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Dislike hearing the sound of wood; startle easily upon hearing it. Mania: climbing high to sing, discarding clothes and running. Dark complexion. Inability to speak. Vomiting. Herpes on lips (Chunzhen). Yawning. Rapid digestion with easy hunger. Neck pain. Pain in the thigh at Futu (ST32) laterally, and throughout the foot. Spleen function restricted, unable to rotate, feeling as if knotted or torn. Desire to stretch frequently and yawn. Heat in the anterior body, cold in the posterior body. Palpitations. Closing doors to stay alone. Enuresis and flatus. Swelling and pain in the knees and patellae.

Bitter taste in the mouth. Body lacks moisture/luster. Heat in the lateral aspect of the feet but cold soles, aversion to wind. Scrofula (Madao) and goiter (Xieying), pain in the chest, hypochondrium, thighs, lateral aspects of the knees down to Jiegu (GB39) and anterior to the lateral malleolus, pain in all joints. Frequent sighing.

Heat in front of the ears, aversion to cold. Swelling of the forehead and mandible, inability to turn the head. Dyspnea with shoulder movement (Jianxi), pain in the lateral and posterior aspects of the elbow and arm, pain in the lateral face, waist feeling like broken, pain in the medial and anterior aspects of the arms.

Deafness. Tinnitus with a buzzing sound. Pain behind the ears, shoulders, elbows, and lateral back. Qi fullness, skin feels hard and distended but not painful. Difficulty using the thumb and index finger.

Five types of diarrhea, passing stools of five colors. Stiffness and pain at the root of the tongue. Lethargy and drowsiness. Vomiting immediately after eating. Obstruction of both urination and defecation. Food difficult to swallow. Obstruction of the nine orifices. Oppression and distress in the epigastrium. Easy hunger and sensitive taste but lack of appetite, indigestion. Sweet taste in the mouth. Pain in the sacrum, yin region, thighs, knees, and dorsum of the feet. Pulsating Qi around the umbilicus, firm and painful upon pressure. Qi rebellion from below the umbilicus rushing to the heart, abdominal distension, borborygmus, undigested food in stool (Sunxie). Weakness in legs making walking difficult, muscle twitching, pain in the soles. Yellow complexion. Irritability and acute pain in the epigastrium. After various diarrheas and watery stools pass, relief is felt when residual gas passes. Inability to move the body. Appearance of drunkenness, moist skin but shortness of breath, muscle pain. Foot swelling resembling edema. Food causing middle-jiao fullness, reduced desire for water, frequent belching.

Complexion like lacquer. Cold sensation in the abdomen. Complexion black as charcoal. Hunger without desire to eat, heart feels empty as if hungry. Difficulty in defecation. Foot weakness and cold limbs (Jue). Cyanosis and cold in fingers. Pain in the hypochondrium, between shoulders and back, and between thighs. Qi rebellion below the umbilicus, acute pain in the lower abdomen, diarrhea, coughing, profuse hemoptysis. Drowsiness, wanting to sit up then lie down again. Lower body swelling, cold and inverted feet. Blackening of the nails of the four toes. Abdominal distension, calf swelling, asthma and cough. Fullness in the chest, pain in the lower and upper abdomen. Inability to lift the limbs. Frostbite. Dysentery. Pain in the spine, pain in the posterior medial aspect of the thighs, cold waist feeling like immersion in water and swelling. Excessive thinking. Excessive fear. Intestinal disorder (Changpi), dampness in the genital region. Thirst. Pain to the left of the umbilicus. Heat in the soles of the feet.