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Chinese patterns
Liver channel Obstructed by Stagnant Cold
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: inguinal hernia; pelvic inflammatory disease; orchitis

» etiology: Invasion of Exterior Cold

signs and symptoms

signs and symptoms:

lower abdominal fullness

• distension and/or pain with referred pain to scrotum and testes

• vaginal atrophy

• straining of testis or contraction of scrotum

• pain aggravated by cold

• alleviated by warmth

• pain can be felt on the right or left sides or both

» pulse: deep, wiry, slow

» tongue: pale, moist with white coating

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: sedate the Liver; move Stagnancy; disperse Cold

differential diagnosis

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