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1.2.2.1.1 Foul breath
Foul breath is seen in oral diseases, such as caries. Foul breath is usually due to stomach heat. Sour odor from the mouth indicates retention of food; putrid odor from the mouth suggests internal abscess.
1.2.2.1.2 Sputum and snivel odor
Stinking and foul sputum with pus and blood is usually seen in exuberance of heat toxin or accumulation of heat toxin into lung abscess. Odorless thin sputum and snivel are usually seen in exogenous disease due to windcold. Frequent discharge of foul and thick snivel suggests nasosinusitis due to lung heat or damp-heat in the gallbladder meridian.
1.2.2.1.3 Body odor
Foul and putrid body odor suggests ulceration and sore. Bromhidrosis is due to fumigation by dampheat.
1.2.2.1.4 Odor of feces and urine
Clear urine without stinking odor indicates asthenia and cold syndrome, also seen among healthy people. Scanty reddish and stinking urine indicates downward migration of damp-heat. Loose and stinking stool suggests asthenia-cold in the spleen and intestines. Sour, putrid and foul odor of stool or foul flatus indicates retention of food and indigestion.
1.2.2.1.5 Menstruation odor
Thin and stinking menorrhea and leukorrhea indicate asthenia-cold or cold-dampness syndrome. Yellowish thick and foul leukorrhea is due to downward migration of damp-heat. In dealing with leukorrhea with stifling foul odor, cares should be taken to exclude the possibility of cancer.