Week 3 Patterns According to Pathogenic Factors Flashcards
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All emotions affect the
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Heart
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Emotions transport to what?
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Relevant organ
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How do emotions become pathogenic?
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long lasting
very intense
both
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What does mental stimuli disturb?
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Shen
Hun (Etherial)
Po (Corporeal)
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Emotions affect
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internal organs
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Exterior wind affects
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Exterior of the body, then internal organs
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The hearts fear, anxiety, and pensiveness injure the
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mind
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The spleens worry injures the
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intellect
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The livers sadness and shock injure the
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ethereal soul
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The lungs excessive joy injures the
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corporeal soul
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they kidneys anger injures the
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will power
12
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Anger affects the
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Liver
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Joy affects the
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Heart
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Pensiveness affects the
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Spleen
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Worry affects the
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Lungs
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Fear affects the
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Kidneys
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How does the control cycle play into emotions
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i.e. Joy (fire) counteracts worry and sadness of metal
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Sadness affects
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the lungs and heart
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Worry affects
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the lungs and spleen
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Shock affects
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the heart
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How does anger effect qi
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makes qi rise
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How does joy effect qi
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slows qi down
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How does sadness effect qi
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dissolves qi
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How does worry effect qi
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Knots qi
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How does pensiveness effect qi
knots
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How does shock effect qi
scatters qi
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How does fear effect qi
Makes qi descend
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All emotions agitate the _____ and has repercussions on _______
Heart
All other organs
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First effect of emotional stress on the body
proper circulation and direction of qi
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All emotions have a tendency to cause
some stagnation of qi
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Qi stagnation can lead to
blood xu and heat/fire
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Effects of emotional strain (5)
qi stag
blood stasis
heat
fire
phlegm
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headache, dizziness, tinnitus, red face, stiff neck
Anger
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Anger may cause which patterns
Liver qi stag (if anger is repressed), liver yang rising, liver fire
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What other organs does anger affect
Stomach and intestines
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Anger pulse
wiry
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Which types of qi does joy bennefit
nutritive and wei
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palpitations, over-excitability, insomnia, restlessness, red tongue tip
joy
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sudden joy is akin to
shock
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Sadness primarily affects the ______ and the _____ suffer in consequence
heart
lungs
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What depletes lung qi
sadness
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breathlessness, tiredness, feeling of discomfort in chest, depression or crying
sadness
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in some cases what may deplete liver blood in women?
sadness
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What affects the spleen and lungs
worry
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uncomfortable feeling of the chest, sl. breathless, tensing shoulders, dry cough, weak voice, sighing, pale
worry in the lungs
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poor appetite, slight epigas. discomfort, abdominal disten., tiredness, pale
worry in the spleen
OR
Pensiveness
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Worry vs pensive
pensive is brooding, more wrapped up in the past than present or future
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Fear depletes
kidney qi
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nocturnal enuresis, incontinence, diarrhea
fear
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In some cases: palpitations, insomnia, night sweats, dry mouth, malar flush
fear
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Palpitations, breathlessness, insomnia, moving pulse
shock
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Six climate factors
Wind
Cold
Summer Heat
Dampness
Dryness
Fire
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Wind
Spring, Liver
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Cold
Winter, Kidneys
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Summer Heat
Summer, Heart
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Dampness
Late Summer, Spleen
57
Dryness
Autumn, Lungs
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Fire
Summer
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What is primarily an independent factor and independent of the seasons?
Fire
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How does climate cause disease?
Excess/ unseasonal
imbalance between climate and body qi
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Six stages
Tai Yang (Greater)
Yang ming (bright)
shao yang (lesser)
tai yin (greater)
Shao yin (lesser)
Jue Yin (terminal)
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Four Levels (Wen Bing)
Wei
Qi
Ying
Xue
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External pathogenic factors invade the body through
skin, nose, mouth
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Four degrees of aversion to cold?
