Six Stages of Disease Invasion

 

 

Taiyang

Greater Yang Stage

 

Common Symptoms

Tongue

Pulse

Channel Pattern

Attack of Cold

Aversion to cold, shivering, cough and sneezing, runny nose with white watery discharge, no or slight fever, occipital stiffness, no sweating, no thirst

Color unchanged, thin white coating

Floating-Tight

Channel Pattern

Attack of Wind

Aversion to wind, shivering, slight sweating, no or slight fever, mild myalgias, slight headache, no thirst

Body color unchanged, thin white coating

Floating, Slow

Organ Pattern

Accumulation of Water

Fever, aversion to cold, thirst, retention of urine, difficult urination, vomiting

Yellow coating on the root

Floating, Rapid

Accumulation of Blood

Distention and fullness of Epigastrium

Red with yellow coating on the root

Deep, Choppy

 

 

Yangming

Bright Yang Stage

 

Common Symptoms

Tongue

Pulse

Channel Pattern

 

High fever, profuse sweating, aversion to heat, thirsty for cold water, red face, restlessness

Red with yellow coating

Overflowing, Rapid

Organ pattern

High fever worsening in afternoon, profuse sweating, constipation, thirsty for cold water, fullness in abdomen worsening on pressure, restlessness and irritability, delirium

Red with dry , yellow or black coating

Full, Deep, Rapid

 

 

Shaoyang

Lesser Yang Stage

 

Common Symptoms

Tongue

Pulse

General Clinical Manifestations

 

Alternating feelings of hot and cold, bitter taste, dry throat, distention and fullness of hypochondrium, blurred vision, no desire to eat or drink, irritability, nausea and vomiting

White coating on one side only

Wiry, Fine

 

 

Taiyin

Greater Yin Stage

 

Common Symptoms

Tongue

Pulse

General Clinical Manifestations

 

Abdominal fullness, vomiting, diarrhea,  no thirst,

No appetite

Red without coating

Fine, Rapid

 

 

Shaoyin

Lesser Yin Stage

 

Common Symptoms

Tongue

Pulse

Heat Transformation

 

Feeling hot, irritable, insomnia, dry mouth and throat worse at night, dark, scanty urine

Red without coating

Fine, Rapid

Cold Transformation

Chills, Fetal position, aversion to cold, listless, desire to sleep, cold limbs, diarrhea, desire for warm liquids or no thirst, pale copious urine

Pale

Deep, Weak

 

 

Jueyin

Terminal Yin Stage

 

Common Symptoms

Tongue

Pulse

General Clinical Manifestations

 

Persistent thirst, upward feeling of disturbance of heart, heat and pain in chest, feeling of hunger without desire to eat, cold limbs, diarrhea, vomiting

Yellow coating in front, white coating on the root

Wiry, Fine