Lung Flashcards
(8 cards)
What are the 8 main faction functions of the LUNG ?
Govern Qi and respiration
control channels and blood vessels
defusing and the descending of Qi
Regulate water passages
Control skin and hair
Open into the nose
Control nasal mucus
Houses the corporeal soul ( PO )
Main symptoms of LUNG Qi XU ?
HT qi xu ➡️ lung qi xu ➡️ Lu qi stag.
Sp qi xu ↗️
⚡️ shortness of breath
⚡️ weak voice
⚡️ spontaneous sweating during daytime
Dislike speaking
weak voice
propensity to catch colds
P: empty
T: pale
Main symptoms for LUNG YIN XU ?
LU dryness with KD yin xu symptoms
Lu qi xu ➡️ lung yin xu
Lu dryness↗️
⚡️ Dry cough
⚡️ Weak horse voice
⚡️Dry throat
⚡️night sweating
Dry mouth
Tickly throat
thin body and thin chest
⚡️T: without coat
P: empty / floating
What are the main symptoms of lung dryness?
slight dryness before lung yin xu
⚡️ Dry cough
⚡️ dry throat and a horse voice
Dry mouth
Thrist
T: dry
What are the main symptoms of LU heat?
External wind➡️ LU heat➡️LU yin xu
⚡️cough
⚡️sensation of heat ( residual pathogenic factor
⚡️SOB
Flaring of the nostrils
Thirst
Red face
Chest ache
⚡️T: red with yellow coat
P: Overflowing/rapid
What are the main symptoms of Damp-phlegm in the LUNG?
Sp qi xu ➡️ damp- phlegm lug
Kd Yang xu ↗️
⚡️ cough with profuse expectoration of sticky sputum
⚡️ Heaviness, muzziness in head
SOB
Dislike of laying down
Feeling of heaviness
Feeling of oppression in the chest white pasty complexion
⚡️T: Swollen with sticky white coat
P: slippery/soggy
What are the main symptoms for phlegm- heat in the lungs?
⚡️ Barking cough
⚡️ Expectoration of sticky yellow / green sputum
SOB
Feeling oppression of the chest
Heaviness and Muzziness of the head
⚡️T: swollen with sticky yellow coat
⚡️P: Slippery/rapid
But are the main symptoms for phlegm fluids obstructing the LUNG?
⚡️ Cough with white, Watery,
frothy sputum
⚡️ Heaviness and muzziness in head
⚡️ feeling cold; elderly patients with LU, SP and or KD Yang xu
