AP Diagnosis & Syndrome Differentiation 3

Question 1

A patient reports palpitations, insomnia, poor memory, and a pale complexion with a thin pale tongue. Which pattern does this indicate?

Accepted Answer

Heart Blood Deficiency

Answer

Palpitations, insomnia, poor memory, pale complexion, and pale thin tongue indicate Heart Blood Deficiency failing to nourish the Shen.

Question 2

Which pulse quality is most characteristic of Dampness accumulation in the body?

Accepted Answer

Slippery (Hua)

Answer

A slippery pulse feels like pearls rolling on a plate and is the classic pulse associated with Dampness or Phlegm.

Question 3

A menopausal woman presents with night sweats, hot flushes, dry mouth at night, malar flush, and a red tongue without coating. What is the pattern?

Accepted Answer

Kidney Yin Deficiency with Empty Heat

Answer

Night sweats, hot flushes, dry mouth at night, malar flush, and red peeled tongue indicate Kidney Yin Deficiency generating Empty Heat.

Question 4

In the Zang-Fu differentiation, a patient with chronic cough, dry throat, scanty sticky sputum, and a red tongue with little coating most likely has which pattern?

Accepted Answer

Lung Yin Deficiency

Answer

Chronic dry cough with scanty sticky sputum, dry throat, red tongue with little coating indicate Lung Yin Deficiency.

Question 5

A patient presents with sudden loss of voice, sore throat, fever, and aversion to wind. The tongue is red with thin yellow coating. Which pattern is present?

Accepted Answer

Wind-Heat Attacking the Lung

Answer

Sudden loss of voice with fever, aversion to wind, sore throat, and thin yellow tongue coating indicates Wind-Heat attacking the Lung.

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AP Diagnosis & Syndrome Differentiation 3