1. Aversion to wind
2. Fear of cold
3. Aversion to cold
4. Shivers
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goosebumps, likes to stay indoors
aversion to wind
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feels cold, wants to stay in, covered, doesn't alleviate the cold
aversion to cold
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cold, wants to be indoors near heat source
fear of cold
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extremely cold, shivers, covered, doesn't warm them
shivers
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The higher the fever the
stronger the pathogenic struggle
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What determines the severity of a fever
Strength of upright qi and of pathogen
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Fever (3)
1. Hot feeling emanating from patients forehead and dorsum of hands
2. Due to struggle between body’s qi and exterior pathogen
3. Intensity is directly proportional to intensity of pathogen and body’s qi
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Six pathogenic factors
1. Wind
2. Cold
3. Summer Heat
4. Dampness
5. Dryness
6. Fire
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aversion to cold, fever, sore throat, sneeze, runny nose, occipital stiffness, floating pulse
wind invading wei level
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stiffness, rigidity, contraction of muscles, sudden onnset
wind invading muscles and channels
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pain that moves from join to joint, esp. upper body
wind invading the joints
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stiffness, contractions, pain, chilliness
cold invading muscles
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severe pain in joints
could invading joints, bi syndrome
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sudden epigastric pain, vomit, sudden abdominal pain with diarrhea, acute dysmenorrhea
Cold invading stomach, intestines, or uterus
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aversion to cold, fever, sweating, headache, dark urine, thirst, floating rapid pulse
summer heat
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heaviness of limbs, dull aches in muscels
dampness invading muscles and sinews
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heaviness and swelling of joint, esp. lower body
dampness invading the joints
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acute urinary discomfort, acute vaginal discharge, acute skin disease with vesicles or papules, acute digestive upset
damp
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acute dry cough, aversion to cold, fever, dry mouth and nose
dry
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aversion to heat, high fever, sweating, mental confusion, thirst, overflowing rapid pulse, red tongue, yellow coat
fire
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Shock (effect/Organ)
suspends qi/scatters in Heart and Kidney
depletes heart qi
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Fear (effect/Organ)
depletes and descends kidney qi and essence
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Sadness and grief (effect/Organ)
depelete lung qi
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anger (effect/Organ)
stagnates/ raises qi in liver
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Pensiveness (effect/Organ)
knots qi in spleen
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aversion to cold, cough, runny nose, white watery, fever, severe occipital stiffness and ache, no sweat, no thirst, floating tight pulse, thin white coat
wind cold
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aversion to cold, fever, sneezing, cough, runny nose, slight yellow mucus, occipital headache and stiffness, slight sweat, itchy throat, sore throat, swollen tonsils, thirst, floating rapid pulse, red tip/ sides, thin white coat
wind heat
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– fever, slight aversion to cold, slight sweat, dry skin, nose, mouth and throat, dry cough, sore throat, dry tongue, thin white coat, floating-rapid pulse
Wind dry
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aversion to cold, fever, edema (face), swollen face and eyes, cough with profuse white sputum, sweat, no thirst, floating pulse.
wind wate
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Tremors, tics, severe dizziness, vertigo, numbness, con visions, unconsciousness, opisthotonos, hemiplegia, deviation of mouth
Internal wind
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Internal wind patterns
1. Extreme heat (febrile) – give rise to liver wind, high fever, delirium, convulsions, coma, opisthotonos, often seen in meningitis
2. Liver yang rising – severe dizziness, vertigo, headache, tremors, tics, irritability
3. Liver fire – give rise to liver wind
4. Liver blood and/or liver yin xu – numbness, dizziness, blurred vision, tics, slight tremors
5. liver and kidney yin xu – dizziness, vertigo, slight tremors, most common in elderly
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give rise to liver wind, high fever, delirium, convulsions, coma, opisthotonos, often seen in meningitis
internal wind - extreme heat (febrile)
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severe dizziness, vertigo, headache, tremors, tics, irritability
Internal wind, liver yang rising
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give rise to liver wind
Internal wind, liver fire
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numbness, dizziness, blurred vision, tics, slight tremors
Internal wind, Liver blood and/or liver yin xu
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dizziness, vertigo, slight tremors, most common in elderly
liver and kidney yin xu
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Characteristics of cold
1. Cold injures yin
2. cold congeals blood
3. Cold contracts
4. Cold causes clear discharge
5. Cold pertains to the kidneys
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cold pertiants the the
kidneys
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cold produces
clear discharge
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cold congeals
blood
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cold movement
constricts
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cold injures
yin
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external cold types (4)
1. Cold, spearheaded by wind
2. Cold invades the channels and joints
3. Cold invades the muscles and sinews
4. Cold invades the stomach, intestines, and uterus Cold
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Acute cold
full
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chronic cold
empty
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intense pain from cold
full
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dull pain from cold
empty
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cold - tongue thick white
full
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cold- tongue- empty white pale body
empty
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Cold pulse tight full slow
full
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could pulse weak deep slow
empty
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Fever, aversion to cold, sweating, headache, feeling of heaviness, uncomfortable sensation in epigastrium, irritability, thirst, tongue red in front or sides with white sticky coat, soggy rapid pulse
Summer heat
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Characteristics of summer heat
1. Inures yin
2. seasonal pathogenic factor
3. Invades the top of the body
4. scattering
5. Has some interior heat
6. harbors dampness
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Summer heat injures
yin
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What kind of pathogen is summer heat
seasonal
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summer heat invades
top of body
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nature of summer heat
scatters
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summer heat has interior
heat
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summer heat harbors
damp
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Feeling of heaviness, poor appetite, feeling of fullness, sticky taste, urinary difficulty, vaginal discharge, sticky tongue coat, slippery or soggy pulse.
