Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline for Cancer Palliative Care: Pain, Constipation, and Insomnia

Table 4

Diagnostic criteria of CM patterns on cancer insomnia.

Pattern	Diagnosis
Liver-qi stagnation^※§	Insomnia, constipation, pain, white fur, stringy pulse, or fullness and discomfort in chest/hypochondrium, susceptible sigh
Liver depression and spleen deficiency^※§	Insomnia, fatigue, pain, white fur, stringy pulse, or fullness and discomfort in chest/hypochondrium, anorexia, sallow complexion
Qi and blood deficiency^※§	Insomnia, fatigue, hair loss, dizziness, white fur or red tongue with thin fur, thready or weak pulse, feverish palms and soles, night sweats, thirst, shortness of breath with lassitude
Qi and yin deficiency^※§	Insomnia, fatigue, pain, dizziness, constipation, sunken or thready pulse
Heart and spleen deficiency^※§	Sleepy, unable to have deep sleep, unsound slumber, difficult to fall back asleep after waking up, palpitation, forgetfulness, general lassitude, anorexia, sallow complexion, flat feeling in mouth with tasteless, abdominal distension after eating, pink tongue with white fur, thready or weak pulse