*** in TСM terminology
Cough:
| With abundant liquid phlegm | Affection of lungs by cold |
| With yellow dense phlegm | Intense heat of lungs |
| With husky voice | Excess of the qi of lungs |
Breathing:
| Rapid and noisy | Heat of lungs |
| Weak, silent | Vacuity of the qi of kidneys, affection by cold |
| Hasty | Heat |
| Slow | Vacuity of the YANG and YIN qi in kidneys |
Hiccup:
| Loud | Heat |
| Weak | Affection by cold |
| Constant | Vacuity of the YANG qi in kidneys |
Odor from the mouth:
| Intence odor of mustiness | Heat of stomach |
| Sour | Heat of small and large intestine, stomach |
| Mouldy, foul | Vacuity of the energy of liver |
| Odor of decay | Heat of stomach, spleen, pancreas |
Egesta - Phlegm:
| With blood and strong odor | Heat of lungs |
| With blood, without odor | Excess of qi of lungs, heat |
| Dense with unpleasant odor | Heat of lungs and stomach |
Egesta - Vomit:
| With strong odor, not sour | Excess of the qi of liver, cold of stomach |
| With strong sour odor | Cold of stomach and gallbladder |
| Red with blood, dark-red | Heat of liver |
| With food residual, intense | Heat of stomach |
| Scarce | Heat of liver, gallbladder, stomach |
| Mucous | Cold of spleen and stomach |
Egesta - Urine:
| Turbid with bad odor | Heat of of three heaterst the bottom |
| Turbid | Affection by cold |
| Light | Cold of the Triple warmer (lower part) |
| With blood | Heat of the urinary bladder |
| Yellow | Heat |
| Scarce | Accumulation of liquid |
| Scarlet red | Excess of qi of the small intestine, heat |
Egesta - Excrement:
| With strong sour odor | Heat of large intestine |
| Liquid, white, with strong odor | Cold of large intestine |
| Dry with strong odor | Heat of the Triple warmer (lower part) |
| Liquided dark with strong odor | Heat of large intestine |
| Solid | Heat of large intestine |
| With blood | Heat, vacuity of the Yin qi |
| Liquid, with blood | Vacuity of the qi of spleen |
| Dense, with blood | Vacuity of the qi of spleen and stomach, cold |
| Mucous, with blood | Vacuity of the qi of thin intestine, excess of qi of large intestine, affection by cold |
| Diarrhea | Vacuity of the qi of large intestine |
Egesta - Whites:
| White colour, dense with odor | Heat of the Triple warmer (lower part) |
| Liquid, with strong odor | Affection by cold |
| Liquid, without odor | Vacuity of qi, cold |
Egesta - Discharg from the mouth:
| Yellow, viscous | Heat |
| White liquid | Affection by cold |
| With blood | Heat of lungs |
| With dark blood | Stagnation of blood |
| With odor | Heat of lungs |
Egesta - Sweat:
| Natural | Vacuity of Yang qi |
| Abundant | Heat |
| After dream | Vacuity of Yin qi |
| After cooling | Affection by cold |
| Sweating of the head | Heat of the Triple warmer (upper part) |
| Sweating of one half of the body | Vacuity of Yang qi, heat |
| Sweating of hands and feet | Vacuity of the qi of spleen and stomach |
| Constant sweating | Heat |
| Sweating with fever | Heat |
| Cold sweat | Vacuity of Yang qi |
| Sweating of one foot | Stagnation of blood, cold, heat |
| Sweating by drops | Vacuity of Yang qi, cold |
