6 Exogenous Pathogens

Question 1

Cold (Yin)

Answer 1

Aversion to cold
Pain: severe, sharp & cramping
Secretions: clear & watery
External: chills>fever, body ache, headache
T = Pale w/ white moist coat P = slow & tense

Question 2

Heat (Yang)

Answer 2

Four Bigs: Fever, Redness, Thirst, Pulse
Bleeding
T = Dry red w/ yellow coat P = rapid

Question 3

Damp (Yin)

Answer 3

Heavy, turbid, lingering, slow
Pain: heavy, bloated, itching
Joint swelling
Secretions: copious, cloudy, sticky

Question 4

Dry (Yang)

Answer 4

Dry nostrils, cough, lips, mouth tongue, skin Pulse: floating

Question 5

Wind (Yang)

Answer 5

Spearhead of 1,000 conditions
External affects LU, Internal affects LV

Question 6

Summer heat

Answer 6

High fever, sweating, HA
Rapid Pulse, red tongue, thirst

Question 7

Cold VS Hot

Answer 7

Movement. Face. Temp. Thirst. Urine. Tongue. Pul.
Cold=Slow.White. Cold Limb. N/A. Clear. Pale/white c. Slow/deep
Heat=Quick. Red. Red face. Thirst. Dark. Red/yellow coat. Rapid/full

Question 8

Flushing

Answer 8

Malar = Yin Deficiency
5 heart heat (chest/palms/soles) = Heat Whole face redness = Yang excess

Question 9

Nervous System Yin Deficiency =

Answer 9

Malar Flush, Insomnia, Warm hands/feet

Question 10

Kidney Yin Deficiency =

Answer 10

Low back pain, knee pain, freq urination, inability to sustain erection