Backache

Question 1

continuous, dull, better with rest

Answer 1

Kidney deficiency

Question 2

recent onset, severe, with stiffness

Answer 2

sprain, causing blood stasis

Question 3

severe pain, aggravated during cold/damp weather, alleviated by heat

Answer 3

Wind-cold-damp

Question 4

boring pain with inability to turn the Waist

Answer 4

Blood stasis

Question 5

pain in the back, extending up to the shoulders

Answer 5

Exterior wind

Question 6

Numbness in the arms and legs, hands and feet on both sides

Answer 6

Blood deficiency

Question 7

Numbness in the fingers, especially the first three fingers, elbow and arm on one side only

Answer 7

Wind-Phlegm, before wind stroke