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Diff of Synd KI, UB, HT, PC, SI, combination Flashcards

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kidney main function is to… (2)

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  • store essence

- govern birth, reproduction, growth

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kidney dominates…

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bones

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kidney produces…

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marrow

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kidney fills up the…

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brain

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kidney opens into the…

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ears

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kidney controls which orifices…

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lower

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kidney manifests in the

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hair

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kidney is the foundation or root of the…

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congenital constitution

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kidney dominates water… and the recieving of…

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metabolism, qi

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kidneys control what function of the bladder?

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opening and closing

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kidneys are the root of…

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pre-heaven qi

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kidneys control which aspect of the body and life?

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strength and skill

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kidneys loath what?

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dryness

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the bladder stores and discharges urine under the control of the…

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kidney system

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all urinary excess patterns are related to the…

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bladder

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kidney yang deficiency main cause

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lifestyle

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kidney yang deficiency causes

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  • old age
  • chronic disease
  • excess sexual activity
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what happens when kidney yang is deficient and fails to tranform the fluids?

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the fluids will accumulate and result in clear and abundant urination and/or edema

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when KI yang is xu it will fail to nourish which organ? causing what?

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SP, fatigue, apathy, lack of will power

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when KI yang is deficient, what cannot ascend? what does this cause?

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clear yang. dizziness, ear ringing

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key symptoms of KI yang deficiency

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  • deficient cold pattern symptoms
  • sore lumbar, knees
  • clear urination
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Tongue of KI Yang Deficiency

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pale

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Pulse of KI Yang Deficiency

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deep, weak

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KI Yin Deficiency concept

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the ki yin is consumed and fails to nourish the zang-fu and creates deficient internal heat

