what 5 element pattern would you think she had?

any cracks in tongue and where?

color changes in face?

dr holmes.

resonanthand wrote:

> I recently treated a 16 year-old female who was complaining of
> intolerance to heat and hot sensations all over her body. She
> presented with many of the classic heat symptoms: flushing,
> excessive sweating, irritability aggravated by heat, occasional
> headaches with dizziness, desire for cold drinks & food, etc.
> However, none of the signs indicated heat: her tongue was very pale,
> puffy & teethmarked, with a thin white, moist coating. Her pulse was
> deep, slow and thready, with an occasional skipped beat. Body
> temperature taken orally was 99.1.
>
> I selected the daytime Wei Qi cycle pulse model and determined that
> she had Tai Yin pulses bilaterally. I did not have much response
> with the xi-cleft points on the Lung and Spleen channels so,
> referring the Biao Li method, I pursued LI & Stomach channels. LI7
> and LI10 were extremely sensitive but this only intensified the Tai
> Yin pulse quality. The Stomach channel did not elicit any remarkable
> responses but the same channel along the lower extremities felt very
> taught superficially and almost edematous in the deeper levels.
>
> Would you recommend another pulse model for this particular patient?
> If so why, and how did you determine which model to utilize?
>
> In retrospect, I began to think that there may be an inability of
> the San Jiao to regulate the body temperature & fluids
> appropriately. If this is the case, which model would you suggest I
> use to better address her complaint, and also to enhance my
> understanding of how best to apply these models in my practice?
>
>
> Thanks very much,
> Carol
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