» conventional diagnoses: viral or bacterial infection; influenza.
» etiology: exposure to climatic or environmental Dampness
signs and symptoms
» signs and symptoms:
feeling of cold in epigastrium ameliorated by warm applications
stuffiness of chest and epigastrium
sensation of heaviness of head
absence of taste or sweet taste in mouth
thirstless or thirst but no desire to drink
white vaginal discharge
loose or thin stools
acute onset
occasionally a low fever
loss of appetite
nausea
loss of taste
watery stools
fullness or heaviness in the chest or head
course and prognosis
» principle of treatment: resolve Dampness; disperse Cold; tonify the Spleen
differential diagnosis
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