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cause of KI Yin Deficiency
- chronic illness consuming body fluids - rapid loss of fluids from a warm heat disease - excess sexual activity
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Key symptoms of KI Yin Deficiency
- sore, weak lumbar and knees - nightsweats - dizziness and ear ringing
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Tongue of KI Yin Deficiency
Red Dry, scanty coat or no coat. possibly cracked
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Pulse of KI Yin Deficiency
thready, floating-empty, slightly rapid
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KI Essence Deficiency cause
- hereditary weakness - postnatal deficiency leading to yuan qi deficiency - chronic disease - excessive sexual activity consuming the essence - loss of blood, too many childbirths
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Ki Essence Deficiency symptoms
- retardation in children and poor bone development - reproduction issues - early senility with no obvious cold or heat pattern
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Tongue of KI Essence Deficiency
depends if yin xu or yang xu
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Pulse of KI Essence Deficiency
floating-empty or leather
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KI Qi Deficiency manifests mostly as...
urinary issues
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cause of KI qi deficiency
- hereditary weakness - excess work and/or sexual activity - chronic disease - aging - after childbirth
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KI qi deficiency key symptoms
- incontinence - dribbling - profuse, clear leucorrhea - backache
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Ki qi deficiency tongue
pale
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Ki qi deficiency pulse
weak, deep, esp in rear Chi
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KI Failing to Receive Qi (KI not Grasping LU Qi) concept
LU Qi deficiency and KI Qi deficiency combined
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KI failing to Receive Qi cause
Chronic coughing damaging LU qi
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Ki Failing to Receive Qi main symptom
hard to inhale
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KI Failing to Receive Qi symptoms
- panting, shortness of breath (SOB) - hard to inhale, worse with exertion - LB soreness
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KI failing to receive qi tongue
pale
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KI failing to receive qi pulse
large but forceless or deep, weak and tight
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Damp Heat in Bladder main symptom
UTI (means there is bacteria present)
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Damp Heat in Bladder causes
- exogenous pathogenic factors | - over eating and drinking
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Damp Heat in Bladder symptoms
- frequent urgent urination | - difficult and burning pain on urination
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Damp Heat in Bladder Tongue
Red with yellow sticky coat (possible spots on root of tongue)
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Damp Heat in Bladder Pulse
Slippery, rapid. | May be slightly wiry in left Chi
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palpitations mean
HT or PC
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HT is reflected in the ...
complexion
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HT governs...
blood and vessels to promote circulation
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HT houses the...
mind
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Blood and yin are the.... of the mind
residence
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when blood and yin are flourishing, the mind will be...
in a good state
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the only EPF that affects the HT is...
emotions
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common co-patterns with HT
- LR Bld xu - KI yin xu - LR Fire
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Joy affects the HT by...
slowing down (in a good way)
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Sadness affects the HT by...
depleting
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Grief affects the HT by...
depleting
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Anger makes the HT qi..
rise
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Worry does what to the HT qi?
knots it
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Pericardium is about what relationship(s)?
- with others - chest pain - menstruation
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HT is about relationship with...
self
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HT qi deficiency cause
- prolonged weakness in the body | - qi deficiency of the 5 zang
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HT Qi Deficiency symptoms
- palpitations - mild chest distress - shortness of breath - pale face and general qi xu signs
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HT Qi deficiency Tongue
pale with white coat
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HT Qi deficiency Pulse
weak, rapid and weak, overflowing and empty
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palpitations are defined as...
the patient's feeling of ht beat-NOT objective rate of ht
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HT yang deficiency defining feature
moist Tongue
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HT Yang Deficiency always comes secondary to...
HT Qi Xu
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HT Yang Deficiency key symptoms
- palpitations - slight chest distress or pain - cold hands - general symptoms of Qi and Yang xu
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HT Yang Deficiency Tongue
MOIST, pale with white coat
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HT Yang Deficiency Pulse
- Faint, weak and slow or | - severe-knotted and intermittent
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HT Blood Deficiency defining feature
Choppy Pulse
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HT Blood Deficiency causes
SP qi fails to produce blood severe hemorrhage chronic disease impairing blood production prolonged anxiety and worry
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HT Blood Deficiency symptoms
- palpitations - poor memory - insomnia - blood deficiency signs
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HT Blood Deficiency Tongue
pale, thin, slightly dry
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HT Blood Deficiency Pulse
Choppy or Fine
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difference between HT qi xu and HT bld xu palpitations
daytime w/exertion vs. afternoon/evening even at rest
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HT Yin Deficiency defining feature
Crack to Tip of Tongue
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HT Yin Deficiency causes
- excessive and prolonged apprehension and anxiety which eventually injure HT yin - late stage of warm febrile disease- consumption of yin fluids
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which two patterns can lead to HT Yin Deficiency
KI and LR Yin Deficiency
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HT Yin Deficiency Key Symptoms
- palpitations - insomnia - usual signs of yin xu
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HT Yin Deficiency Tongue
dry red, may be deep midline crack to tip
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HT Yin Deficiency Pulse
Thready and rapid, or floating and empty
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HT Bld xu vs. HT Yin xu related to sleep
HT BLD XU-hard time getting to sleep | HT YIN XU-wake several times during night
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HT Fire is all about excess or deficiency?
excess
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HT Fire causes
- long term depression of the seven emotions causing qi stagnation, which eventually turns into fire - invasion of an exogenous fire pathogen - fatty food or alcohol
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HT Fire key symptoms
- feeling restless with hot sensation in chest - insomnia - heart vexation - mania/delirium - tongue ulcers
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HT Fire defining feature
bitter taste in morning after poor sleep
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HT Fire Tongue
red with crimson tip, yellow coat
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HT Fire Pulse
Powerful, rapid
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) defining feature
insubstantial phlegm, confusion
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) causes
- transformation of dampness into phlegm - stagnation of qi activity due to emotional depression, causing body fluids to be retained, causing turbid phlegm - LR wind flaring upward, which also causes hidden phlegm to rise
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) in children presents as...
mental retardation
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) key symptoms
mental disorders with phlegm patterns like gurgling sounds in throat and drooling
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) Tongue
swollen with thick greasy coat, crack to tip
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) Pulse
slippery
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) clinical manifestations (3)
- depressive psychosis - epilepsy - phlegm syncope (loss of consciousness)
