| | Pattern | Diagnosis |
| | Qi and yin deficiency※§ | Without dry stool, or with dry stool like nuts, spend a lot of time on the toilet straining, shortness of breath, fatigue, flushed cheeks, dizziness with tinnitus, emaciation, relative weakness in the loins and knees |
| | Qi movement stagnation※§ | Difficult defecation, with or without dry stool, frequent eructation, fullness and pain in abdomen/hypochondrium, thin and greasy fur, stringy pulse. |
| | Blood deficiency※§ | Dry stool, pale white complexion, palpitation and forgetfulness, dizziness |
| | Yang deficiency※§ | With or without dry stool, difficult defecation, clear abundant urine, pale white and greenish complexion, cold limb, with preference for warmth and sensitive to cold, cold and pain in the abdomen, feeling of cold and heaviness in the loins and along spinal |
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