Blood Strangury

Lin syndrome refers to a group of conditions attributed to dietary factors, overexertion, or invasion by damp-heat. Its main pathomechanisms are kidney deficiency, damp-heat in the bladder, and impaired qi transformation. It is primarily characterized by frequent, urgent urination; dribbling after urination; painful, difficult urination; cramping in the lower abdomen; and pain radiating to the lower back and abdomen. Lin syndrome is also known as lin li or the five lin patterns, and is abbreviated as lin. Different names are used according to the clinical presentation, including heat lin, blood lin, qi lin, stone lin (gravel lin), unctuous lin, taxation lin, and cold lin. A sudden-onset condition is called acute lin or sudden lin. Lin syndrome occurring during pregnancy or after childbirth is called pregnancy lin or postpartum lin. In older adults, it is called senile lin. When urinary tract infections, urinary stones, urinary tuberculosis, urinary tract tumors, chyluria, prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and other conditions in Western medicine present with urinary tract irritation symptoms, the content in this section may be consulted for pattern identification and treatment.

TCM Pattern Identification and Medication Reference

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

Hot, painful, difficult urination; dark-red urine, sometimes with blood clots; yellow tongue coating; slippery, rapid pulse

In Plain Language:

  • Urination feels hot and burning, and is difficult and painful.
  • The urine is dark red and may sometimes contain blood clots.
  • The tongue coating is yellow.
  • The pulse feels smooth and somewhat rapid.

|Treatment Approach

Clinical Description:

Cool the blood and stop bleeding

In Plain Language:

  • May help cool the blood and ease manifestations such as bleeding spots, skin redness, or restlessness associated with blood heat.
  • May help stop bleeding and ease symptoms such as vomiting blood, coughing up blood, nosebleeds, or blood in the stool.

|Related Medicines

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

Pale-red urine; little or no marked pain or difficulty with urination; soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees; fatigue and lack of energy; pale-red tongue; thin, rapid pulse

In Plain Language:

  • The urine is pale red.
  • Pain or difficulty when urinating is not pronounced.
  • The lower back is sore, and the knees feel weak.
  • There is mental and physical fatigue, with easy tiring.
  • The tongue is pale red.
  • The pulse is thin and somewhat rapid.

|Treatment Approach

Clinical Description:

Nourish yin, clear heat, supplement deficiency, and stop bleeding

In Plain Language:

  • May help nourish yin and clear internal deficiency heat, easing discomfort such as restlessness, insomnia, dry mouth and throat, or hot flashes and night sweats.
  • May help address deficiency and stop bleeding, easing manifestations such as nosebleeds, coughing up blood, blood in the stool, or bleeding spots on the skin.

|Related Medicines

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