Exterior/Interior

Question 1

Yang Principles

Answer 1

Exterior, Heat, Excess

Question 2

Yin Principles

Answer 2

Interior, Cold, Def

Question 3

Distinguishing Signs and Symptoms of Exterior Cold (6)

Answer 3

Severe Chills
Mild Fever
No Sweating
Absence of Thirst
T:  Thin, white and moist tongue coating
P: Superficial and Tense

Question 4

Distinguishing Sings and Symptoms of Exterior Heat

Answer 4

Mild Chills
Severe Fever
No sweating or sweating
Thirst
T:  Thin and Yellow tongue coating
P:  Superficial and Rapid

Question 5

Distinguishing Signs and Symptoms of Exterior Def (or Empty Pattern)

Answer 5

Sweating

Question 6

Distinguishing Sings and Symptoms of Exterior Ex

Answer 6

No Sweating

Question 7

Location of Exterior Condition

Answer 7

Skin, Muscles and Channels

Question 8

Location of Internal Condition

Answer 8

Organs

Question 9

Two types of exterior Conditions

Answer 9

Acute (invasion of Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat)
Slower Onset (Painful Obstruction Syndrome)-affect the channels

Question 10

Major Keys that someone is invaded by a Exterior Pathogenic Factor (2)

Answer 10

Fever (objective feeling of heat on patient’s body) and aversion to cold occurring simultaneously.

Question 11

Main clinical manifestation of exterior pattern (4)

Answer 11

Aversion to cold, fever, aching body and floating pulse

Question 12

Main factor in differentiating the hot or cold character of an exterior pattern

Answer 12

Thirst (hot) or No Thirst (Cold)
Tight Pulse (Cold) or Rapid  Pulse (Hot)

Question 13

A pathogenic factor is Full by definition, but to further understand the pathogentic factor what determines its character as full or empty

Answer 13

A person’s pre-existing condition.

Question 14

The main factors in differentiating and Empty from a Full Exterior Condition

Answer 14

Sweating (Empty), No Sweat (Full)
Slow Pulse (Empty), Tight Pulse (Full)
Severe body aches (Full), Less Severe Body Aches (Empty)

Question 15

What is Painful Obstruction Syndrome

Answer 15

Exterior pathogenic factor invaded the channels causing obstruction of the circulation of qi in the channels and joints

Question 16

Painful Obstruction Syndrome by COld

Answer 16

Usually only one join affect, the pain is severe and is releaved by the application of heat.

Question 17

Painful Obstruction Syndrome by Wind

Answer 17

pain moves from joint to joint

Question 18

Painful Obstruction Syndrome by Dampness

Answer 18

swelling in the joints

Question 19

Painful Obstruction Syndrome from Heat

Answer 19

pain is severe and joints are swollen and hot

Question 20

The most important symptom that marks the change from the exterior to the interior stage

Answer 20

the disappearance of aversion to cold and the onset of aversion to heat.