Obesity Syndrome Differentiation Questionnaire
| Abbreviation | Related syndrome differentiation | |
|---|---|---|
| General condition (8) | ||
| G1. Feeling tired as usual | Tired | SD |
| G2. Feeling body heavy or hard to move | Body_heavy | YD, SD, PH |
| G3. Feeling dizziness | Dizziness | PH |
| G4. Feeling head heavy or woozy | Woozy | PH |
| G5. Pale face | Pale | YD |
| G6. Cold sweats | Cold_sweats | YD |
| G7. Hating cold weather | Hate_cold | YD |
| G8. Cold body or cold limbs | Cold_body | YD |
| Emotional symptoms (8) | ||
| E1. Introverted or sensitive | Sensitive | LS |
| E2. Getting angry easily | Angry | LS |
| E3. Worrying a lot as usual | Worry | LS |
| E4. Feeling heavy in the chest | Heavy_chest | LS |
| E5. Feeling depressed frequently | Depressed | LS |
| E6. Worsen pain after psychological stress | Stress_pain | LS |
| E7. Pain during compression of the sternum | Sternum_pain | LS |
| E8. Feeling flank pain | Flank_pain | LS |
| Digestive symptoms (18) | ||
| D1. Tendency to poor digestion | Poor_digestion | FR, SD |
| D2. Worsen dyspepsia after psychological stress | Stress_dyspepsia | LS |
| D3. Tendency to overeat | Overeat | FR |
| D4. Tendency to eat even when full | Greedy_eat | FR |
| D5. Tendency to tasteless | Tasteless | SD |
| D6. Eating less | Eat_less | PH (multiply by 0.5) |
| D7. Feeling bloated stomach. | Bloated | FR, SD, PH (multiply by 0.5) |
| D8. Frequent belching | Belching | FR |
| D9. Gassy stomach | Gassy | FR |
| D10. Frequent indigestion | Indigestion | FR |
| D11. Feeling food stagnation | Food_stagnation | FR |
| D12. Frequent upset stomach | Upset_stomach | FR |
| D13. Frequent nausea or vomiting | Nausea | SD, PH |
| D14. Loose or watery stools | Loose_stool | SD, YD |
| D15. Frequent diarrhea and bowel sound | Diarrhea_sound | PH |
| D16. Stomach growling as usual | Stomach_growl | SD |
| D17. Difficult defecation as usual | Difficult_defecation | FR |
| D18. Difficult voiding | Difficult_voiding | YD |
| Circulatory symptoms (18) | ||
| C1. Swelling whole body | Swelling_body | SD |
| C2. Swelling face or eyelids | Swelling_face | YD |
| C3. Swelling limbs. | Swelling_limbs | SD, YD |
| C4. Swelling tendency of the lower limbs | Swelling_legs | YD |
| C5. Feeling sharp pain of body | Sharp_pain | BS |
| C6. Feeling fixed pain in the body | Fixed_pain | BS |
| C7. Nocturnal pain | Nocturnal_pain | BS |
| C8. Physical trauma history | Trauma | BS |
| C9. Bleeding symptoms or sign in body | Bleeding | BS |
| C10.Bruise, purpura or visible capillaries on skin | Bruise | BS |
| C11.Dark eyelids or lips | Dark_eye_lips | BS |
| C12.Scaly skin | Scaly_skin | BS |
| C13.Lump in skin or abdomen | Lump_skin_abdomen | PH |
| C14.Hard lump under the skin | Hard_lump | BS |
| C15.Lower abdominal pain | Belly_pain | LS, BS |
| C16.Coughing up with sputum | Sputum | PH |
| C17.Globus pharyngeus | Globus | PH |
Obesity syndrome differentiation questionnaire with 5 answers: (① Never ② Rarely ③ Sometimes ④ Often ⑤ Always). Abbreviation indicates concise expression of the question for the convenience of visualization and explanation. The questions that contribute to obesity syndrome differentiation are described in the related syndrome differentiation.
FR: food retention, YD: yang deficiency, LS: liver qi stagnation, PH: phlegm, BS: blood stasis, SD: spleen deficiency.
