Table 2 List of items in the final round

Skin lesion color

Full red, red, garnet, pink, darker skinned

Type of skin lesion

Papule, scaling, crust, pustule, cracking, erythema

Shape of skin lesion

Scattered, guttate, ostaceous, plaque, map shape, generalized lesion, annular, thickness, hyperpigmentation, depigmentation, rough surface, infiltration, thin scale, thick scale, easy scaly exfoliation, dry scale

Associated factors

Trigger factors: overexertion, depression, stirring

Aggravating factors: smoking, drinking alcohol, hot water, stimulating medicine, infection, during menstruation, postpartum

predilection diet: heavy and greasy, pungent, cold and raw

Stool: less stool, constipation

Mental irritation: sense of distress in the chest, anxiety and irritability

Itching degree: severe, mild, slight, absent

Itching frequency: continuous, intermittent

Fever: fever, hot palms, soles and heart

Urine: scanty dark urine

Muscle and joint: muscles and joint pain, stiffness with bending limitation

Mouth: dry mouth and thirsty, dry mouth and not thirsty, bitter taste, fetid breath, sticky taste

Sleep: insomnia, frequent dreams

Complexion: flushed

Nail manifestation: nails not lustrous

Menstruation: scanty menstruation, crimson color, blood clot

Throat: sore throat, redness of pharyngeal portion, tonsil suppuration

Tongue and its coating

Substance: pale, red, maroon, dark purple tongue or tongue with petechiae, thin delicate, enlarged tongue fissured

Coating: white, yellow, greasy, glossy, rough, less, peeling, sublingual varicose veins and bluish purple

Pulse

Moderate, slippery, rapid, string, deep, thread, hesitant

Living environment

Humid, dry, hot, cold