6 Stages Flashcards
What is the Shan Han Lun?
- THE Book on Cold-Induced diseases (6 stages).
- Diseases enter through skin.
- 220 AD at the end of the Han Dynasty (a major time of infectious diseases and epidemics)
What is Wen Bing Lun
The 4 Levels (Ye Tin Shi).
3 Burners, disease enters through mouth and nose
What are the 6 Stages?
Tai Yang (BL, SI)
Shao Yang (SJ, GB)
Yang Ming (LI, ST)
Tai Yin (LU, SP)
Shao Yin (HT, KD)
Jue Yin (PC, LV)
Name the 6 pathogens
Wind
Cold
Summer-Heat
Damp
Dry
Fire
(Phlegm)
(Stagnant Blood)
Taiyang Attack of cold / Wind-Cold
(Symptoms)
Taiyang channel pattern
- HEADACHE
- STIFF NECK (Qi is obstructed bc of wind)
- AVERSION TO COLD
- NO SWEATING (cold contracts the pores)
- Sneezing (LU can’t diffuse Qi in nose)
- Runny nose (white discharge) (can’t transform fluid in nose)
- Body aches
- Fever
Pulse: FLOATING AND TIGHT (tight from cold)
Taiyang Attack of Cold (Wind/cold)
(TXP and Points)
TX: Release exterior, expel wind + cold, restore LU Qi
Pts:
LU 7, LI 4 (Moxa)
SJ 5
GB 20 - wind
GV 16 - wind
BL 12 (cups) - wind
Taiyang - Attack of Wind
(Symptoms)
Taiyang channel pattern - imbalance of ying-Wei
- OCCIPITAL HA + STIFF NECK (Qi is obstructed by wind)
- SLIGHT AVERSION TO COLD
- Slight sweating
- Sneezing (LU can’t diffuse Qi in nose)
- Aversion to wind
- Slight fever (struggle btw exterior wind + body Qi)
-Pulse: FLOATING + SLOW
Taiyang - Attack of wind
(TXP + Points)
TXP: Release exterior, expel wind+cold, restore LU qi, harmonize the ying + wei
Pts:
LU 7, LI 4
SJ 5
GB 20
GV 16
BL 12
ST 36 - Harmonizes the Ying + Wei (tonify)
Taiyang - Accumulation of Water
(Symptoms)
Taiyang organ effected - BL
- URINE RETENTION (pathogen is in BL)
- VOMITING FLUIDS (BL fails to separate fluids, compile in ST)
- Fever
- Slight thirst
- Aversion to cold (pathogen is still exterior)
Pulse: Floating + rapid (wind still exterior)
Taiyang - Accumulation of Water
(TXP + Points)
TXP: Release exterior, promote BL Function of Qi formation, promote excretion of fluids
PTS:
LU 7 - release exterior
CV 3 - benefits BL and lower jiao
CV 9 - Regulates water passages, treats edema, harmonizes intestines and dispels accumulation
ST 28 - Benefits lower jiao, harmonizes water passages
BL 22 - San jiao Shu
BL 39 - harmonizes San jiao, regulates urination
BL 64 - Yuan source of BL
Taiyang - Accumulation of Blood
(Symptoms)
Taiyang organ effected - BL
- Blood in urine
- Urinary urgency
- Hypogastric distention + fullness
- Mentally restive/disquiet (mind resides in blood)
Tongue: reddish-purple w/ no coat
Pulse:
Deep + Fine + Rapid (blood stasis obstructs blood vessels)
Or
Deep + choppy
Taiyang - Accumulation of Blood
(TXP + PTS)
TXP: Invigorate blood, eliminate stasis from lower burner, clear heat from BL
PTS:
CV 3 - Benefits BL, regulates lower jiao
KD 14 - Benefits lower jiao
ST 28
BL 22 - San Jiao Back Shu
BL 39 - Lower he-sea of San jiao, regulates SJ and urination
SP 10
SP 6
LV 3
Yang Ming Stomach Heat
(Symptoms)
Yang Ming Channel Pattern (Heat without form)
4 BIGS
