Kidney Flashcards
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Foundation of
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Yin and Yang for the entire body
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Stores
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Essence
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Governs
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Birth, Growth, Reproduction and Development
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Produces
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Marrow, fills up the brain and control the bones
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Q
Controls
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- the reception of Qi
- spittle
- the two lower orifices
- the Ministerial Fire
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Q
Open into the
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ears
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Q
Manifest in the
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hair
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Q
Houses the
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will-power (Zhi)
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Q
Govern
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water
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Q
Seasons
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Winter
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Q
Directions
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north
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Q
Colours
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black
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Tastes
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salty
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Q
Climates
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cold
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Stage of development
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storage
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Q
Planets
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Mercury
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Q
Animals
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Shell-covered
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Domestic animals
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pig
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Grains
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millet
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Q
Sense organs
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ears
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Q
Tissues
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bones
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Emotions
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fear
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Q
Sounds
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groaning
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Sayings
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- control opening and closing
- control strength and skill
- are the root of the Pre-Heaven Qi
- loathe dryness
- are the Gate of the Stomach
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Affected by
- hereditary weakness
- emotional strain
- excessive sex
- chronic illness
- overwork
- old age
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Empty Patterns
- KD Yang xu
- KD Yin xu
- KD Qi not firm
- KD failing to receive Qi
- KD Essence xu
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* Lower backache, dizziness, tinnitus, weak legs, tiredness, lassitude, apathy, depression
* Bright-white complexion
* Cold and weak knees, a sensation of cold in the low back, feeling of cold, edema of the legs
* Abundant clear urination, urination at night, loose stools
* Infertility in women, impotence, low sperm count, decreased libido
* T: pale and wet
* P: deep, weak
KD Yang Xu
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* Low back ache, dizziness, tinnitus, poor memory
* Ache in the bones
* Tiredness, lassitude, depression, slight anxiety
* Night sweats, dry mouth and throat at night
* Constipation, dark scanty urine
* Vertigo, hardness of hearing
* Nocturnal emissions, infertility, premature ejaculation
* T: normal color without coat
* P: floating and empty
KD Yin xu
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* Soreness and weakness of the lower back, weak knees, tiredness
* Feeling of cold, cold limbs
* Clear frequent urination, weak stream urination, abundant urination, dribbling after urination, incontinence of urine, enuresis, urination at night
* Prolapse of the uterus, chronic white vaginal discharge, a dragging down sensation in the lower abdomen, recurrent miscarriage
* Nocturnal emissions without dreams, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea
* T: pale
* P: deep and weak, esp in chi
KD Qi not firm
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* Low back ache, dizziness, tinnitus
* Cold limbs, cold limbs after sweating
* SOB on exertion, rapid and weak breathing, difficulty
inhaling, chronic cough and/or asthma, spontaneous
sweats, swelling of the face, thin body, mental
listlessness, clear urination during an asthma attack,
* T: pale
* P: deep, weak, tight
KD failing to receive Qi
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* In kids: poor bone development, late closure of the fontanelle, deafness, mental dullness or slowed development
* In adults: softening of the bones, loose teeth, falling hair or premature greying, weakness of sexual activity, infertility, sterility, primary amenorrhea, absentmindedness, decreased mental sharpness
* Dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, weakness of the knees and legs, low back ache
* Poor memory, blurry vision, loose stools
* T: w/o coat if background of KD Yin xu; pale if background of KD Yang xu
* P: floating-empty or leather
KD Essence xu
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Empty/Full Patterns
KD Yang xu, Water Overflowing
- to the Lung
- to the Heart
KD Yin xu, Empty Heat Blazing
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• Soreness of the low back, a feeling of cold, cold feeling in the legs and back
• Edema esp of the legs and ankles, fullness and distention in the abdomen, scanty clear urination
• to the Heart: + palpitations, breathlessness, cold hands
• the the Lungs: + thin watery frothy sputum, cough, asthma, breathlessness on exertion
• T: Pale, Swollen and wet with a white coating
• P: Deep-Weak-Slow
KD Yang xu, Water Overflowing
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*Dizziness, tinnitus, low back ache, hardness of hearing
*Night sweats, dry throat esp at night
*Dry stools, scanty dark urine, hematuria
*Nocturnal emissions w dreams, excessive sexual desire
*Malar flush, low grade fever, afternoon fever, five palm heat, a feeling of heat in the afternoon/evening, thirst w desire to drink in small sips
*Mental restlessness, insomnia
*T: red, cracked red tip, without coat
*P: floating-empty and rapid
KD Yin xu, Empty Heat Blazing
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Dominates
water metabolism
