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NCCAOM Red Flags

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Red Flags
Red Flags
Loose stools & lassitude
deficiency of qi (spleen)
odor - none
cold
odor - smelly
heat - excess damp heat
onset of symptoms - gradual
interior condition
onset of symptoms - sudden
exterior condition - invasion
pain - pricking
excess stagnation of blood
pain - fixed
excess stagnation of blood
pain - improves with pressure
deficiency
pain - migrating
stagnation of qi or wind
pain - stabbing, stays in one place
excess stagnation of blood
pain - migrating
stadnation of qi or wind condition
pain - stabbing, stays in one place
excess stagnation of blood
pain - worsens with pressure
excess
palpitations
heart
plum pit in thorat (plum pit qi)
qi stag (liver)
prolapses
deficiency (spleen qi sinking)
purple
stagnation
speech - very slow
deficiency (qi)
sweat - constant, sticky
deficiency (yin collapse)
sweat - night sweats
deficiency (yin)
sweat - profuse, beady, cold
deficiency (yang collapse)
sweat - spontaneous sweating (daytime)
deficiency (qi)
taste - bitter
heat in Liver or Gb
tinnitus - better w/ pressure
deficiency (kd qi)
tinnitus - worse w/pressure
deficiency (liver fire or yang) (EXCESS WITH XUE)
urine - clear, increased volume
cold
urine - deep, yellow, scanty
heat
uring - retention of, difficult, dribbling
deficiency (kd yang)
Body curled up, wants covers
excess yin - interior cold
body stretched out, no covers wanted
excess yang - interior heat
chest suffocating feeling
stagnation (qi, esp liver)
chills and fever - alternating
External invasion (cold - shao yang stage; heat - qi level)
chills and fever - fever w/o chills
internal
chills and fever - general
external invasion
chills and fever - more chills than fever
external invasion - wind cold
chills and fever - more fever than chills
external invasion - wind heat
cold - patient desires cold
excess yang - interior heat
cold - patient fearful of cold
excess external cold invasion
cough - coughing or vomiting
rebellious qi
cough - dry, no sputum
deficiency (lung yin w/ dryness)
cough - w/ gurgling
excess damp, phlegm
diarrhea (5:00 or cock's crow)
deficiency (kd or sp yang)
distention - more distention than pain
excess (qi stag)
distention - more pain than distention
excess (blood stag)
exertion - symptoms worse with exertion
deficiency (qi)
face - bright white
deficiency of yang (false cold)
face - entire faace flushed red
excess yang (true heat)
face - malar flush
deficiency of yin (false heat)
face - pale white
excess internal cold (true cold)
face - pale sallow
deficiency (blood)
fever - tidal (afternoon)
deficiency (yin)
five centers how (heat in 5 hearts)
deficiency (yin)
head in saran wrap _ head in a bag
excess (damp)
headache - empty sensation in the head, paroxysmal darkness, blurred vision
deficiency of qi & loss of in essence
insomnia - hard to get to sleep
deficiency (blood - heart)
insomnia - hard to stay asleep
deficiency (yin - heart)
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