Table 1.
Scoring System for Basic TCM Syndrome
| Symptom | Scoring | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None (0) | Mild (2 for Major Syndromes, and 1 for Minor) | Moderate (4 for Major Syndromes, and 2 for Minor) | Severe (6 for Major Syndromes, and 3 for Minor) | ||
| Major syndromes | Pale face | Slightly | Moderate, pale without vitality | Severe, pale with a white paper looking | |
| Dizziness | Occasionally | Frequently | Persistently and hard to relieve | ||
| Fatigue | Slightly, can still work on daily life | Moderate, hard to work | Severe, can only stay in bed | ||
| Palpitations and shortness of breath | Occasionally | Frequently | Recurrently and hard to relieve | ||
| Minor syndromes | Feverish palms and soles | Slightly feverish in night | Moderate feverish with vexation | Feel burning, and away from clothing | |
| Hectic fever and night sweating | Occasionally, mostly on head | Recurrently, on chest and waist | Frequently, showing as wet body | ||
| Dipsia | Occasionally | Frequently, tolerable | Frequently, intolerable | ||
| Yellow urine | Primrose yellow | Medium yellow | Dark yellow | ||
| Cold body | Cold in hands and feet | Cold limbs | Clod body, cannot relieve with warming | ||
| Anorexia | Slightly, appetite decreases 1/3 to 2/3 | Bad, appetite decreases above 2/3 | Severe anorexia, even no diet | ||
| Diarrhea | Once daily | Two to three times daily | More than three times daily | ||