6 levels (conformations)

Question 1

LI/ST

Answer 1

Yang Ming: bright yang

Question 2

SI/UB

Answer 2

Tai Yang: greater yang

Question 3

SJ/GB

Answer 3

Shao Yang: lesser yang

Question 4

LU/SP

Answer 4

Tai Yin: greater yin

Question 5

HT/KD

Answer 5

Shao Yin: lesser yin

Question 6

PC/LV

Answer 6

Jue Yin: terminal yin

Question 7

surface/exterior: posterior of body

Answer 7

Tai Yang- greater yang:
aversion to cold,
occipital head ache/stiff neck,
P: floating

Question 8

anterior of the body

Answer 8

Yang Ming- bright yang:
high fever
sweating
thirst                               channel pattern
flushed face
irritability
bloated abdomen         organ  pattern
T: red tongue, yellow coating
P: overflowing rapid or big rapid

Question 9

pivet: lateral aspects of the body

1/2 interior-1/2 exterior)

Answer 9

Shao Yang- lesser yang stage:
pathogen bounces from greater/exterior to bright/interior yang
alternating shivers (or cold feeling) and fever (or heat feeling)
hypochondrial distention, fullness
no desire to eat/drink
irritability, nausea
T: thin white coating
P: wiry-fine pulse

Question 10

where lung and spleen traverse

Answer 10

Tai Yin-greater yin:
abdominal pain/fullness
vomiting
diarrhea
no thirst
tiredness
T: pale w/ sticky white coating
P: deep-weak-slow

Question 11

where heart and kidney traverse

Answer 11

Shao Yin- lesser yin:
2 patterns
 a) cold transformation
     T: pale, wet w/ white coating (KD yang def)
     P: deep-weak-slow pulse
 b) heat transformation
      T: red w/o coating (KD yin def)
      P: fine-rapid

Question 12

most internal: where liver and pericardium traverse

Answer 12

Jue Yin- terminal yin:
persistent thirst
energy rising to chest
pain/heat in heart
hungry-no desire to eat
cold limbs, diarrhea, vomiting, vomiting round worms

Question 13

Tai yang
Yang ming
Shao yang
Tai yin
Shao yin
Jue yin

Answer 13

SI/UB     Tai yang
ST/LI      Yang ming
SJ/GB     Shao yang
LU/SP    Tai yin
HT/KD    Shao yin
PC/LV    Jue yin