CASE – WTM001
Recent weight gain over Christmas holiday period (5kg in one month) due to overeating, rich food and lack of normal exercise.
On examination: marked increase in abdominal fat, feels bloated and distended around the abdomen, constipation, fatigue, can’t taste flavor of food, ruddy complexion, spontaneous perspiration.
Tongue: pale with a thin white coat
Pulse: deep and slippery
TCM Diagnosis:
DIAGNOSIS & PATHOGENESIS
Damp retention in the Spleen and Stomach > develops into Damp-Heat (Yang body constitution, hot climactic conditions) > Condenses into Phlegm > obstruction of the …