manifestations
1) Heat in the Intestines:
Dry mouth or bad breath, abdominal distension, pain is gained when pressing, dry stools, dry and yellow coating, smooth and big pulse.
2) Stagnation of Qi in the Intestines:
Frequent attack of belching, urgency to defecate but having difficulty in passing stools, even swelling in the lower abdomen, while coating, thread and wiry pulse.
3) Deficiency of the spleen causing weakness of Qi:
Pale complexion, lassitude, short breath, dry stools, urgency to defecate but having difficulty in passing stools, sweating, shortness of breath, light tongue with thin and white coating, weak pulse.
4) Yang-deficiency of Spleen and kidney:
Sallow and lusterless complexion, intermittent dizziness and palpitation, cold and pain in the lower abdomen, clear and long urine, aversion to cold, cold limbs, dry stools, light tongue with white and moist coating, slow pulse.
5) Yin-deficiency and Dry Intestines:
Dry stools which looks like sheep excrement, dry mouth with little saliva, lassitude, poor appetite, red tongue with little coating, thready and rapid pulse.
