STOMACH, SPLEEN - EARTH Flashcards
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Stomach
role & functions
The sea of water & grains / minister of granary
source (along w/spleen) of Qi & Bloood
The ST recieves food & drink
the ST rot’s & ripens
Governs Decending (sends waste to SI for further extraction of essence )
Cold- Dampness encumbering the spleen (excess pattern)
common excess s/sx plus:
dark jaundice
edema
preference for warmth
copious clear vaginal dischanrge
heavy head with bland slimey taste to mouth
t: Pale flabby tongue w/ white greasy coating
P: soft slippery slow or moderate
Cold- Dampness encumbering the spleen (excess pattern)
Treatment
Dry Damp
Fortify the spleen
Damp heat encumbering spleen
excess spleen s/sx plus:
bright yellow jaundace or itchy skin
diarrhea/sticky foul smelly stool
thirt no desire to drink / loss of appetite
burning anus & yellow urine
t: red w/ yellow greasy coat
p: soft, slippery rapid pulse
Damp heat encumbering the spleen
treatment
Clear heat
transform damp
fortify spleen
harmonize middle burner
SP Exess Patterns
- Cold Dampness Encumbering Spleen
- Damp Heat Emncubering spleen
SP YANG DEFICIENCY
treatment
Warm & Supplement Yang
dispel the cold
supplement sp
SPLEEN DEFICIENCY PATTERNS
SPLEEN Qi deficiency
SPLEEN Qi sinking
SPLEEN not controlling blood
SPLEEN ETIOLOGIES
Diet
Emotions & thinking
exterior evils
taxation
Spleen Excess Patters common s/sx
Abdominal distention bloating
nausea
diarrhea
t: greasy coating
p: slippery
SPLEEN NOT CONTROLLING BLOOD
S/SX
qi deficiency s/x plus
Various kinds of bleeding
SPLEEN NOT CONTROLLING BLOOD
TREATMENT
Supplement qi plus
Nourish Blood OR Stop Bleeding
SPLEEN QI SINKING
S/SX
1) Common spleen deficiency S/SX
2) organ prolapse (ST, Uterus, KD, rectum)
3) chronic loose stools
SPLEEN QI SINKING (or sp qi fall)
treatment
supplement qi
upbear yang
SPLEEN YANG DEFICIENCY
S/SX
SP QI DEFICIENCY S/SX plus
abdominal pain relieved by warmth & pressure
cold limbs
scanty urine
sensation of heaviness of limbs
edema
copious vaginal discharge
SPLEEN YIN DEFICIENCY
SP QI VACUITY plus:
EMatiation & lack of strength
distention after eating
reflux
5 center heat
yellow urine dry stools
t: red w/ thin yellow of scanty coat
thin rapid pulse
SPLEEN
Overall common SYMPTOMS / PATHO’s
Impaired splenic movement w/ sighns like fatigue, lack of strength, pale tongue
poor appetite, ematiation
abdominal distention & bloating
loose stools or diarrhea
bleeding
abdominal pain,
edema, phlegm,
prolapse of organs
greasy taste in mouth
SPLEEN
Deficiencey Patterns
Common S/SX
fatigue, lack of strength, weak limbs ,pale face
poor appetite, ematiation
abdominal distention & bloating (worse after eat)
edema,
t: pale
p: weak pulse
SPLEEN YIN DEFICIENCY
S/SX
ematiation & lack of strength
poor appetite
abdominal distention after eat
chapped lips, dry mouth
epigastric discomfort & pain, belching, reflux
5 center heat
yellow urine, dry stools
t: red tongue w/ thin yellow or scanty coating
p: thin rapid pulse
Stomach etiologies:
rem the ST tends towards excess pathos
Poor diet (raw, cold greasy, too little too much, etc.)
Taxation (medications, herbs)
external cold heat dampness or dryness invasion
Emotional stress (excessive anger thinking or anxiety)
Constittional vacuity (aging , chronic illness)
Chronic illness
ST Qi Ascending Counterflow
s/sx
Nausea & vomiting
hiccup
belching
ST Qi Ascending Counterflow
treatment
harmonize stomach
downbear counter flow
