Lung Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
Q
Govern
A
Qi and respiration
2
Q
Open into the
A
nose
3
Q
Manifest in the
A
body hair
4
Q
House the
A
Corporeal Soul (Po)
5
Q
Affected by
A
worry, grief, sadness
6
Q
Control
A
- channels and blood vessels
- diffusing and descending of Qi and Body Fluids
- skin and the cou li
- nasal mucous
7
Q
Regulate
A
- all physiological activities
- water passages
8
Q
Smell
A
rotten
9
Q
Color
A
white
10
Q
Taste
A
pungent
11
Q
Climate
A
dryness
12
Q
Sound
A
weeping
13
Q
Season
A
Autumn
14
Q
Direction
A
West
15
Q
Stage of Development
A
Harvest
16
Q
Planet
A
Venus
17
Q
Animals
A
mammals
18
Q
Domestic animals
A
dog
19
Q
Grains
A
hemp
20
Q
Sense organ
A
nose
21
Q
Tissue
A
skin
22
Q
Emotion
A
sadness
23
Q
Sayings
A
- control the 100 vessels
- loathe Cold
- govern the voice
- are a delicate organ
24
Q
Lung Pathology
A
- Qi xu (weak voice, SOB)
- pallor
- thin chest
- sadness
- skin problems: eczema
- atopic constitution (allergic asthma, eczema)
- Phlegm
- exterior invasions (averse to Cold, sneezing, runny nose)
- no gynecological connection
25
Empty Patterns
1. LU Qi xu
2. LU Dryness
3. LU Yin xu
4. LU Yin xu with xu heat
26
1. easily catches colds, spontaneous sweats
2. slight SOB, slight cough, weak voice, dislikes speaking
3. bright pale complexion, tiredness, dislike of cold
4. Tongue: pale
5. Pulse: Empty, especially R cun
LU Qi xu
27
1. dry cough, hoarse voice
2. dry skin, dry throat, dry mouth, thirst
3. T: Dry
4. P: empty, especially R cun
LU Dryness
28
1. dry cough with scanty sputum, weak and hoarse voice, tickly throat
2. dry mouth and throat, night sweats
3. thin body or thin chest
4. dislike of speaking
5. T: normal color, dry without coating (or with rootless coating) in the front part
LU Yin xu
29
1. feeling of heat in the evening
2. afternoon fever, five palm heat, malar flush
3. T: red without coating
4. P: Floating-Empty, Rapid
LU Yin xu with xu Heat
30
Full Patterns Exterior
1. Wind-Cold
2. Wind-Heat
3. Wind-Water
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Full Patterns Interior
1. Heat
2. Damp-Phlegm
3. Cold-Phlegm
4. Phlegm-Heat
5. Dry-Phlegm
6. Phlegm-Fluids obstructing the LU
32
1. exterior ssxs (aversion to cold, fever, body aches, sneezing)
2. cough, blocked or runny nose with clear watery discharge, slight breathlessness
3. itchy throat, occipital headache
4. T: thin white coat
5. P: Floating-Tight
Wind-Cold
33
1. exterior ssxs
2. cough, blocked or runny nose with yellow discharge
3. sore throat, swollen tonsils
4. slight thirst, slight sweating, headache
5. T: slightly red on the sides in the chest areas or the front part
6. P: Floating-Rapid
Wind-Heat
34
1. aversion to wind, fever, cough, slight breathlessness
2. sudden swelling of the eyes and face gradually spreading to the whole body
3. bright shiny complexion, scanty and pale urination
4. T: sticky white coat
5. P: Floating-Slippery
Wind-Water
35
chest ache, feeling of heat, flaring nostrils, thirst
LU Heat
36
phlegm/damp ssxs, chronic cough coming bouts with lots of sticky sputum that is easy to expectorate, dislike of laying down, pasty white complexion
Damp-Phlegm
37
phlegm/damp ssxs, white watery sputum, worse with cold
Cold-Phlegm
38
phlegm/damp ssxs, heat ssxs, barking cough with lots of sticky yellow or green sputum
Phlegm-Heat
39
phlegm/damp ssxs, dry cough with occasional scanty sputum, pasty dry complexion
Dry-Phlegm
40
phlegm/damp ssxs, white watery sputum, splashing sounds in the chest, vomiting white watery frothy sputum, cough brought on by a scare
Phlegm-Fluids obstructing the LU
