I.Shi)       Small Intestine Excess Heat

Tongue: ulcer with burning pain especially on the tip

Pulse: rapid, slippery, wiry

Traditional Indications:

Urinary Tract Infection: small amount of painful, dark & concentrated, and burning urine

Constipation, Lower abdominal pain or bloating

Mental restlessness

Conventional Classifications:

U.T.I. treated by antibiotics

Treatment:

Purge Fire, Sedate Shen of the Heart, Promote Water

Note:

Heart Fire can transfer to the Small Intestine thus causing U.T.I.  The Heart is more related to the Shen while the Small Intestine is more related to the U.T.I.

II.Shi)       Small Intestine Qi Stagnation Pain

Tongue: normal, thin & white coat or greasy yellow coat

Pulse: wiry, deep

Traditional Indications:

Lower Jiao:  groin pain may spread to the Liver channel therefore affecting the external genitalia leading to bloated testicles which in turn leads to Xue Stagnation.

Gas, bloated or painful abdomen, loss of appetite

Conventional Classifications:

Hernia, Colitis, Food allergies, Irritable bowels (muscle cramps of the S.I.)

Treatment:

Regulate Qi then Warm Interior  (syndromes may change to cold which can lead to cold congestion of the Liver channel).

I.Xu)       Small Intestine Xu & Cold

Tongue: tender, pale, thin-white coat

Pulse: xu, deep, or moderate

Traditional Indications:

Urine: frequent, clear

Digestion: loose stool, diarrhea, bloated abdomen, loss of appetite

Xu: dull pain, chronic, and likes pressure

Cold: patient likes warm food and moxa, cold food increases diarrhea

Conventional Classifications:

Chronic amebic or bacterial dysentery, Parasites, Crohn's disease, Food allergies to cold food, Colitis, A.I.D.S., Candida, Giardia

Treatment:

Warm Interior, Tonify

Note:

Infections can be cold such as chronic infections.  Acute pneumonia is another example of an infection that may be cold in nature (see Lung).