Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

起病急,出血重,咽干口燥、喜饮冷,大便干结,小便短赤,舌质红绛,苔黄燥,脉浮数或滑数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The onset is sudden, and the condition progresses rapidly.
  • Bleeding is profuse with a strong, forceful tendency.
  • The throat and mouth feel dry, with a preference for cold drinks to quench thirst.
  • Stools are dry and hard, with difficult bowel movements.
  • Urine is scanty and yellow.
  • The tongue is deep red or crimson.
  • The tongue coating is yellow and dry.
  • The pulse is floating and rapid, or slippery and rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热解毒,凉血止血

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help clear heat and expel harmful substances from the body, relieving fever, sore throat, or redness and swelling of sores.
  • May help cool the blood and stop bleeding, alleviating manifestations such as vomiting blood, nosebleeds, or skin bleeding spots.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

紫斑色紫而暗,面色黧黑,或伴有胸闷胁痛,舌质紫暗,有瘀点,脉弦或涩

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Purplish patches appear on the skin, dark purple in color.
  • The complexion is dark and dull, looking very unwell.
  • There may be a sense of chest oppression and pain in both rib sides.
  • The tongue is purple-dark, with visible purple stasis spots on its surface.
  • The pulse feels tense or rough and hesitant, lacking smoothness.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

化瘀通络,活血止血

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help resolve stasis and unblock meridians, alleviating discomfort such as numbness in the limbs, joint pain, or impediment.
  • May help promote blood circulation and stop bleeding, reducing ecchymosis, uncontrolled bleeding, or heavy menstrual bleeding.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

出血色红,手足心热,或有潮热盗汗,口渴不欲饮,舌红少苔,脉细数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Bleeding is bright red in color, appearing relatively vivid.
  • The palms and soles feel hot, often with a sensation of internal heat and discomfort.
  • Occasional bouts of fever and night sweats, with sweating more pronounced after falling asleep.
  • The mouth feels thirsty, but there is little desire to actively drink water; the urge to drink is weak.
  • The tongue is reddish with little coating; the surface is relatively bare.
  • The pulse is thin and rapid, noticeably accelerated in rhythm.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

滋阴降火,凉血止血

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help nourish yin fluids and reduce deficiency fire, alleviating discomfort such as dry mouth and throat, irritability, night sweats, or hot palms and soles.
  • May help cool the blood and stop bleeding, alleviating vomiting of blood, coughing up blood, nosebleeds, or skin bleeding spots.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

紫斑色暗淡,面色无华,头晕心悸,神疲乏力,腹胀便溏,舌质淡,苔薄白,脉细弱

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Purplish patches on the skin are dark and dull, lacking brightness.
  • The complexion is lusterless, pale and wan.
  • There may be dizziness and palpitations, with an unsteady heartbeat causing unease.
  • Mental fatigue and lack of energy, easily feeling weak when doing things.
  • Abdominal distension and loose, poorly formed stools.
  • The tongue is pale, appearing blood-deficient overall.
  • The tongue coating is thin and white, the surface looks relatively clean.
  • The pulse is thin and forceless, lacking strength upon pressure.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

健脾益气,养血摄血

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help strengthen the spleen and stomach and supplement vital qi, alleviating poor appetite, fatigue, shortness of breath, or abdominal distension with loose stools.
  • May help nourish the blood and secure blood flow, reducing pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations, or increased bleeding.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

病程长,反复出血,乏力,畏寒怕冷,腰酸,舌淡胖,脉沉迟

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The disease course is prolonged, lingering and difficult to resolve.
  • Bleeding recurs, sometimes better, sometimes worse.
  • Prone to fatigue and weakness, lacking energy for activities.
  • Marked aversion to cold, with cold hands and feet when exposed to cold.
  • Soreness and discomfort in the lower back.
  • The tongue is pale and enlarged.
  • The pulse feels deep and slow.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

温补脾肾,填精补血

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help warm and support the qi of the spleen and kidneys, alleviating aversion to cold, cold limbs, poor appetite, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, or low physical stamina.
  • May help replenish essence and blood and supplement blood, reducing dizziness, tinnitus, pale complexion, or palpitations and fatigue.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

病程长,出血色暗红,手足心热,盗汗,头晕目眩,腰酸腿软,舌红绛少苔或光苔,脉细数或弦细数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The disease course is long, with symptoms that linger and do not heal.
  • Bleeding is dark red, not bright in appearance.
  • The palms and soles often feel hot with obvious discomfort.
  • Easily sweats continuously after falling asleep at night.
  • Dizziness and blurred vision, with occasional seeing spots.
  • Sore back and weak legs, feeling insufficient strength.
  • The tongue is deep red or crimson, with very little or almost no coating.
  • The pulse is thin and rapid, or thin, tight, and rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

滋阴清热,凉血止血

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help nourish yin fluids and clear deficiency heat, alleviating dry mouth and throat, irritability, night sweats, or hot palms and soles.
  • May help cool the blood and stop bleeding, alleviating vomiting of blood, coughing up blood, nosebleeds, or skin bleeding spots.

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