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| Pattern Names |
| Blood Stagnation • 血热 • Xuè yū |
| Classification |
| Category: Blood |
Syndrome: Blood Stagnation |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: purple or dark spots on side; possible distended purple veins underside. |
Pulse: choppy, irregular |
| Indications: Pain (piercing, burning, stabbing) aggravated at night, refuses pressure, worse with exercise, fixed location; dark complexion, purple lips, fixed masses/lumps, bleeding with dark blood and clots, squamous/dry skin, menorrhagia/amenorrhea/dysmenorrhea.
[32] • Dark complexion accompanied by scaly skin [42]
From: HB Kim Study Notes:
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| Keywords |
| Pain, aches, dysmenorrhea, dark, purple |
| Etiology |
| blood stasis, blood cold, blood heat, Qi stagnation |
| Notes |
| Blood stagnation is a pattern caused by many etiology, including blood stasis, blood cold, blood heat, Qi stagnation, etc |
