Psoriasis · Blood-Stasis Pattern

Updated: June 23, 2026

Reviewed by: Dr. Li Wei, DACM

Reading Time: 7 min

Body Area: Skin

Pattern Overview

Blood-Stasis is a common pattern in plaque-type psoriasis, characterized by microcirculatory disturbance, thickened plaques, dark red color, slow resolution, and chronic lesions. The core pathogenesis is Blood stasis in the skin collaterals, leading to microcirculatory disturbance, platelet aggregation, and chronic plaque formation.

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Restless Leg Syndrome · Blood Stasis Pattern

Updated: June 23, 2026

Reviewed by: Dr. Li Wei, DACM

Reading Time: 7 min

Body Area: Leg

Pattern Overview

Blood Stasis is a common pattern in restless leg syndrome, characterized by vascular insufficiency, restless legs, sharp pain, and aggravation at night. The core pathogenesis is stagnation of blood in the leg collaterals, leading to reduced perfusion, ischemic neuropathy, and restless sensations.

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Rib Pain · Blood Stasis Pattern

Updated: June 23, 2026

Reviewed by: Dr. Li Wei, DACM

Reading Time: 6 min

Body Area: Chest

Pattern Overview

Blood Stasis is a common pattern in rib pain, characterized by fracture or traumatic pain, sharp fixed pain, and aggravation at night. The core pathogenesis is trauma causing stagnation of blood in the rib collaterals, leading to severe pain, swelling, and impaired healing.

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Tension Headache · Blood Stasis Pattern

Updated: June 23, 2026

Reviewed by: Dr. Li Wei, DACM

Reading Time: 7 min

Body Area: Head

Pattern Overview

Blood Stasis is a chronic pattern in tension headache, characterized by chronic pain-induced central sensitization, fixed headache, worsened at night, and dull complexion. The core pathogenesis is Blood stasis in the head collaterals, leading to cerebral blood flow abnormalities, central sensitization, and persistent headache.

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TMJ Pain · Blood Stasis Pattern

Updated: June 23, 2026

Reviewed by: Dr. Li Wei, DACM

Reading Time: 7 min

Body Area: Head

Pattern Overview

Blood Stasis is a chronic pattern in TMJ pain, characterized by disc displacement or degeneration, fibrin deposition in the joint cavity, synovial microcirculatory disturbance, fixed pain, and limited movement. The core pathogenesis is Blood stasis in the TMJ collaterals, causing synovial microcirculatory disturbance, fibrin deposition, and chronic pain.

Trigeminal Neuralgia · Blood Stasis Pattern

Updated: June 23, 2026

Reviewed by: Dr. Li Wei, DACM

Reading Time: 7 min

Body Area: Head

Pattern Overview

Blood Stasis is a common pattern in trigeminal neuralgia, characterized by nerve demyelination with vascular compression, fixed stabbing pain, worse at night, and dull complexion. The core pathogenesis is Blood stasis in the facial collaterals, causing nerve ischemia, hypoxia, and persistent pain.

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Type 2 Diabetes · Blood Stasis Pattern

Updated: June 23, 2026

Reviewed by: Dr. Li Wei, DACM

Reading Time: 7 min

Body Area: Whole Body

Pattern Overview

Blood Stasis is a common pattern in type 2 diabetes, characterized by hyperglycemia-induced AGEs formation causing vascular damage, diabetic microvascular complications, numbness, and poor wound healing. The core pathogenesis is prolonged hyperglycemia causing blood stasis in the collaterals, leading to microvascular damage and diabetic complications.

Vitiligo · Blood Stasis Pattern

Updated: June 23, 2026

Reviewed by: Dr. Li Wei, DACM

Reading Time: 7 min

Body Area: Skin

Pattern Overview

Blood Stasis is a pattern in vitiligo, characterized by microcirculatory disturbance, reduced melanocyte nutrient supply, depigmentation with dark borders, and fixed lesions. The core pathogenesis is Blood stasis in the skin collaterals, causing reduced nutrient supply to melanocytes and impaired melanin synthesis.

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