Damp
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Characteristics of damp
1. Heavy
2. Dirty
3. Sticky
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difficult and painful urination, acute onset, scanty/ frequent, cloudy urine, feeling of heaviness in lover abdomen, tongue with thick sticky coat at root, pulse slippery on left rear
external Damp in bladder
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Acute onset of vomit and/or watery diarrhea without smell, epigastric pain, feeling of stuffiness of epigastrium, cold limbs, no appetite, white, thick, sticky tongue coat, slippery pulse
external Damp in stomach
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acute watery diarrhea without smell, abdominal pain, feeling of heaviness, tongue with sticky white coat, slippery pulse
external damp in intestines
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acute onset painful period, excess vaginal discharge, thick sticky white tongue coat at root, slippery pulse
external damp in uterus
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acute hypochondrial pain, heaviness, bitter taste, tongue with sticky yellow coat on sides, slippery pulse
external damp in GB
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achy swollen joints, feeling heavy, sudden onset
external damp in channels and joints
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aversion to cold, fever, body hot to touch, swollen glands, fiver high in afternoon, headache as wrapped, feeling of oppression in chest and epigastrium, sticky taste, no thirst, tongue with white sticky coat, pulse soggy
External Damp Heat at the Wie Qi level
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epigastric and abdominal fullness and heaviness, nausea, vomiting, sticky taste, loose stool with mucus, sticky tongue coat, soggy pulse
Internal damp SP/ST
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abdominal fullness and heaviness, loose stools with mucus, sticky coat on root of tongue, soggy pulse
Internal damp intestines
135
abdominal fullness and heaviness, vaginal discharge, mid-cycle pain and/or bleeding, painful period, sticky tongue coating on root, soggy pulse
Internal damp uterus
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urinary difficulty with light or no pain, cloudy urine, sticky tongue coat on root of tongue, soggy pulse
Internal damp UB
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hypochondrial full and pain, unilateral sticky tongue coat, soggy pulse
Internal damp GB
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urinary difficulty and pain, cloudy urine, hypogastric fullness distension, vaginal discharge, genital sores and itching, sticky tongue coating on the root, soggy pulse
Internal damp LV
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urinary difficulty and pain, cloudy urine, feeling of heaviness in back, backache, sticky tongue coating on root, soggy pulse
Internal damp KD
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aching, swelling, heaviness in joints
Internal damp channels and joints
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vesicles, papules, skin lesions oozing fluids, puffiness of skin
Internal damp skin
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Damp Heat at the Qi Level
Acute attacks of dampness can only exist at the qi level because they are of an exterior origin. Chronic damp can give rise to occasional acute flare ups
143
Interstitial cystitis due to damp heat in bladder is an example of
Acute episode of chronic damp
144
Dampness/ phlegm: interior/ exterior
Damp exterior or interior
Phlegm is interior
145
Internal damp originates from
impairment of spleen t&t body fluids
146
Phlegm originates from which organs
spleen, lungs, kidneys
147
What part of body does damp affect?
Lower body
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What part of body does phlegm affect?
Middle and Upper
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Damp in head causes
heaviness
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phlegm in head causes
dizziness
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What can mist the mind?
phlegm
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What can be retained in the channels under the skin?
phlegm
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What affects mostly internal organs, skin, and joints
damp
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Internal damp comes from
spleen dysfunction
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phlegm can originate from condensing acton of
fire and body fluids
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What organs does damp affect
SP, ST, GB, UB, INT
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What organs does phlegm affect
Lu, Ht, Kd, ST
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______ is heavy, _______is sticky, dirty, and flowing down
phlegm, damp
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What is associated with cold, heat, or wind
damp
160
What is associated with cold, damp, wind, dry, heat, qi, fluids
phlegm
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Difference in pusle damp vs phlegm
both slippery, but damp can be soggy and phlegm can be wiry
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Tongue damp vs phlegm
both sticky
phlegm- dry and rough
163
Tx for damp vs phlegm
damp- spleen, phlegm - ST
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Acute or chronic
damp and phlegm
damp can be both, phlegm only chronic
165
External dryness characteristics (3)
1. Yang pathogenic factor
2. Injure blood or yin
3. Related to autumn and lungs
166
What injures blood and yin
dry
167
Is dryness and yin or yang pathogen?
yang
168
What causes internal dry?
