Inspection of the external form

Excess weight, mental depression, usually indicate a deficit problem and an excess of damp phlegm. Thinness and dry skin suggests a lack of blood, and rapid and severe weight loss during prolonged or chronic illness indicates that damage to Yuan Chi. The patient's position and its movements are external manifestations of the disease. In general, high activity of the patient said about the syndrome YANG, low - about the syndrome of Yin. For example, lung patients with excess reflux is usually seated, craning his neck, and patients with deficiency of qi, which is manifested by shortness of breath, and reluctance to talk, sitting head bowed down. If a patient with difficulty turning in bed, wraps in a blanket, then this indicates the symptoms of cold, empty, or syndrome of Yin. If the patient is stimulated half-sitting position and can not lie, it indicates a deficiency syndrome CHI heart. Involuntary limb movements usually occur in diseases caused by pathogenic wind, such as tetanus, stroke. Weakness, disorders of motor function and muscle wasting syndrome characterized by limb Wei. Pain, feeling of heaviness and fullness in the muscles and tendons, which are accompanied by edema and a violation of the mobility of joints showed Bi syndromes. Hemiplegia refers to disorders such as "blow wind."

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