Treatments: Assessment

What is missing from this plan? «Spleen qi deficiency. Tonify. Usual points.»

1. Nothing: it is complete
2. The concrete object of the principle, the chosen route, the timeframe and the sign you will watch
3. Only the names of the points

Match each pattern with its principle.

• Coldness, dull low back pain and clear night urinationTonify and warmMove and releaseClear and drainNourish and moisten
• Chest tightness, sighing and symptoms shifting with moodTonify and warmMove and releaseClear and drainNourish and moisten
• Scant burning urine, urgency and a greasy yellow coatingTonify and warmMove and releaseClear and drainNourish and moisten
• Dryness, afternoon heat and a red peeled tongueTonify and warmMove and releaseClear and drainNourish and moisten
• Flank pain that comes and goes and worsens when held inTonify and warmMove and releaseClear and drainNourish and moisten
• Fatigue with loose stools and cold handsTonify and warmMove and releaseClear and drainNourish and moisten

A 62-year-old with increasing fatigue, unintended weight loss and night sweats for three months. What do you do?

1. Diagnose yin deficiency and start nourishing
2. Treat the fatigue and observe for three more months
3. Recommend medical assessment before proposing any background treatment

Scant burning urine, urgency and a greasy yellow coating. Build the principle.

Order the complete plan for a chronic picture.

1. Rule out red flags and ask about medication↑↓
2. Name the main pattern and the secondary one↑↓
3. Write the principle and decide root or branch↑↓
4. Choose route, technique, dose and session rhythm↑↓
5. Agree two changes at home and set the review point↑↓

What is the most reliable sign that a chronic treatment is on the right track?

1. That signs the patient does not monitor have shifted: sleep, digestion, the tongue
2. That the main symptom disappeared in two sessions
3. That the patient says they feel better