Diagnostic Patterns
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnostic Patterns
Below you will find links to the 56 TCM diagnostic patterns available to explore on our site. Within each diagnostic pattern section you will find pointers to related information such as acupuncture protocols, herbal formulas, blog articles/research and more. You may use this section to explore the ways in which Chinese Medicine may approach resolving a diagnostically significant imbalance.
TCM Pattern of the Day
Poor appetite, chest a/or epigastric oppression, sensation of cold in the abdomen which feels better with the application of heat, heavy head a/or body, lack of thirst, loose stools.
Due to how Chinese Medicine works there is an interweaving between "conditions" and "patterns" - i.e. a pattern can exhibit with many issues/symptoms and an issue/symptom may be driven by any number of potential patterns. This is where the diagnostic techniques within Chinese Medicine are critical - finding and resolving the "root" imbalance, as opposed to chasing after symptoms (basic guide here).
B
- Bladder Damp Heat
- Blood Stagnation
H
- Heart Blood Deficiency
- Heart Blood Stagnation
- Heart Fire
- Heart Qi Deficiency
- Heart Yang Collapse
- Heart Yang Deficiency
- Heart Yin Deficiency
- Heat In The Blood
K
- Kidney Jing Deficiency
- Kidney Qi Deficiency
- Kidney Yang Deficiency
- Kidney Yin Deficiency
L
- Large Intestine Blood Stagnation
- Large Intestine Cold
- Large Intestine Damp Heat
- Large Intestine Dryness
- Liver And Gallbladder Damp Heat
- Liver Attacking The Spleen
- Liver Blood Deficiency
- Liver Blood Stagnation
- Liver Cold Stagnation
- Liver Fire
- Liver Qi Stagnation
- Liver Wind
- Liver Yang Rising
- Liver Yin Deficiency
- Lung Dampness - Phlegm Cold
- Lung Dampness - Phlegm Heat
- Lung Dryness
- Lung Qi Deficiency
- Lung Rebellious Qi
- Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold
- Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Heat
- Lung Yin Deficiency
P
- Phlegm Fire
- Phlegm Misting The Heart
- Phlegm Stagnation
S
- Shen Disturbance
- Spleen And Stomach Damp Heat
- Spleen Blood Deficiency
- Spleen Invasion - Cold Damp
- Spleen Not Controlling The Blood
- Spleen Qi Deficiency
- Spleen Qi Sinking
- Spleen Yang Deficiency
- Stomach Blood Stagnation
- Stomach Cold
- Stomach Dampness
- Stomach Fire
- Stomach Food Stagnation
- Stomach Qi Deficiency
- Stomach Rebellious Qi
- Stomach Yin Deficiency
- Summer Heat
We also have a meta list grouped by issues/symptoms that you may explore.
Issue/Symptom of the Day
A kidney stone forms in the kidney from excess amounts of certain substances in the urine. The most common form of kidney stones are comprised of excess calcium, however, stones can be made of uric acid, mineral magnesium and ammonia,...
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