Body Fluid Patterns Flashcards

1
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Pathology of Body Fluids (2 types)

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Body-Fluid Def and Edema

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2
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Causes of Body Fluid Def (7)

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  1. Diet (drying foods and irregular eating)
  2. Yin Def
  3. Heavy Loss of Blood
  4. Profuse Sweating
  5. Profuse Diarrhea
  6. Profuse Vomiting
  7. Severe, chronic blood def
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3
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What kind of Pathology?

Dry Skin and dry cough

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Def Body Fluids of the Lung

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4
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What kind of Pathology?

Dry tongue with horizontal cracks and a dry mouth without a desire to drink or with a desire to drink in small sips

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Def Body Fluids of the ST

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5
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What Kind of Pathology?

Scanty Urine, a dry mouth at night and dry throught

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Def Body Fluids of the KID

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6
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What kind of Pathology?

Dry Stools

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Def Body Fluids of LI

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7
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Edema of the lungs is caused by ______ and appears where?

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Lung not diffusing and descending fluids, and appears in the UJ, face and hands

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8
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Edema of the SP is caused by _____and appears where?

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Spleen not transforming and transporting, and appears in the MJ, abdomen and Limbs

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9
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Edema in the KD is caused by_________and appears where?

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Kidney not transforming and excreting fluids, appears in the LJ, lower part, legs and ankles.

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10
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Cause of Pitting Edema

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Def of Yang of SP, LU, or KD

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11
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Non-Pitting Edema is caused by

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Qi stagnation or Dampness

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12
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Substantial Phlegm is

A

LU Phlegm

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13
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Phlegm that is retained subcutaneously or in the channels is

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Non-Substantial Phlemg

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14
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What is the Pathology?

Oppression of the chest, nausea, a feeling of muzzines of the head and dizziness

T: Swollen body with Sticky Coating
P: Slippery or Wiry

A

Essential Manifestation of generalized Phlegm

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15
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What is the Pathology?

Lumps under the skin, nerve ganglia swelling, swelling of lamp nodes or thyroid, lipomas

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Phlegm under the skin

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16
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What is the Pathology?

Numbness

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Phlegm in the channels

17
Q

What is the Pathology?

Mental Illness, mental confusion, depression, anxiety

A

Phlegm in the HT

18
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What is the Pathology/

Gall Bladder and Kidney tones

A

Phlegm in GB or KI

19
Q

What is the Pathology?

Bone deformation in chronic rheumatoid arthritis

A

Phlegm in the Joints

20
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Name the 6 Types of Phlegm

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  1. Wind-Phlegm
  2. Phlegm-Heat
  3. Cold-Phlegm
  4. Damp-Phlegm
  5. Qi-Phlegm
  6. Phlegm Fluids
21
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What type of Phlegm?

Dizziness, Nausea, Vomiting, numbness of the limbs, caughing, coughing of phlegm, a rattling in the throat and aphasia. Meniers Disease

A

Wind-Phlegm

22
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What type of Phlegm?

Expectoration of yellow-sticky phlegm, a red face, dry mouth and lips, restlessness

T: red tongue with sticky-yellow coating
P: rapid-rolling pulse

A

Phlegm Heat

23
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What type of Phlegm?

Expectoration of white-watery phlegm, a cold feeling in the limbs and back, nausuea

T: pale with white-wet coating
P: deep-roiling-slow pulse

A

Cold-Phlegm

24
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What type of Phlegm?

Expectoration of a very profuse phlegm which is white and sticky, no appetite-no thirst, a feeling oppression in the chest and epigastrium.

T: Sticky Tongue Coating
P: Rolling Pulse

A

Damp-Phlegm

25
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What Type of Phlegm?
Non-substantial feeling of swelling in the throats (but no actual swelling) a difficulty in swallowing and feeling oppression of chest and diaphragm. Plum-stone syndrome

A

Qi-Phlegm

26
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What Type of Phlegm?

Substantial Phlegm characterized by very water and thin fluids

A

Phlegm-Fluids

27
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Name the 4 types of Phlegm Fluids

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  1. Phlegm Fluids
  2. Suspended Fluids
  3. Flooding Fluids
  4. Propping Fluids
28
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Key Symptom of Phlegm Fluid and location

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Gurgling Sound, ST and Large Intestines

29
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Key Symptoms of Suspended Fluid and location

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Cough, ribcage pain: Hypochondrium

30
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Key Symptoms of Flooding Fluids and location

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Pain, deep heaviness, puffy swelling: Limbs

31
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Key Symptoms of Propping Fluids and location

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Cough, panting, inability to lie flat: Above the diaphragm