Gout
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
Sudden, severe pain that makes walking and movement extremely difficult. The site of pain may shift; the affected area is often swollen and feels hot. The tongue is red with a yellow, greasy coating, and the pulse is slippery and rapid.
In Plain Language:
- The pain comes on suddenly and can escalate quickly.
- The pain is severe and difficult to tolerate.
- Walking or moving can be extremely difficult, making normal activity nearly impossible.
- The location of the pain may shift and is not always fixed.
- The affected area may be swollen, red, and hot, with a burning sensation.
- The tongue appears red.
- The tongue coating is yellow and greasy.
- The pulse feels smooth and somewhat rapid.
|Treatment Approach
Clinical Description:
Clear heat, dry dampness, and promote the elimination of dampness.
In Plain Language:
- Help clear internal heat and ease symptoms such as feeling feverish, restlessness, thirst, or a sore throat.
- Help dry and transform internal dampness, easing discomfort such as chest tightness, abdominal bloating, poor appetite, or a thick, greasy tongue coating.
- Help promote the elimination of dampness, easing symptoms such as a heavy feeling in the body, difficulty urinating, or swelling in the lower limbs.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
Pain like needle pricks or knife cuts; even light touch may be intolerable. The skin over the affected area may look dark, or the tongue may have purple spots or patches. The pulse is choppy.
In Plain Language:
- The pain feels like needles or a knife cutting; in severe cases, even touching the area may be unbearable.
- The skin over the affected area may appear dark or dull.
- Purple spots or patches may be visible on the tongue.
- The pulse feels uneven and rough rather than smooth.
|Treatment Approach
Clinical Description:
Promote blood circulation, resolve blood stasis, unblock painful obstruction, and relieve pain.
In Plain Language:
- Help promote blood flow and resolve stasis, easing signs such as bruising, lumps, or menstrual irregularities.
- Help unblock painful obstruction and relieve pain, easing discomfort such as joint aches, numbness in the limbs, or restricted movement.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
Sudden pain and swelling, chest tightness with abundant phlegm, a sticky, greasy tongue coating, and a wiry, slippery pulse; may also include aversion to wind and spontaneous sweating.
In Plain Language:
- Pain and swelling come on suddenly and may be difficult to ease.
- The chest feels tight, with a lot of phlegm; coughing up sticky phlegm may not bring relief.
- The tongue coating feels sticky and greasy, with a noticeable coated sensation.
- The pulse feels taut and smooth, with a flowing quality.
- You may be sensitive to drafts and sweat spontaneously.
|Treatment Approach
Clinical Description:
Clear heat and dry dampness, transform phlegm, and dispel wind.
In Plain Language:
- Help clear internal heat and dry dampness, easing discomfort such as feeling feverish, thirst, chest tightness, abdominal bloating, or a thick, greasy tongue coating.
- Help transform phlegm and dispel wind, easing signs such as difficulty coughing up phlegm, dizziness, or numbness in the limbs.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
Fatigue and weakness, shortness of breath with spontaneous sweating, poor appetite and loose stools, abdominal bloating after meals, a pale complexion, pale nails and inner corners of the eyes, dizziness and palpitations, tongue
In Plain Language:
- You often feel tired and weak, and can easily run out of energy when doing things.
- You may feel short of breath and sweat spontaneously; sweating may be more noticeable after activity.
- You have a poor appetite and eat less, with loose or unformed stools.
- Your abdomen feels full and uncomfortable after eating, with a pronounced sense of bloating.
- Your complexion looks pale and lacking in color.
- Your nails and the inner corners of your eyes appear pale, with little rosy color.
- You may feel dizzy and experience palpitations or an unsettled heartbeat.
- The specific appearance of the tongue is not described.
|Treatment Approach
Clinical Description:
Regulate qi and nourish the blood.
In Plain Language:
- Help regulate the flow of qi, easing discomfort such as chest tightness, distension in the ribs, belching, or abdominal bloating and pain.
- Help nourish the blood, easing signs such as a pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations, or poorly nourished skin.
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