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Four Pillars

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Observation
Palpation
Auscultation/Olfaction
Inquiry

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3 Main Aspects Of Shen

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Embodiment of spirit
Vitality of Spirit
Luster of Spirit

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Wood Type

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Greenish complexion
Small head
Long face
Broad shoulders
Straight back
Sinewy body
Tall
Small hands and feet
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Fire Type

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Red complexion
Wide teeth
Pointed,small head
Well developed shoulder muscles
Curly hair or not much hair
Small hands and feet
Walks briskly
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Metal Type

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Pale complexion
Square face
Small head
Small shoulders and upper back
Flat abdomen
Strong voice
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Water Type

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Dark complexion
Wrinkly skin
Large head
Broad cheeks
Narrow shoulders
Large abdomen
Long spine
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Earth Type

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Yellowish complexion
Round face
Wide jaws
Large head
Well developed shoulders/back
Large thighs and calf mm
Well built mm
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Large overweight thighs

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Spleen Deficency

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Thin, emaciated body

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Blood or Yin deficency

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4 Attributes to normal complexion

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Luster
Subtle reddish hue
Contained color
Moisture

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Whole Red Face

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Full heat

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Red cheekbones

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Empty heat

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10 Methods of Inspecting the Complexion

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Deep/Floating
Clear/Turbid
Faint/Extreme
Scattered/Conglomerated
Sheen/Perishing
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Floating Complexion

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Supericial colors- disease is superficial or in the Fu Organs

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Deep Complexion

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Hidden inside the skin-Disease is interior or in the Zang Organs

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Clear Complexion

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Diesease is in Yang nature

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Turbid Complexion

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Diseases are yin in nature, Upright Qi is exhausted

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Faint Complexion

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Shallow, thin color

Indicates an empty condiiton

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Extreme Complexion

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Deep, thick color

Indicates a full comdition

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Scattered Complexion

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Dispersed, diffuse and scanty color

Indicates a new,mild or resolving condition

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Conglomerated Complexion

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Concensed and accumulated color
Indicates a serious or chronic
Condition

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Sheen Complexion

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Moist and nourished color

Indicates vitality

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Perishing Condition

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Withered, dull and dry

Indicates a poor diagnosis and that Qi and Blood are weakened

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Organ mapping on the face

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Forehead:Heart
Right Cheek: Lung
Left Cheek: Liver
Nose: Spleen
Chin: Kidney
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Organ mapping on the eye
``` Pupil: Kidney Sclera: Lung Inner and outer canthus: Heart Eyelids: Upper=Spleen Lower= Stomach Iris: Liver ```
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Black Eye Sockets
Spleen and Kidney Deficiency or water retnetion
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Bleeding Gums
Stomach Fire
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Pale and Wet Tongu
Yang Dificency
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Pale and Dry Tongue
Blood Dificency
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Pale Tongue Sides
Liver Blood Dificency
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Red Sides of Tongue
Liver Fire
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Red Center on Tongue
Full or empty heat in stomach
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Reddish purple tongue
Blood Stasis with Heat
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Blueish Purple Tongue
Blood Stasis with Cold
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Tooth Marked
Spleen Qi Deficency
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Red Joints hot to the touch
Damp Heat
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Pitting Edema of Feet
Kidmey Yang Deficency
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Pitting Edema of Hands
Lung Yang Deficency
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Pale Nails
Blood Deficiency
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Blue Nails
Stasis of Qi and Blood or Cold Pattern
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Brittle Nails
Deficency of Liver Blood
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Purple Nails
Liver Blood Stasis
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White Spots on Nails
Qi Deficency
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Reasons for Dry Skin
``` Consumption of Body Fluids Chronic Blood Stasis Liver Blood Deficency Stomach Yin Deficency Liver and kidney Yin Deficency ```
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Pulse Positions
Cun (Front) Guan (Middle) Chi (Rear)
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Pulse: | The 3 Levels
Superfical: Qi (Yang Organs) Middle: Blood Deep: Yin ( Yin Organs)
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Best time to take a pulse
Morning
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Which finger is the most sensitive while taking a pulse.
Ring Finger
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The pulse is stronger in......
Men than women
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Normal Pulse
Stomach Qi Spirit Root
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Floating Pulse
Felt with light pressure Yin Deficency Invasion of External Wind
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Deep Pulse
Only felt on deeper pressure ``` EPI on the Interior (deep full) Yang Deficency (deep weak) ```
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Slow Pulse
Three Beats Per Respiration ``` Cold Pattern Empty Cold ( Slow weak) Dull Cold ( Slow full) ```
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Rapid Pulse
More than 5 beats per Respiration ``` Heat Pattern Full Heat ( rapid and full) Empty Heat ( rapid and floating empty) ```
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Slippery Pulse
Feels smooth, rounded, and slippery to the touch, as it were oily Phlegm Dampness Retention of Food Pregnancy
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Choppy Pulse
Rough under the fingers like a jagged edge Blood Deficency Exhaustion of B.F
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Wiry Pulse
Taut like a guitar string Liver Disharmony Pain Phlegm
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Weak Pulse
Can't be felt on a superficial level but on a deeper level Yang Deficency Blood Deficiency
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Intermittent Pulse
Stops at regular intervals Serious problems with internal organs Heart Problem
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Knotted Pulse
Slow and it stops at irregular intervals Cold with Heart Yang Deficiency
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Fixed Masses
Blood Stasis
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Moveable Masses
Qi Stagnation
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Relieved by Pressure
Empty
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Aggrevated by pressure
Full
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Hard on Palpation
Full
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Too Soft on Palpation
Empty
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Weepy Voice
Lungs
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Laughing Voice
Heart
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Singing Voice
Spleen
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Groaning Voice
Kidneys
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Shouting Voice
Liver
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Reluctance to Talk
Cold or Lung Qi Deficency
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Loud Voice
Exess
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Weak Voice
Deficency
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Sour Breath
Retention of Food
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Sighing
Liver Qi Stagnation
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10+2 Questions
``` Chills/Fever Respiration Appetite,food,taste Perspiration Sleep/Fatigue Head/Body Abdomen/Chest Defecation/Urination Pain Thirst + Gyno Childhood Diseases ```
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PQRST Characteristics
``` P- Provacating and Precipitating Factors Q- Quality of Pain R- Radiation S- Severity T- Timing ```
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Shaoyang Headache
Headache near temples, around Taiyang
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Yangming Headache
Located at forehead and super ciliary arch
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Taiyang Headache
Pain at back of head and occipital eefion
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Taiyin Headache
Headache accompanied by heaviness, fullness of abdomen and spontaneous sweating
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Shaoyin Headache
Headache located deep inside the brain radiating to teeth. Accompanied with cyanosis of the nails
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Sudden Headache
Exterior
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Gradual Headache
Interior

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