1 Qi asthenia syndrome
Qi asthenia syndrome refers to insufficiency of primordial qi and asthenia symptoms of hypofunction of the viscera and tissues. This syndrome is usually caused by excessive consumption of primordial qi due to chronic disease, severe disease or overstrain, or by deficiency of primordial qi due to congenital defects and postnatal improper diet, or by decline of primordial qi due to weakness and hypofunction of the viscera and tissues resulting from senility.
Clinical manifestations: Lack of qi, no desire to speak, low voice, shortness of breath, dispiritedness, lassitude, dizziness, spontaneous sweating, aggravation of all the symptoms after movement, pale and tender tongue, as well as weak pulse.
Analysis of symptoms: Lack of qi, no desire to speak, low voice, shortness of breath, dispiritedness and lassitude are due to insufficiency of primordial qi and hypofunction of the viscera; dizziness is due to failure of asthenic qi to nourish the head; spontaneous sweating is due to failure of weakened weiqi to protect the superficies of the body; all the symptoms are aggravated after movement because "overstrain consumes qi" ; pale and tender tongue and weak pulse are signs of qi asthenia and insufficiency of qi and blood.
Key points for syndrome differentiation: The essential symptoms for diagnosis are lack of qi, lassitude, dispiritedness, spontaneous sweating and weak pulse.
