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Chinese patterns
Large Intestine Cold
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: poor digestion; dysbiosis

» note: essentially identical to Spleen Yang Xu (Deficiency)

» etiology: chronic exposure of abdomen to cold weather; excessive consumption of Cold and raw foods

signs and symptoms

signs and syptoms:

• dull abdominal pain

• borborygmi

• loose stools like "duck droppings" (Maciocia, p. 281)

• cold limbs

» pulse: fine, deep

» tongue: pale

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: tonify and warm Large Intestine; tonify and warm Spleen

differential diagnosis

footnotes