1. Excess consumption of dry foods
2. irregular eating which weakens stomach yin
3. excessive use of voice which weakens lung yin
4. excessive sexual activity in men which weakens kidney yin
5. chronic menorrhagia in women which damages blood and liver and kidney yin
6. Tobacco smoking which injures lung and kidney yin
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dry mouth, dry tongue, cracks on tongue
Internal stomach dry
170
dry mouth and throat, dry cough, dry tongue, dry skin and horse voice
Internal lung dry
171
dry throat with desire to sip at night, scanty urination, dry tongue with cracks, dry menstrual blood in women, dry skin
Internal Kidney dry
172
Characteristics of fire (7)
1. Blazes upwards
2. Very drying
3. Damages blood and Yin
4. May cause bleeding
5. Has potential to generate wind
6. affects the mind
7. Causes ulcers and swelling
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WHat damages blood and Yin
fire
174
tongue ulcers, insomnia, agitation, mental restlessness, red tip to tongue
Heart fire
175
mouth ulcers, thirst, epigastric pain, thick, dry, dark-yellow tongue coat
stomach fire
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Red, swollen and painful eyes, headaches, bitter taste, irritability, propensity to anger outbursts, tongue with red sides, wiry pulse
liver fire
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cough with blood, expectoration of thick yellow sputum
lung fire
178
constipation with dry stool, abdominal pain
Intestinal fire
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Red face and eyes, constipation, scanty dark urine, macules (dark purple), bleeding, feeling of heat is constant, intense thirst constant, dry mouth constant, bitter taste, intense agitation, red tongue with dry dark yellow coat, full deep rapid pulse
full fire
180
Night sweat, heat in chest, palms, soles, red cheeks, afternoon heat, heat in evening, thirst in evening, want for small sips, dry mouth at night, vague mild restlessness in evening, red tongue no coat, floating empty rapid pulse
empty fire
181
Toxic heat characteristics (5)
1. Swelling
2. Redness
3. Heat
4. Pus
5. Pain
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Good prenatal constitution
1. Broad forehead and glabella
2. long and wide nose
3. full cheeks
4. strong lower jaw
5. Long ears, long ear lobes
6. well-proportioned eyes, nose, ears and mouth
7. long philtrum
8. normal complexion with luster
9. firm muscles and skin
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Weak constitution
1. Eyes, nose, ears and mouth close together
2. narrow forehead
3. small space between eyebrows
4. narrow nose, nostrils turned up and exposed
5. Thin cheeks
6. area between cheeks and front of ears narrow
7. short and small ears that turn outward
8. flat, sunken, low and narrow lower jaw
9. flabby muscles and loose skin
10. short philtrum
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Overwork leads to
Yin Xu, especially Kidney yin xu
185
excess physical work injures what body parts
muscles and sinews (SP and LV)
186
repetitive physical work in one joint causes
qi stag
187
Excessive lifting injures
KD
188
Lack of exercise causes
qi stag and damp/phlegm
189
Excess sexual activity depletes
kidney essence
190
sexual activity should be regulated according to
age, health, season
191
sex during period can cause
blood stasis
192
Early sex in women can cause damag to
penetrating and directing vessel
193
Sexual desire depends on
the kidney yang and fire of the gate of life
194
insufficient eating leads to
qi and blood xu
195
overeating weakens
spleen leads to damp/phlegm
196
too much cold food weakens
spleen yang
197
too much sweet leads to
damp/phlegm
198
too much hot food leads to
heat
199
too much greasy food leads to
damp and phlegm
200
irregular eating affects
stomach yin
201
Trauma causes of disease
1. light trauma causes qi stag
2. severe trauma causes blood stag
3. trauma is often concurrent cause of disease, overlapping with other causes
202
Cannabis uses causes
– weaken kidneys and Zhi (anxiety, lack of motivation)
Affect heart blood and Yi (poor memory, concentration)
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Cocaine
formation of phlegm fire in heart
204
LSD
hear fire
205
ecstacy
weakens Kidneys and obstructs hears orifices
206
Worry (effect and organ)
knots lung and spleen qi
207
joy (effect and organ)
harasses heart/ shen
