Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline for Cancer Palliative Care: Pain, Constipation, and Insomnia

Table 1

Common CM patterns of cancer pain, constipation, and insomnia.

Cancer associated symptom	Common CM pattern classification
Pain	Qi movement stagnation
	Phlegm-dampness congealing
	Static blood obstructing
	Qi stagnation and blood stasis
	Combination of phlegm and blood stasis
	Qi and blood deficiency
Constipation	Qi and yin deficiency
	Qi movement stagnation
	Blood deficiency
	Yang deficiency
Insomnia	Liver-qi stagnation
	Liver depression and spleen deficiency
	Qi and blood deficiency
	Qi and yin deficiency
	Heart and spleen deficiency