Polycythemia Vera
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
面色暗红，口唇紫暗，心下痞块，或胁下积块，痛有定处，舌质暗红或青紫，或有瘀点、瘀块，脉弦或涩
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The complexion appears dark with a reddish hue.
- The lips are purplish and dark.
- A mass may be felt below the epigastric region, or palpable accumulations may be present under the ribcage on both sides.
- Pain is fixed in location and does not migrate.
- The tongue appears dark red or bluish-purple, possibly with purple stasis spots or patches.
- The pulse feels taut or rough and hesitant.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
活血化瘀，理气行滞
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Helps promote blood circulation and resolve stasis, alleviating symptoms such as ecchymosis, pain, or irregular menstruation.
- Helps regulate Qi movement and relieve stagnation, reducing discomfort such as chest and ribcage distension, abdominal bloating and pain, or poor appetite.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
低热虚烦，手足心热，或午后潮热，口燥咽干，腰膝酸软，兼见血瘀证候，舌红或红绛，见瘀点或瘀斑，苔少而干，脉细涩或兼数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Often has low-grade fever, with inner restlessness and irritability.
- Palms and soles often feel warm, or tidal fever appears in the afternoon.
- Dry mouth and throat, often feeling thirsty and parched.
- Soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, easily fatigued.
- Signs of blood stasis are also present.
- The tongue is reddish or deep red, possibly crimson, with purple stasis spots or patches on the surface.
- The tongue coating is scanty and dry.
- The pulse is thin and rough, or thin and slightly rapid.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
滋阴清热，化瘀止血
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Helps nourish Yin fluids and clear deficiency heat, relieving discomfort such as dry mouth, irritability, night sweats, or warmth in the palms and soles.
- Helps resolve stasis and stop bleeding, alleviating symptoms such as ecchymosis with pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, or spitting blood and nosebleeds.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
面色苍白或萎黄，头晕目眩，疲倦乏力，腹胀纳差，胁下积块，兼见血瘀证候，舌淡红，见瘀点或瘀斑，脉细弱兼涩
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The complexion appears pale or sallow and dull, with a generally poor complexion.
- Frequent dizziness and blurred vision, with a tendency to feel unsteady.
- Easily fatigued and lacking energy, feeling unmotivated and listless.
- Abdominal distension and discomfort, with poor appetite and reduced food intake.
- Palpable masses may be felt under both rib sides, with a sensation of foreign-body blockage.
- Symptoms of blood stasis also appear, indicating signs of blood stasis in the body.
- The tongue is pale red with visible stasis spots or patches on the surface.
- The pulse is thin, weak, and not smooth, feeling rough and hesitant when pressed.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
益气养血，化瘀消积
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Helps replenish Qi and blood, reducing symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, pale complexion, or dizziness and palpitations.
- Helps resolve stasis and disperse accumulations, alleviating symptoms such as abdominal bloating, dull pain, or firm localized masses.
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