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT defining feature
emotional irritation
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT causes
- severe emotional irritation leading to qi stagnation which turns into fire and scorches the fluids into phlegm - exterior damp-heat that accumulates - exterior pathogenic heat which burns the body fluids into phlegm, which then goes to the HT - excess consumption of hot, spicy, greasy foods
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT key symptoms
mental disorders with interior phlegm-fire (Yellow, sticky sputum)
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT Tongue
red with yellow greasy coat
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT Pulse
overflowing, slippery, and rapid
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Small Intestine receives the excess...
heat from the HT
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SI main function is to...
receive and transform the food by separating the pure from the turbid
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SI main organ relationships are...
SP, LR, UB
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Excess (Full) Heat in the SI causes
-heat in the HT shifts to the SI. Often due to emotional strain from anger, frustration, resentment, or worry
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Excess (Full) Heat in the SI key symptoms
- ht fire w/ dark and scanty uring with burning pain on urination - abdominal pain - tongue ulcers
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Excess (Full) Heat in the SI Tongue
red with yellow coat
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Excess (Full) Heat in the SI Pulse
rapid (overflowing)
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SI Qi pain defining feature
twisting pain
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SI Qi pain causes
LR Qi overacting on SP. can be acute or chronic | -chronic will have SP qi xu signs
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SI Qi pain Key Symptoms
abdominal twisting pain, borborygmus
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SI Qi pain Tongue
White Coat
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SI Qi pain Pulse
deep-wiry, especially in rear positions
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SI Qi Tied defining feature
severe abdominal pain like appendicitis
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SI Qi Tied causes
LR Qi stagnation plus Cold in the intestine
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SI Qi Tied will lead to.. if not treatefd
LR Qi stagnation
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SI Qi Tied key symptoms
severe abdominal pain, constipation, vomiting
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SI Qi Tied Tongue
thick white coat
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SI Qi Tied Pulse
deep-wiry, especially in rear positions
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PC influenced both ... and ... in the creation of.... qi
HT, LU, zong
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PC is the propelling agent for Qi and BLd for both...
HT and LU
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PC patterns involve .... channel b/c of its upward influence into the ...
LR, chest
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3 main functions of PC
- protect the HT - house the mind - channel pathology
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Heat in the PC defining feature
wind-heat invasion, fever at night
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Heat in the PC cause
invasion of W-H that goes through the wei level to the ying level. Heat at ying level begins to injure body fluids and yin, clouds the mind, causes delirium. Heat so intense it blocks circulation of qi to the limbs, causing cold hands and feet
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Heat in the PC key symptoms
fever at night, delirium
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Heat in the PC Tongue
red, dry, no coat
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Heat in the PC pulse
fine-rapid
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC defining feature
SP XU
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC causes
- emotional disturbances create stagnation in the HT, which creates heat and eventually fire - Diet of greasy, hot foods creating phlegm
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC Key symptoms
- feeling of heat and oppression in chest | - unbalanced mental symptoms
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC Tongue
red and swollen with sticky coat
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC Pulse
full rapid, slippery or full, rapid wire, or rapid overflowing, slippery
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Blood Deficiency in the PC defining feature
Pulse "hard" on left cun
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Blood Deficiency in the PC causes
blood flow is deficient, causing improper "residence" of the mind
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Blood Deficiency in the PC key symptoms
discomfort of chest palpitations insomnia
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Blood Deficiency in the PC tongue
pale, thin, slightly dry
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Blood Deficiency in the PC Pulse
choppy or fine, slightly "hard" in left cun position
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Disharmony of HT and KI concept
KI Yin Xu failing to ascend to cool the HT fire. Causes hyperactivity of HT fire, consuming HT yin
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Causes of Disharmony of HT and KI
apprehension and anxiety which turn into fire, injuring HT and KI yin - prolonged illness - excess sexual activity
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Disharmony of HT and KI key symptoms
palpitations, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, nocturnal emissions, weakness and aching in back and knees along with general yin xu
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Disharmony of HT and KI tongue
red, dry or no coat
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Disharmony of HT and KI pulse
thready and rapid
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HT and KI Yang Deficiency concept
HT and KI yang deficiency-not able to warm the whole body, failing to move qi, bld, fluids. Causing bld stasis, fluid retention, cold.
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Disharmony of HT and KI key symptoms
palpitations, cold body and limbs, edema, deficiency cold pattern signs
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Disharmony of HT and KI tongue
light-dark or purple with whites, slippery coat
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Disharmony of HT and KI pulse
deep, thready, faint
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Deficiency of HT and SP concept
over time the deficiencies cause failure in the source for producing qi and bld and failure to control the bld
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Deficiency of HT and SP causes
- chronic disease - too much worry and anxiety - irregular diet damaging SP/ST - major hemorrhage
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Deficiency of HT and SP tongue
pale
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Deficiency of HT and SP pulse
thready and weak
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency concept
abnormal heart/mind and failure of nourishment to the eyes and other bld xu patterns
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency causes
- worry and anxiety injuring heart blood - excessive loss of blood - spleen deficiency failing to generate blood
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency symptoms
palpitations, insomnia, poor appetite, abdominal distention, chronic hemorrhage, usual signs of qi and bld deficiency
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HT and KI Yang deficiency main sign
COLD
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency tongue
pale and thin
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency pulse
choppy, fine or thready
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency concept
KI and LU xu combined create deficient heat
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency causes
dry heat injuring LU yin. Further KI yin xu caused by lack of LU fluid going to KI.
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency symptoms
cough with scanty sputum, aching back and knee joints, nocturnal emissions, general symptoms of deficient heat pattern
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency tongue
red with dry coat
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency pulse
thready and rapid
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency main cause
LU yin not descending, causing KI yin xu
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LR Fire Insulting the LU concept
LR qi is ascending too much and insulting the LU
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LR Fire Insulting the LU causes
depression and anger that lead to LR stagnation, which transform into fire
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LR Fire Insulting the LU symptoms
cough with thick sticky yellow and/or blood in sputum, burning pain in chest and hypochondrium, angry outbursts and other excess fire symptoms
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LR Fire Insulting the LU tongue
red with dry yellow coat
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LR Fire Insulting the LU pulse
wiry and rapid

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