term smoking increase the risk of suffering from gangrene.
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Pulmonary gangrene
  • Severe fever and chills without sweat
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Irritability
  • Fidgeting
  • Headache
  • Cough
  • Wheezing (asthma)
  • Muscle aches
  • General body aches
  • Thirst
  • Heaviness and aching of the entire body
  • Shortness of breath
  • Floating edema (severe)
  • Restlessness
  • Anhidrosis
  • Fidgeting
  • May be high fever
  • Edema
  • Dyspnea
  • T: Normal
  • C:Thin white or Yellow
  • P: Floating and tight or Rapid or Tight and rapid or wiry and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Promote diaphoresis
  • Release the Exterior
  • Clear Interior Heat
  • Relieve irritability
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gangrene
  • Fever
  • Chills
  • Anhidrosis
  • Pain and stiffness of the head and neck
  • Stuffy nose
  • Blood shot eyes
  • Sores that are red, swollen and painful
  • Generalized body aches and pain
  • Headache
  • Swollen eyes
  • Thirst or no thirst
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin white
  • P: Floating or Floating and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Induce sweat
  • Release the Exterior
  • Dispel Wind
  • Alleviate pain
  • Treat skin and External diseases
Herb Formulas
  • Jing Fang Bai Du San
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gangrene
  • Lingering fever from a febrile disease
  • Vomiting
  • Irritability
  • Thirst with a desire to drink
  • Parched mouth, lips and throat
  • Choking cough
  • Restlessness
  • Insomnia
  • Nausea
  • Anorexia
  • Profuse perspiration
  • A dry mouth
  • Indigestion
  • Listlessness
  • Chest oppression
  • Ulcerations of the mouth
  • Coarse skin
  • Cough
  • Night sweats
  • Stifling sensation in the chest or epigastrium
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Rapid and Deficient or Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Generate fluids
  • Tonify Qi
  • Harmonize the Stomach
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Pulmonary gangrene
  • Lung abscess
  • Coughing
  • Wheezing
  • Fullness and distention in the chest
  • Profuse Phlegm and saliva
  • Dysuria
  • Edema
  • Nasal congestion
  • Clear, watery rhinorrhea
  • Oliguria
  • Loss of taste and smell
  • Dyspnea
  • Edema of the face and eyes
  • Insomnia
  • T: Swollen
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Drain the Lungs
  • Move Fluids
  • Drive out Phlegm
  • Stop cough
  • Calm wheezing
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Intermittent discharge of pus
  • The sores either do not suppurate or only leak pus slowly and fail to heal
  • Viscous, thin fluid
  • Mental and physical fatigue
  • Lassitude
  • Lack of luster
  • Poor appetite
  • Loose stools
  • Fever
  • T: Pale
  • C:Thin white
  • P:Thready and weak or Rapid and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Tonify Qi and Blood
  • Eliminate Dampness
  • Expel pus
  • Draw out toxicity
  • Promote the generation of flesh
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Shortness of breath
  • Occasional fevers
  • Dyspnea
  • Abdominal pain and spasms due to Cold
  • Pain is better with warmth and pressure
  • Pale face or a sallow, dull complexion
  • Fatigue
  • Fidgeting
  • Lethargy
  • Dry mouth
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Frequent, clear urination
  • Constipation
  • Cold extremities
  • Dry throat
  • Hematemesis
  • Irritability
  • Carbuncles
  • Palpitations
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Fever with a preference for hot drinks
  • Dry skin
  • Anorexia (maybe with vomiting)
  • Four limbs feel tired and heavy
  • Abdominal and epigastric distention after eating
  • Maybe acid regurgitation or vomiting
  • Loose stools or watery stools containing undigested food
  • Cold limbs
  • Feeling chilled
  • Maybe scanty urine with edema
  • Maybe clear, watery vaginal discharge
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Deep and weak or Minute, thready and weak or Deep and slow or Floating, large and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Center
  • Dispel Cold
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Firmness and distention in the lower abdomen which is painful and gives resistance on pressure
  • Smooth urination
  • Manic behavior
  • Forgetfulness
  • Black stools that are easy to expel
  • Delayed menstruation
  • Amenorrhea
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Coagulated blood
  • Thirst
  • Dry mouth
  • Polyuria
  • Liver spots indicating stagnant blood found on the face, lips, tongue, limbs and finger nails
  • T: Purplish
  • C: Normal
  • P: Deep, slow and irregular
Treatment Principle
  • Break up and dispel Blood Stasis
