Atherosclerosis
- Phlegm-Blood Stasis Obstruction Pattern
- Qi Deficiency with Blood Stasis Pattern
- Qi Stagnation with Blood Stasis Pattern
- Liver-Kidney Deficiency Pattern
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
身重，头重如裹，形体肥胖，倦怠、脘痞，四肢麻木，口淡，纳差，舌淡胖，暗红，边有齿痕，苔白腻，脉细弱或濡缓
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The body may feel heavy and burdensome, making movement noticeably difficult.
- The head feels heavy and distended, as if wrapped tightly, and lacks clarity.
- The body type tends to be overweight, appearing stout and ungainly overall.
- Easily fatigued and weak, with a stuffy, bloated, and uncomfortable sensation in the upper abdomen.
- The limbs may feel numb and distended, with reduced sensitivity to touch.
- The mouth lacks taste, with a diminished sense of taste that is not distinct.
- Poor appetite, lack of interest in eating, and reduced food intake.
- The tongue appears pale and slightly swollen, lacking a healthy red color.
- The tongue body is dark reddish, appearing somewhat dusky red overall.
- Tooth marks can be seen on the edges of the tongue, giving it a slightly scalloped appearance.
- The tongue coating is white and slimy, making the tongue surface look wet and greasy rather than clean.
- The pulse upon palpation is thin, weak, and forceless, or feels soft and relatively slow.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
化痰祛瘀
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By resolving thick phlegm-dampness and reducing phlegm turbidity obstruction, it may gradually relieve chest tightness with profuse phlegm, head heaviness with fatigue, and nausea with regurgitation.
- By dispelling blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, it may help alleviate stabbing pain, fixed pain, numbness with cold sensation, and local bruising with swelling, while gradually improving microcirculation and repair capacity.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
面色淡白而晦暗，少气懒言，心悸气短，动则加重，胸闷不适，或胸中隐痛，局部疼痛如刺，痛处不移，舌淡紫或有瘀斑，脉沉涩
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The complexion is pale and dull, lacking a healthy, rosy glow.
- There may be shortness of breath and reluctance to speak, wanting to stop after just a few words.
- There may be palpitations and shortness of breath, as if there is not enough air.
- These discomforts worsen noticeably with physical activity or exertion.
- The chest feels stuffy and uncomfortable, with a constant sense of oppression in the anterior chest.
- Sometimes there is dull pain in the chest, which is mild but recurs.
- Local pain feels like a needle prick, sharp and stabbing.
- The pain location is relatively fixed and does not radiate much to surrounding areas.
- The tongue is pale with a purplish hue, or purple petechiae and ecchymoses can be seen.
- The pulse is deep and only perceptible upon heavy pressure, and is rough and not smooth.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
益气活血
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By supplementing the body’s righteous qi and enhancing its propelling force, symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, reluctance to speak, dizziness, and easy tiredness may be gradually relieved.
- By activating blood, moving stagnation, improving microcirculation, and unblocking meridians, discomforts related to stasis obstruction—such as stabbing pain, numbness, distending pain, stiffness, and a dull complexion—may gradually ease.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
头晕，头痛，胸闷，胸痛，肢体麻木，口唇青紫，舌质紫暗，见瘀斑，舌底下脉络瘀曲，脉弦涩或结代
Plain-Language Explanation:
- There may be vertigo, with a floating or spinning sensation in front of the eyes, and unsteadiness that worsens when standing.
- There may be obvious headache, affecting concentration and daily activities.
- The chest may feel tight and constricted, with a sense of discomfort and obstructed breathing.
- Chest pain may occur, either persistent or intermittent, causing distress.
- The limbs may feel numb, with decreased sensitivity and impaired dexterity.
- The lips appear bluish or purplish, notably lacking a healthy red color.
- The tongue is purplish and dark, overall lacking a bright red hue.
- Bruise-like bluish-purple spots can be seen, with relatively obvious marks.
- The sublingual veins are dark purple, distended, and tortuous.
- The pulse feels wiry and rough, or there may be intermittent skipped beats and irregularity.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
行气活血
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By regulating qi movement and resolving stagnation, discomforts such as chest and hypochondriac distension and oppression, belching with poor appetite, and abdominal distension with pain may gradually ease.
- By activating blood, moving stagnation, and improving microcirculation, symptoms related to blood stasis—such as stabbing pain, numbness, fixed distending pain, and local darkening with cold sensation—may be gradually reduced.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
头晕目眩，耳鸣，健忘，视物昏花，气短，神疲乏力，舌淡，苔薄白，脉沉细或迟弱
Plain-Language Explanation:
- There may be dizziness and blurred vision, with objects appearing to float or spin and unsteadiness.
- There may be tinnitus with a buzzing sound in the ears, which can be heard even in quiet environments.
- Memory deteriorates, with easy forgetfulness; recent events are quickly forgotten.
- Vision may become blurred and dim, unclear and unfocused.
- Shortness of breath may occur when speaking or active, as if there is insufficient air.
- The whole body feels mentally and physically fatigued, easily tired after a short period of activity.
- The tongue is pale, lacking a rosy and bright appearance.
- The tongue coating is thin and white, not thick or heavy on the tongue surface.
- The pulse is deep and thready, or may be slow and weak.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补益肝肾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By nourishing liver qi and kidney qi, and enriching essence, blood, and yin fluids, discomforts such as soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, dry mouth, fatigue, and aversion to cold may gradually ease.
- By strengthening sinews and bones and harmonizing the emotions, symptoms like insomnia with dream-disturbed sleep, forgetfulness with mental disorientation, palpitations with anxiety, and lack of energy may be gradually reduced.
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