Schizophrenia

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

精神淡漠，寡言呆滞，语无伦次，喃喃自语，舌苔白腻，脉弦滑

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The person appears emotionally indifferent, with a cold expression and a lack of energy.
  • Speech is sparse and dull, with slow and rigid responses.
  • Speech is disjointed and incoherent, lacking clear expression.
  • May talk to oneself, muttering softly and incessantly.
  • The tongue coating is white and sticky, appearing as a greasy layer.
  • The pulse feels taut and smooth, with a continuous and slippery quality.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

疏肝解郁，化痰开窍

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help soothe the liver qi and relieve stagnation, reducing discomfort such as chest and rib-side distension, emotional depression, or frequent sighing.
  • May help resolve phlegm-turbidity and open the orifices, alleviating symptoms such as difficulty expectorating phlegm, mental clouding, or unclear consciousness.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

呆如木鸡，目瞪如愚，傻笑自语，目妄见，耳妄闻，自罪自责，舌质淡，舌体胖，苔白腻，脉弦滑

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The person appears dull and wooden, remaining motionless like a log.
  • The gaze is fixed and vacant, with a sluggish facial expression.
  • Often giggles inappropriately and talks to oneself.
  • Visual hallucinations of things that are not there.
  • Auditory hallucinations of sounds that do not exist.
  • Constantly feels guilty and engages in relentless self-blame.
  • The tongue body is pale in color.
  • The tongue body is enlarged.
  • The tongue coating is white and sticky.
  • The pulse feels taut and smooth.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

豁痰开窍，解郁安神

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help resolve phlegm-turbidity and open the orifices, alleviating symptoms such as difficulty expectorating phlegm, mental clouding, or unclear consciousness.
  • May help soothe stagnation and calm the mind, reducing discomfort such as emotional depression, palpitations, insomnia, or excessive dreaming with easy startling.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

兴奋躁动，彻夜不眠，哭笑无常，冲动毁物，溲赤便秘，面红，口干喜冷饮，舌红或降，苔黄腻或黑腻，脉滑数有力

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The person is agitated and restless, unable to sleep throughout the night.
  • Emotional instability with sudden crying and laughing, impulsive behavior that may include destroying objects.
  • Urine is reddish and dark, accompanied by constipation.
  • The complexion is red.
  • Dry mouth with a desire for cold drinks.
  • The tongue body is red or deep red.
  • The tongue coating is yellow and sticky, or black and sticky.
  • The pulse is slippery and slightly rapid, with sufficient force.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清心泻火，涤痰开窍

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help clear heart fire and reduce excessive internal heat, alleviating symptoms such as irritability, insomnia, mouth and tongue sores, or facial flushing with tidal heat.
  • May help resolve phlegm-turbidity and open the orifices, reducing discomfort such as difficulty expectorating phlegm, mental clouding, or unclear consciousness.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

肌肤粗糙，面色晦暗，女患者痛经、闭经，舌质紫暗，舌下静脉曲张，脉涩或弦

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The skin appears rough.
  • The complexion is dull and grayish.
  • Women may experience dysmenorrhea or amenorrhea.
  • The tongue body is purplish and dark.
  • The sublingual veins are visibly distended.
  • The pulse is choppy and unsmooth, or taut.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

行气活血，宁神开窍

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help regulate qi mechanism and promote blood circulation, alleviating symptoms such as chest and rib-side distension, abdominal pain, or ecchymosis.
  • May help calm the mind and open the orifices, reducing discomfort such as palpitations, insomnia, mental clouding, or unclear consciousness.

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