Essential Thrombocythemia

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

头晕，头痛，面色暗红，或胁下痞块，脉痹疼痛，肢体瘀肿，或口眼歪斜，半身不遂，面色紫暗，口唇、爪甲青紫，舌质紫暗，有瘀点或瘀斑，脉弦涩

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May experience dizziness.
  • May experience headaches.
  • The complexion appears dark and reddish.
  • Palpable masses or lumps may be felt under the ribs.
  • The body may present with a sense of obstruction and pain.
  • The limbs may show stasis-related swelling and distension.
  • Deviation of the mouth and eyes may occur.
  • Impaired movement or hemiplegia on one side of the body may occur.
  • The complexion appears purplish and dark.
  • The lips and nails appear bluish-purple.
  • The tongue appears purplish-dark, with visible purple spots or ecchymosis.
  • The pulse feels tight, rough, and unsmooth.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

活血化瘀，理气行滞

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help promote blood circulation and resolve stasis, alleviating symptoms such as ecchymosis, pain, or irregular menstruation.
  • May help regulate Qi movement and relieve stagnation, alleviating discomfort such as chest and rib fullness, abdominal distension and pain, or poor appetite.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

气短懒言，体倦乏力，胸闷心悸，手足麻痹，肢体肿胀、溃烂，口眼歪斜，半身不遂，舌质淡，有瘀点或瘀斑，苔薄白，脉虚无力或沉细涩

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Shortness of breath, reluctant to speak.
  • General fatigue and weakness, lacking motivation to do things.
  • Chest tightness, palpitations, and uneasiness.
  • Numbness in the hands and feet, feeling dull and inflexible.
  • Swelling in the limbs with ulceration.
  • Deviation of the mouth and eyes.
  • One side of the body is not agile, with limited mobility.
  • The tongue color appears pale.
  • Petechiae or ecchymosis may be seen on the tongue surface.
  • Thin white tongue coating.
  • The pulse is weak and forceless, or feels deep, thin, and rough upon pressure.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

补气摄血，活血化瘀

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help supplement vital Qi and stabilize the blood, alleviating symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, pale complexion, or increased bleeding.
  • May help promote blood circulation and resolve stasis, alleviating symptoms such as ecchymosis, pain, or irregular menstruation.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

腰膝酸软，脉痹疼痛，肢体瘀肿，或口眼歪斜，半身不遂，或胁下痞块，舌暗红或光红，有瘀点瘀斑，苔少，脉细涩数或沉细

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, with worsening fatigue after activity.
  • Body pain that feels like a blocked pathway, with difficulty moving and bending.
  • Limbs are swollen and heavy, accompanied by a stasis-like distension.
  • Deviation of the mouth and eyes may occur, and even impaired movement on one side of the body.
  • Palpable masses may be felt under the ribs, with a sense of obstruction upon pressure.
  • The tongue color may be dark red or bright red and shiny, with visible purple spots or patches on the surface.
  • The tongue coating is scanty, and the tongue surface appears relatively clean and thin.
  • The pulse is thin and hesitant, or thin and somewhat rapid, or deep, thin, and weak upon pressure.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

补肾化瘀

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help tonify Kidney Qi, alleviating discomfort such as lower back and knee soreness, aversion to cold and cold limbs, or lack of physical strength.
  • May help resolve stasis, alleviating symptoms such as pain, ecchymosis, or irregular menstruation.

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