» 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