- High Fever (BIG) (interior heat)
- Profuse Sweating (BIG)
- Intense Thirst (BIG) (heat dries the ST)
- Pulse: Overflowing + rapid or Big + rapid (BIG)
- Feeling hot, red face
- Irritability, delirium
Tongue: red w/ yellow coat
Yang Ming Stomach Heat
(TXP + PTS)
TXP: Clear ST Heat
PTS:
LI 11 - Clear Heat
PC 3 - Clears Heat @ qi, blood, and nutritive levels, Harmonizes ST
ST 44 - Clear ST Heat
ST 43 - harmonizes the ST
GV 14 - Clears Yang Channels
Yang Ming Stomach Fire
(Symptoms)
Yang Ming Organ Pattern - ST (Heat With Form)
- CONSTIPATION + DRY STOOLS (heat injures body fluids, leads to dry intestines)
- High Fever worse in PM
- Thirst
- Profuse sweating - sweating on limbs
- Abdominal fullness + pain
- Dark Urine
Pulse: DEEP + FULL + SLIPPERY + RAPID (fire is deeper in body)
Tongue: Red w/ thick dry yellow coat
Yang Ming Stomach Fire
(TXP + PTS)
TXP: Drain fire from ST + Intestines, move downward
PTS:
LI 11 - Clears heat
PC 3 - Clears Heat
ST 44 - Drains heat
ST 43 - Shu-stream point ST
ST 25 - Constipation
GV 14 - Clears heat
SP 15 - Local pt.
ST 37 - lower he sea LI, Regulates intestines and ST, transforms stagnation
Shao Yang Stage
(Symptoms)
GB - Internal/External
- Shivers/chills (alternate, EPF moves towards Taiyang)
- Fever or feeling hot (EPF moves towards yangming)
- Nausea/vomiting
- no desire to eat or drink
- Hypochondrial distention
- Bitter taste
- Blurred vision
- Irritability
Tongue: Unilateral thin white coat
Pulse: Wiry + fine
Shao Yang Stage
(TXP + PTS)
TXP: Harmonize Shao Yang
PTS:
SJ 5
SJ 6
GB 41
GV 13
Tai Yin Stage - Interior Cold from Deficiency
(Symptoms)
- Feeling cold
- Abdominal fullness (cold obstructs abdomen)
- No thirst
- No appetite
- Vomiting (cold obstructs abdomen)
- Diarrhea
- Fatigue
Tongue: pale with sticky white coat
Pulse: Deep + weak + slow (cold slows the pulse)
Tai Yin Stage - interior cold from deficiency
(TXP + PTS)
TXP: Tonify SP Yang, Expel cold
PTS :
ST 25
CV 12
ST 36
SP 6
BL 20
Shao Yin Cold - KD
(Symptoms)
Yang Deficiency
- Chills, feeling cold
- Cold limbs (no yang to warm the limbs)
- Lying curled up (to get warm)
- Listless & sleepy
- Diarrhea
- No thirst
- Frequent, pale urine
Tongue: Pale, wet with white coat
Pulse: Deep, weak, slow
Shao Yin Cold
(TXP + PTS)
TXP: Tonify KD Yang, expel Cold
PTS:
CV 4, CV 6, CV 8 (moxa)
KD 3
KD 7
BL 23 (KD Shu)
Shao Yin Heat
(Symptoms)
Yin Deficiency
- Feeling hot
- Night sweats (heat from yin def.)
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Dry mouth and throat
- Dark urine
Tongue: red w/ no coat
Pulse: rinse + rapid
Shao Yin Heat
(TXP + PTS)
TXP: Nourish KD Yin, clear Empty Heat
PTS:
CV 4
CV 6
KD 3
KD 6
SP 6
Jue Yin Stage - LV
(Symptoms)
Terminal Yin
- Vomiting roundworms
- Pain + heat in HT region (“Heat Above”)
- Hungry but no desire to eat
- Feeling of energy rising to the chest
- Persistent thirst
- Cold limbs (“Cold Below”)
- Diarrhea
Pulse: Wiry
Tongue: may vary
Jue Yin Stage
(TXP + PTS)
TXP: Clear Heat Above, Expel Cold Below, harmonize LV Channel
PTS:
LV 3
LI 4
SP 4
SP 6