  • Clear Heat
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Postpartum emaciation and weakness
  • Persistent, tight abdominal pain
  • Abdominal pain with spasms or radiates to back and waist
  • Cannot eat
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dyspnea
  • Pale face
  • Intermittent spasmodic abdominal pain which is better with Heat and pressure
  • Epigastric pain
  • Lusterless complexion
  • Fidgeting
  • Reduced appetite
  • Maybe low-grade fever
  • Palpitations
  • Irritability
  • Cold and sore extremities
  • Nonspecific discomfort
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Nocturnal emission
  • Five sole Heat
  • Debilitated constitution in children
  • Enuresis in children
  • Insomnia
  • Fatigue
  • Anemia
  • Bleeding
  • Abdominal weakness
  • Epistaxis
  • Habitual constipation
  • Maybe warm extremities
  • Night sweats
  • Tired limbs
  • Frequent urination
  • Night crying
  • Diarrhea in children
  • Habitual headache in children
  • Hernia pain in children
  • Chronic constipation
  • Purpura
  • Asthma
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Weak and slow or Thready, wiry and even or Thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and tonify the Spleen and Stomach
  • Tonify the Blood
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Localized painful swellings without a head that bleed into the surrounding tissues and do not affect the color or texture of the skin
  • The swellings are not hot to the touch
  • No thirst
  • Swollen and painful joints
  • Wasting of the muscles of the thigh and calf
  • T: Very pale or Pale-pink
  • C: White
  • P: Thready and forceless or Deep and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Yang
  • Tonify the Blood
  • Disperse Cold
  • Eliminate Stagnation
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gangrene
  • Abdominal pain
  • Cold extremities
  • Numb hands and feet
  • Generalized body aches
  • Paralysis of the extremities
  • Induration and swelling of the scrotum
  • Hypersalivation
  • Limited movement of the joints
  • Abdominal pain referring to the testis
  • Aversion to Cold
  • A preference for Warmth
  • Loose stools
  • Chills and fever
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Tense and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Interior
  • Reinforce Yang
  • Release the Exterior
  • Regulate the Ying and Wei
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gangrene
  • Carbuncles
  • Furuncles
  • Sore throat
  • Suppuration
  • Cellulitis
  • Boils
  • Abdominal masses that are solid on Palpation
  • Acne
  • Pustules on an erythematous base
  • Local inflammation with pus
  • Deep-rooted, hard and painful boils
  • Larger, more inflamed, angrier and more pus-filled lesions
  • Erythema
  • Swelling
  • Lesions on the chest and upper back
  • Heat
  • Fever and chills
  • Pain
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow or Yellow and greasy
  • P: Rapid or Wiry, slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel pus
  • Eliminate toxins
  • Reduce nodules
  • Disperse Stagnation
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Swelling
  • Slight suppuration
  • Muscle tension
  • Sore throat
Treatment Principle
  • Resolve Phlegm
  • Detoxify
  • Clear Heat
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic, stubborn skin lesions
  • Sores
  • Enlarged lymph nodes
  • Nodules
  • Malignant abscesses and sores
  • Syphilitic sores
  • Red itching skin
  • Hardness
  • T: Pale with red spots
  • P: Rapid and pecking
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Blood Heat
  • Resolve toxicity
  • Dissipate swellings
  • Dispel noxious sores
  • Disperse nodules and hardness
  • Tonify Qi and Blood
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Ulcerated sores that do not heal on a limb that is dark red
  • Slightly swollen and warm to the touch
  • There may me a rotten smell to the lesion
  • Gangrene of the extremities, especially the fingers and toes with purulent abscess
  • Extreme pain
  • Local inflammation and swelling
  • There may be copious discharge of pus from the ulcers
  • A burning sensation
  • Fever
  • Thirst
  • T: Red
  • C: Normal
  • P: Rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve toxicity
  • Nourish Yin
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Alleviate pain
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Gangrene of the Lungs
  • Coughing
  • Swelling and pain of the throat
  • Thick, salty sputum with mucus and Blood
  • Chills
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Fullness and congestion in the chest
  • Dry mouth
  • No thirst
  • Foul-smelling sputum
Treatment Principle
  • Eliminate Phlegm and pus
  • Clear Deficiency Fire
  • Clear Toxins
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