Table 4.

Indicators of the Fire-heat pattern (31)

Item	pattern indicator
headache	radiating headache(both temporal region and parietal region)
	severe and seems to be bursting
	hot head
	headache with anger
	severe and sudden headache
	seems to break and to be bursting
dizziness	severe and accompanied nausea and vomiting
facial complexion	reddened complexion
eye's abnormal condition	red eyes
tinnitus	ringing in the ear strongly
tongue and mouth	bitter taste and thirst in the mouth
	aphta and tongue sores
	fetid mouth odor
sputum	sticky and yellow sputum
oppression in the chest	heat vexation in the chest
palpitation and fearful throbbing	palpitation quickly
	palpitation with oppression
abdomen	tenderness and fever in abdominal diagnosis
skin	burning skin sensation
palm and sole	vexing heat in the extremities
digestion	feeling full and feeling gastric reflux in stomach
	excessive appetite with increased food intake and recurrence of hunger sensation shortly after eating
feces	hardened feces difficult to evacuate
urine	reddish urine and does not come out easily
sleeping	inability to sleep well due to fever and oppression
sweating	profuse sweating with fever: sweating when having fever
tongue	red tongue
	a tongue with thorn-like protrusions on its surface
	thick and yellow fur
	dry and black fur
purse	surging and rapid purse