1. Wind-Cold Syndrome
Symtoms - give yourself the # indicated beside each symptom and add the total.
- Breathing through the nose (1 point)
- Clear discharge from nose (1)
- Cough (1)
- Cough with heavy, unclear sounds and clear sputum (3)
- Diarrhea (1)
- Dislike of cold (1)
- Dizziness (1)
- Facial Paralysis (1)
- Headache (1)
- Headache with Dizziness (1)
- Hoarseness at beginning of illness (1)
- Loss of voice (1)
- Nosebleed (1)
- Pain in body shifting around with no fixed region (3)
- Stuffed nose (1)
- Vomiting (1)
Treatment Formula: Xing-Su-San
Foods cures: peppermint(including oil), spearmint, sweet basil, cayenne pepper, fennel, fresh ginger, mustard seed, star anise, and prickly ash leaf.
2. Wind-Heat Syndrome
Symtoms - give yourself the # indicated beside each symptom and add the total.
- Coughing out sticky sputum (3)
- Coughing out blood (1)
- Dizziness (1)
- Fever in children (1)
- German measles (1)
- Headache (1)
- Headache with dizziness (1)
- Intolerance of light in eyes with swelling and dislike of wind (1)
- Muddy discharge from nose (1)
- Nosebleed (1)
- Pain in the eyes (1)
- Pain in the throat (1)
- Red eyes (1)
- Ringing in ears and deafness (1)
- Tenesmus (1)
- Thirst (1)
- Toothache (1)
- Yellow urine (1)
- Yellowish discharge from the nose (1)
Treatment Principle: To disperse wind and heat and to expand the lungs and stop cough
Treatment Formula: Sang-Ju-Yin
Foods cures: banana, bitter endive, black fungus, salt, spinach, strawberry, bamboo shoot, cucumber, Job's-tears, laver, leaf beet, mung bean, peppermint, purslane, spearmint, sweet basil, celery, coconut meat, and green onion.
3. Dryness-Heat Syndrome
Symtoms - give yourself the # indicated beside each symptom and add the total.
- Constipation (3)
- Cough with no sputum (4)
- Cough with a little sputum that is difficult to cough out (4)
- Diabetes mellitus (3)
- Dry nose or dry throat (3)
- Thirst (3)
Treatment Principle: To clear heat, moisten dryness, produce fluids, and regulate the lungs.
Treatment Formula: Sang-Xing-Tang or Qing-Zao-Jui-Fei-Tang
Foods cures: asparagus, soya milk, bird's nest, cattail, chicken egg, honey, maltose, milk, pear, sesame oil, yellow soybean, banana, bitter endive, balck fungus, salt, spinach, strawberry, bamboo shoot, cucumber, Job's-tears, laver, leaf beet, mung bean, peppermint, and purslane.
4. Dampness-sputum Syndrome
Symtoms - give yourself the # indicated beside each symptom and add the total.
- Cough that stops after sputum is cleared (4)
- Discharge of abundant sputum that can be coughed out easily (3)
- Discharge of white, watery sputum (1)
- Dizziness (1)
- Frequent coughs during pregnancy that are prolonged and cause motion of fetus (1)
- Headache (1)
- Hiccups (1)
- Pain in the chest (1)
- Panting (2)
- Prolonged dizziness (1)
- Sleep a lot (1)
- Sleeplessness (1)
- Vomiting (2)
- White, sliding sputum that can be cleared from throat easily (1)
Treatment Formula: Er-Chen-Tang
Foods cures: adzuki bean, ambergris, barley, common carp, cucumber, mung bean, seaweed, shepherd's purse, star fruit, bamboo shoot, crown daisy, date, fresh ginger, leaf or obrown mustard, balck and white pepper, white or yellow mustard seed, asparagus, and pear
5. Liver-fire upsurging Syndrome
Symtoms - give yourself the # indicated beside each symptom and add the total.
- Acute dizziness (1)
- Bleeding from stomach (2)
- Cough with sensation of something moving upward to the throat (3)
- Depressed and hot (1)
- Dizziness (1)
- Getting angry easily (1)
- Headache on both sides of the head and in the corners of the eyes (1)
- Headache that is severe (2)
- Insanity (2)
- Nosebleed (1)
- Red eyes (1)
- Reddish-yellow urine (1)
- Ringing in ears (2)
- Sleeplessness or sleep a lot (1)
Treatment Formula: Ke-Xue-Fang
Foods cures: spinach, chestnut, shepherd's purse, rye, black fungus, vinegar, abalone, asparagus, chicken egg, white fungus, pork, and royal jelly.
6. Yin Deficiency Syndrome
Symtoms - give yourself the # indicated beside each symptom and add the total.
- Bleeding from gums (1)
- Constipation (1)
- Dizziness (2)
- Dry and scant stools (10
- Dry cough or dry throat with little sputum (3)
- Fatigue (2)
- Headache in the afternoon (1)
- Light "tidal" fever that attacks in the afternoon (1)
- Night sweats (1)
- Nosebleed (1)
- Palms of hands and sole of feet are both hot (1)
- Sleeplessness (1)
- Swallowing difficulty (1)
- Toothache (1)
- Underweight (1)
Treatment Formula: Bai-he-Gu-Jin-Tang
Foods cures: bird's nest, cheese, kidney bean, abalone, asparagus, chicken egg, cuttlefish, duck, duck egg, white fungus, oyster, pork, and royal jelly.
The above information is taken from the book Chinese System of Natural Cures
Chinese System of Natural Cures
Chinese Natural Cures: Traditional Methods for Remedies and Preventions
Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrution
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